Nicorette Drugs Facts and Stelara

• Generic Name: nicotine
• Dosage Forms: lozenge
• Other Brand Names:

  Leader Nicotine Polacrilex, Nicorelief, Nicorette, Thrive, Commit, Habitrol, Nicoderm C-Q, Nicotine System Kit, Nicoderm CQ, Nicotrol Inhaler, Nicotrol NS

Nicotine is the primary ingredient in tobacco products.

Nicotine gum and lozenges are medical products used to aid in smoking cessation in adults.

Using a controlled amount of nicotine helps reduce withrawal symptoms when you quit smoking.

• Generic Name: ustekinumab
• Dosage Forms: injection, solution
• Other Brand Names: Stelara, Stelara PFS

Stelara (ustekinumab) is an immunosuppressant that reduces the effects of a chemical substance in the body that can cause inflammation.

Stelara is used to treat plaque psoriasis in adults and children who are at least 12 years old. It is also used to treat psoriatic arthritis in adults, and is sometimes given with another medicine called methotrexate.

Stelara is used in adults to treat moderately to severely active Crohn's disease after other medicines have been tried without success.

Stelara is also used in adults to treat moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.