A Patient Who Smokes Reports Repeated Attempts to Quit Smoking

A patient who smokes reports repeated attempts to quit smoking using a nicotine replacement patch.The patient says,"I always do well for a few weeks and then I just start smoking again." The primary care nurse practitioner (NP) should prescribe:

A) nortriptyline.
B) Nicorette gum.
C) a Nicotrol inhaler.
D) varenicline (Chantix) .

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