Chantix, Psychiatric Risks and the FDA

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Monday, February 11, 2008
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In a recently released Public Health Advisory, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a second alert to the public about severe psychiatric side-effects linked to the smoking-cessation drug, Chantix.[1] Back in November 2006 when the FDA published its initial findings, they were o...

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ann marie
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Just wanted to say thank you for a heads up about this. I have a box of Chantix just waiting for the day I vow to quit. I willl watch this more closely before attempting to give Chantix a try!

Thanks, Chantix
Elaine M. Montgomery
Monday, January 12, 2009 at 01:07 PM

I do not care all those new reports of what should have been reported about dopamine, etc. The bottom line is that I'm thankful of Chantix as I was able to kick the habit 2 years ago.

Pfizer lies
Chantis is Poison
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 09:35 AM

I too am shocked the FDA and Pfizer did not use more BRAIN when pushing this poison. Some like Elizabeth might have needed a psychiatric drug to change their brain function to not like the pleasure reward. Others like myself did not need these educated professionals to LIE and DECEIVE in order to make money and put my life and liberty at risk doing so. What were they thinking? It is OK to kill a few smokers and who would care? Our brains were MADE to respond to the reward of dopamine and no one is immune.