Chantix Recall - Latest Comments

Re: FDA approves stronger, expanded warnings on Chantix labeling

dianejn4 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:15:04 -0000

I have quit smoking but this drug scares me half to death and I am weaning myself off of it.I believe even though you gain weight when you quit smoking, this drug causes more weight gain than usual and the feeling of wanting to be alone all the time are not good.I would like to hear from other re the weight gain and your mood changes.

Re: FDA monitoring Chantix for serious risks, new safety concerns

Terri — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:36:28 -0000

I am a 55-yr. old, happily married (35 years), woman blessed with six beautiful grandchildren and a job to die for!! (uh, let me re-phrase that)...I had everything to live for. I smoked six cigarettes or less, a day. I had been on anti-depressants for 10 years, prior to ingesting the miracle drug, Chantix. The reviews were fabulous, from doctors AND pharmacists!!! Couldn't keep it on the shelves at Walgreen's. Filled script Oct. 08. Skipped out of there w/a light, light, heart.

Jan. 5, '09, taken by ambulance middle of nite to hospital w/severe chest pains, debilitating headache, shortness of breath and low stomach pain. Hospital stay - - one week. Underwent every test possible...nothing. Almost took a healthy gall bladder...written off as a mysterious virus.

May 23, 2008, took a ride to Walgreen's...purchased two bottles sleeping pills and diabetic razorblades (have NO idea why these!) non-chalantly took a ride to a rural area, parked on an angle on a used car parking lot off the highway...wrote a short note..downed 240 sleeping pills in seconds...woke up six days later in ICU.
while in a coma, was hooked up to /respirator/vent...given last rites... and preps were being made (if I LIVED)...for a possible kidney transplant. Apparently, I cut my arms up...walked the parking lot...as my keys were found in FRONT of my car...somehow got BACK in the car...and spotted by owner of car lot next morning...thrashing about inside the car....

Spent time in a psyche unit and lost all credibility and respect from everyone who knew me. It was hell. Total hell.

Didn't connect the dots until five months later...my mom was the only person who knew I had taken Chantix and kept feeding me articles on the negative side effects of this drug. I was written off by all who loved me as and unpredictable psycho.... babysitting rights had been taken away and everyone looked sideways at me for a year.

I have filed suit. I am PRAYING....PRAYING...my dignity and credibility will be returned to me. 'm not kidding...this drug put me over the top. While under the influence...never even thought TWICE about taking my own life. I was sooo tired. I didn't care. I didn't care about ANYthing...I just wanted out. Chantix, is...as far I am concerned... a lobotomy by mouth.

Re: Are e-cigarettes too good to be true?

vasquejj — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:11:12 -0000

That is a common misperception Electronic Cigarettes contain Propylene Glycol, not Diethylene glycol (DGE).

Re: FDA monitoring Chantix for serious risks, new safety concerns

BeasleyAllen — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:54:56 -0000

Hi nanetted,

Thank you so much for your comment. We really appreciate hearing from
the people who are affected by products like Chantix, and by the way
drugs are tested and approved. Thank you for your willingness to voice
the concerns that I am sure many more people share as well!

Sincerely,
Wendi Lewis
Beasley Allen

Re: FDA monitoring Chantix for serious risks, new safety concerns

BeasleyAllen — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:44:02 -0000

Re: FDA monitoring Chantix for serious risks, new safety concerns

nanetted — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:33:53 -0000

I find it distrubing to be a test case without knowledge or consent.That chantix is passed off as a CURE for smoking with some side effects is certainly nothing close to the real true. That the FDA is using us like test mice, is frightening quite honestly. Can we not trust anyone in the government?

Re: Note to Chantix flunkees: there’s still hope even after the magic pill fails

Rob — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:04:44 -0000

I'm curious about why the author needs to call Chantix users 'flunkees.' Wouldn't 'users' or 'patients' be as accurate, but without the overtones of emotion and resentment? It's not hard to see the link between the failure of the drug to work for him, and his summary dismissal of those for whom it might be working. I am myself a non-smoking flunkee thanks to Chantix.

Re: FDA now requiring stronger warnings on Chantix labels

Rob — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:59:19 -0000

Whatever else Chantix does, it enabled me to quit smoking after 38 years when nothing else could. Intended, textbook results with no side effect whatever. A co-worker also quit after 26 years' smoking, with no ripples in his life.

Re: Pfizer might fund study of Chantix and reduced risk of heart attack

linda — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:36:58 -0000

would the company for chantix be having a stop programme in Ontario? A few people i know in the states have used this product/medication and have had various results, some quit and some slowed down.

Re: Doctors support drug safety litigation

lynn h — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:29:59 -0000

the only problem is the courts are as corrupt as the giant pfizor who in
turn corrupts the doctors. are we really free? are we really safe? when
doctors have turned into goolies and courts care more about them and
there money instead of the harm they and their drug partners do to us victims. LH

Re: Charge dropped due to Chantix use

Elisa — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:56:43 -0000

Chantix was a miracle drug for me as well. I smoked a pack a day for 25 years and quit within the first couple of weeks on Chantix. It totally takes away any pleasure you get from smoking and just breaks it down to ingesting smoke from a flaming white tube of tobacco. It makes it completely unnatractive, offensive even. I would have done this 20 years ago had it been available. I also have a long history of emotional problems and take daily anit depressants and anti anxiety medication. I had zero side effects and feel better than ever! It is definitely worth the chance of a few bad dreams or tummy aches.

Re: Charge dropped due to Chantix use

Linda — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:32:19 -0000

Well as for me a 35 year at least 1 pack a day smoker with asthma and now advanced COPD Chantix was a miracle. I was able to quit smoking last year on May 20, 2008 after a week of being on the drug. I quit with a girlfriend of mine and she was also a long time smoker. Sometimes the benefits do outweigh the risks and I'm glad I continued. I had vivid dreams and some nausea. I just passed the 9 month mark!

Re: Chantix and driving: my experience

BeasleyAllen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:19:14 -0000

Thank you so much for your comments, and for sharing your experiences
with Chantix. Hearing stories like yours is an important reminder that
we need to be very aware of how medication may be affecting us, and pay
attention to signals that something may not be right. Thank you for your
willingness to share your experience!

Re: Chantix and driving: my experience

jewlzbrock — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:25:33 -0000

I have been taking Chantix for a little over a month and I have found that my personallity has changed drastically! I get angry very easily and I also get very depressed and cry at the drop of a hat. For me, this is very uncharecteristic. I cant seem to think clearly at times and my reaction to small things is unbelievable. I dont think the changes I have experienced are worth it. I am currently seeking other alternatives to quit smoking...which I was still unable to do while taking Chantix!

Re: Chantix and driving: my experience

prakasharige — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:13:55 -0000

Why the drug companies won't check for these side effects before releasing it into the market. They are making innocent consumer's health at risk.

Re: Is Chantix better than nicotine replacement?

JadedGlen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:21:51 -0000

It's always interesting to see just how fast the FDA backtracks on former approvals. I hope no one was seriously injured or harmed from this. In some ways, you've got to wonder if it is safer to keep smoking.

Re: Chantix and driving: my experience

Rita Fowler — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:48:13 -0000

My husband was taking chantix to help him quit smoking and began having very wierd dreams and headachs. He started telling me about the headaches and dreams about 2 days after taking the Chantix. He also wasn't acting his self. He kept telling me that the headaches were unlike any other headach and the dreams were so freeky and wierd that he just couldn't belive what was going on in his head! About 3 weeks into the Chantix he was driving home from checking on a job at Lake Martin and was driving on a two lane highway and coming toward him at about 55 miles per hr. was a huge log truck with a big load of pulp wood and all of a sudden my husband had a thought of putting his own truck head on into the lane of the log truck! At the last minute he changed his mind and pulled over on the side of the road and was wondering what in the world made him think of doing such a thing! He has never been depressed or ever thought ab out ending his life! When he made it back to our office he told me about it and we both hugged each other and cried and thanked "The Good Lord" that he didn't go through with it and realized that it must be the Chantix! He stopped it right then and started feeling better right away, except that he still has headaches. I thank God everyday that I still have my husband with me!!!!

Re: Chantix and driving: my experience

BeasleyAllen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:06:14 -0000

Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences. One of main goals with this website is to bring awareness to the potentially dangerous side effects of Chantix.

Each person has to decide for themselves whether the risks outweigh the rewards, but that is impossible to do without all the facts.

I wish you the best of the luck. And keep us posted on your progress!

Re: Chantix and driving: my experience

Roosevelt — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:00:13 -0000

That is very interesting. I too have had similar situations that now make a little more sense. I just started taking Chantix, at my doctors request, about a month or two ago because I have a rare lung disease called sarcodosis. I've tried everything to quit smoking. A co-worker of mine was taking it and suggested I try it. I did for awhile and was doing fine, I thought. My wife told me I wasn't myself anymore. I would talk constantly in my sleep (I was having some wierd, vivid dreams) and she said I seemed depressed. I didn't think anything of it. I started hearing about Chantix in the news and decided to do more reseach on it. I stopped taking it for awhile. My next doctors appointment I informed my doctor that I had stopped because of the negative publicity I was hearing about it. My Doctor told me to start back and that the benefits out weigh the risks. So I started taking it again. I've noticed recently that I've been doing some crazy things behind the wheel also. I would forget about stop signs in my own neighborhood or I would pull into an intersection just barely soon enough to avoid getting hit by an oncomming car. I think I understand now what's going on and I have stopped taking Chantix for good. I'll find some other way to quit smoking. Thanks for sharing your experiences.