Editing Nicotine patch (section)

==Research==
Research has shown that NRT in combination with [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] (CBT) can improve the rates of smoking cessation in pregnant women.<ref name=":2" /> CBT counseling includes motivational interviewing,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=William|last2=Rollnick|first2=Stephen | name-list-style = vanc |date=May 2003|title=Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change, 2nd ed.|journal=Journal for Healthcare Quality|volume=25|issue=3|pages=46|doi=10.1097/01445442-200305000-00013|issn=1062-2551}}</ref> Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Prochaska JO, DiClemente CC | title = Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: toward an integrative model of change | journal = Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | volume = 51 | issue = 3 | pages = 390–5 | date = June 1983 | pmid = 6863699 | doi = 10.1037/0022-006x.51.3.390 }}</ref> and Social Cognitive Theory.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Webb|first=Mark C. | name-list-style = vanc |date=1993|title=Neurobiology of learning, emotion, and affect. John Madden, ed. Raven Press, Ltd., New York City, New York, 1991. 354 pp. $126.00|journal=Depression|volume=1|issue=2|pages=116–117|doi=10.1002/depr.3050010211|issn=1062-6417}}</ref>

Nicotine patches are under study to help relieve the symptoms of [[postoperative pain]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicotine Patch Decreases Post Surgical Pain|url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/85508.php|publisher=MediLexicon International Ltd, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK|access-date=25 November 2013|date=15 October 2007}}</ref> and to treat early [[dementia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicotine Patches Up Early Memory Loss In Study|website=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/09/144906236/nicotine-patches-up-early-memory-loss-in-study|access-date=3 February 2014|date=9 January 2013}}</ref>

Studies are being conducted about the use of transdermal nicotine patches to treat anxiety, depression, and inattentiveness in subjects with [[attention deficit hyperactivity disorder]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Cocores JA | title = Transdermal nicotine in adult ADHD with depression and anxiety | journal = Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | volume = 10 | issue = 3 | pages = 253–4 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18615164 | pmc = 2446482 | doi = 10.4088/pcc.v10n0312f }}</ref> {{vs|date=August 2013}} and to treat late-life depression.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicotine Patch May Help Late-Life Depression|url=https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/894298|publisher=Medscape|access-date=24 March 2018|date=21 March 2018}}</ref>

Two small studies have shown that transdermal nicotine patches improve some symptoms of [[ulcerative colitis]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Cheah | first1 = Matthew | first2 = Reena | last2 = Khanna | name-list-style = vanc | chapter = Current Medical Therapies for Ulcerative Colitis. | title = Pouchitis and Ileal Pouch Disorders | pages = 1–15 | publisher = Academic Press | date = 2019 }}</ref> However, this is not the case with [[Crohn's disease]], a similar health condition, where smoking and nicotine intake in general worsen the disease's effects.