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Thursday, April 24, 2008 Elizabeth McBain asks

Q: how effective is cham pix

its a  new drug to help us stop smoking ,it  stops the brain from wanting to smoke

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4/24/08 2:24pm

Thanks for your question Elizabeth.  You may mean Chantix Oral :

 

This medication is used in combination with a stop-smoking program (e.g., education materials, support group, counseling) to help you quit smoking. Varenicline works by blocking nicotine's actions in the brain.

 

If so you can see our material on this drug here.

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4/24/08 4:42pm

Just to clarify, "Champix" is the European/outside of US trade name for the oral drug Chantix (Varenicline) by Pfizer.

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