Chantix Side Effects Belie Odd Benefit
By John Curran
There are more than 2,000 claims in multidistrict litigation in Alabama alleging Chantix suicidal thought side effects by people who were trying to quit smoking. It is a psychoactive drug, because it tries to influence the desire to smoke. However, Chantix multidistrict litigation (MDL) lawyers also argue that these same chemical changes can lead to a number of problems.
What is interesting to some is that the drug attempts to help patients stop smoking in a much different fashion than those of other drugs, potentially making it an even worse option for quitting cigarettes outside of Chantix side effects. It works by limiting the reward that nicotine provides to the pleasure centers of the brain. Wellbutrin and Zyban, its main competitors, work by limiting the desire to consumer tobacco at all.
Think of it like a child who wants a chocolate cake. Wellbutrin and Zyban limit the number of pieces he or she can have. Chantix makes the cake frosted with sugar-free icing, an unappealing option. However, it is unclear which is better. Theoretically, someone who risks Chantix suicidal thoughts side effects is still going to smoke a cigarette, they just won’t enjoy it as much. It does work similar to Zyban in reducing some cravings, but many patients opt for the older medication instead.
For some people, trying a variety of medications makes sense because stopping an addiction is so difficult. However, it makes more sense to start with Zyban and Wellbutrin. As this site has noted, they had one-tenth the Chantix side effects, or effectively the same number of adverse effect reports over a decade than than Chantix heard in one year. What makes it worse is that like with all psychoactive drugs, one can’t immediately stop taking the drug. Rather, Chantix depression side effects have to be endured as the dosage is gradually reduced, increasing the risks for a suicide attempt or worse.
If that sounds like you or someone you know, there are an abundance of legal options available. You can get a free consultation with an experienced Chantix MDL attorney at the Chantix Suicide, Heart Attack, Suicide Attempt & Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Investigation. Fill out the easy form, and you are eligible to review your potential legal claim with a legal professional. Find out whether or not you may be able to get a legal remedy from Pfizer Pharmaceutical for your Chantix depression side effects now.
Updated November 28th, 2012
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2 thoughts onChantix Side Effects Belie Odd Benefit
This stuff is worse than LSD. I told off everyone even strangers. I had no social filters. I had trippy dreams. I was on one big trip. Then I just stopped it. Its a scary drug. I just now did nicotine withdrawal cold turkey. If you get past 7 days you are good to go. No pills needed.
Never in my wildest nightmare…could I have foreseen that I was about to take a fast trip straight to Hell…when I started my first Chantix regimen in ’07. I took two regimens back/back. Endured two, long, PAINful hospital stays PLUS psyche unit…in ’08.
Had NO IDEA that a little, blue pill had the POWER to distort and twist not only my every WAKING moment…but, THEN found its way into my DREAMS!! Never knew what an hallucination was…at 55, can describeFIRST hand… in VIVID detail what one is.
Was excited when Chantix first came out….couldn’t WAIT to get started. I WANTED it to work!! And, for awhile…it DID!! Was thrilled!!! Couldn’t beLIEVE my luck!!!
But, when I caught myself starting to reach again after being smoke-free for a couple months…was more than ashamed to have to call my doctor to get yet aNOTHER prescription. Little did I know my life …as I knew it….was about to come to an end.
YES, Chantix DOES touch on the smoking receptors…and had it STOPPED there…I would’ve been content. But, it didn’t. After it makes smoking a chore….it travels on and on throughout your brain depositing seeds of evil that are disTURBING, unnerving and very, VERY upsetting. This is one, scary, unpreDICTABLE medicine. Once in your bloodstream, only God knows how/where you will land.
I wasn’t looking for trouble. I just wanted to quit smoking. Didn’t know my life was about to be turned upside down…and inside out. Learned the EXTREMELY hard way that just because your doctor SAYS something’s safe…doesn’t mean it is.