If you work a permanent night shift, we suggest you take the "night-time" dose at your bedtime (i.e. just before going to bed after returning home from your night shift, and take the "morning" dose ideally 8 or 9 hours (but a minimum of 6 hrs)  after that, followed by a meal or snack.  For example, if your shift was from 11pm-7am and you normally sleep from 8am - 2pm you would take your 'evening' dosage just before 7.30am and the 'morning' dosage after you awake at  2pm (and half an hour before having something to eat as you always take Nicobrevin on an empty stomach).  

If you are on rotating shifts, it is a good plan to begin your Nicobrevin course during a week of day shifts so that you are following the normal dosage instructions.  

After the first week of the course, the dosage reduces to one capsule at bedtime and one capsule in the morning (or 8 or 9 hours after the bedtime dose if working nights that week) so this makes it easier to follow if you are doing shift-work that week. 

No, you do not need to change the dosage but this is something we can discuss with you.  As a heavy smoker, your body is used to very high level of nicotine and so to quit smoking immediately can sometimes be too much of a strain on the system.  We therefore recommend that instead you reduce the number of cigarettes smoked from Day one to the absolute minimum per day and continue reducing the number each day until you are down to zero cigarettes .  Hopefully, this should be by Day 7 and then you continue as a non-smoker for the rest of the 28-day course with the support of Nicobrevin. 

Please call our Support line below to discuss dosage or if you require help.