Table 6

PK parameters of nicotine in plasma after swallowing without sucking of increasing numbers of 1 mg lozenge (mean ± SD; n = 8 per group)

Group\PK parameter
A
B
C



3 lozenges
6 lozenges
12 lozenges

Cmax (ng/ml)
8.2 ± 7.6
16.9 ± 11.8
20.5 ± 8.8
tmax (h)
2.7 ± 2.8
2.8 ± 2.0
2.2 ± 1.4
AUC10 min-12 h (h.ng/ml)
37.0 ± 27.2
84.9 ± 48.9
103.1 ± 58.6

PK parameters were not corrected for baseline plasma nicotine levels.

Dautzenberg et al. BMC Clinical Pharmacology 2007 7:11   doi:10.1186/1472-6904-7-11