The amount of nicotine in the gum might have been too low to have any real effect on bowel recovery or inflammation after surgery.

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Nicotine chewing gum for the prevention of postoperative ileus after colorectal surgery: a multicenter, double-blind, randomised, controlled pilot study

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2017 Sep

The study gave some patients nicotine gum and others regular gum after bowel surgery, but both groups recovered at the same rate — meaning the nicotine gum didn’t help, likely because 2 mg wasn’t enough to do the job it was supposed to.

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Nicotine chewing gum for the prevention of postoperative ileus after colorectal surgery: a multicenter, double-blind, randomised, controlled pilot study

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DOI: 10.1007/s00384-017-2839-z

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