Table 6 NRT regimens prescribed during the third NRT episode, according to year of start of episode
NRT products | Total | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N= | 1,926 | N= | 15 | N= | 195 | N= | 449 | N= | 748 | N= | 519 | |
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Patch only | 881 | 45.74 | 9 | 60.00 | 112 | 57.44 | 234 | 52.12 | 317 | 42.38 | 209 | 40.27 |
Patch and gum | 70 | 3.63 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 2.05 | 12 | 2.67 | 33 | 4.41 | 21 | 4.05 |
Patch and tablet | 16 | 0.83 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 2.05 | 2 | 0.45 | 6 | 0.80 | 4 | 0.77 |
Patch and inhalator | 259 | 13.45 | 3 | 20.00 | 27 | 13.85 | 61 | 13.59 | 94 | 12.57 | 74 | 14.26 |
Patch and lozenge | 83 | 4.31 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 2.05 | 17 | 3.79 | 38 | 5.08 | 24 | 4.62 |
Patch and oral spray | 59 | 3.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | 3.74 | 31 | 5.97 |
Patch and nasal spray | 5 | 0.26 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.40 | 2 | 0.39 |
Other monotherapy* | 434 | 22.53 | 3 | 20.00 | 37 | 18.97 | 109 | 24.28 | 166 | 22.19 | 119 | 22.93 |
Other dual therapy* | 35 | 1.82 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.51 | 5 | 1.11 | 19 | 2.54 | 10 | 1.93 |
≥ 3 types of NRT | 84 | 4.36 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 3.08 | 9 | 2.00 | 44 | 5.88 | 25 | 4.82 |