CHANTIX Reviews (VARENICLINE TARTRATE)Average Rating: 3.5 (355 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CHANTIX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CHANTIX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | To stop smoking | Did not suffer any noticable abnormal side effects | I was a heavy smoker for 57 years. After using the prescribed chantix program, I have been a non- smoker for 2 years. I highly recommend Chantix for smoking cessation. | M | 73 | 90 days 1X day | 2/7/2014 | 5 | Smoking cessation | Nausea and vivid dreams | It's been 11 months since I quit smoking (see comments on 6-5-07 and 8-25-07) and I'm still recommending this drug. I tried ONE cigarette when I was quit 9 months because I wanted to see what had addicted me in the first place ........... all it did was give me heart pittapats and confirmed my promise to myself to never smoke again. My metabolics have calmed down (could have been messed up by the simple fact of depriving my body of nicotine) and I feel good. Had coronary bypass in January and am soooooooo glad I had quit smoking when I did 'cause that means I don't have to go through it now .... ;o) Good luck all ---- if your fortunate this med will work for you without all the side effects that people have complained of. IT DOES WORK! | F | 69 | 12 weeks | 3/8/2008 | 3 | to stop smoking | M | 69 | 77 days | 1/11/2008 | 5 | Quit Smoking | Nausea after taking tablet until I realized I should eat first Very vivid dreams Visual hallucinations when waking during the night (still evident) | As a 50 year 1-2 pack per day smoker I used Chantix per instructions and never varied dosage until I was slowly weaned from the drug per my physician's instructions during month 5. The drug was effective on about day 10 for me. I have now been a non-smoker for 17 months. I have some concern regarding hallucinations when waking druing the night which are still present. | F | 68 | 5 months | 5/26/2009 | 5 | smoking cessation | Moderate nausea and vivid dreams | This medication WORKS! I have been a heavy smoker for 53 years and enjoyed every minute of it, but the time had come! Without Chantix I would never have made it. I'm concerned about latent health effects as this med has not been evaluated long enough on enough people. Am weaning off now after 10 weeks and so far so good. SMOKERS ---- CHANTIX WORKS !! | F | 68 | 10 weeks | 6/5/2007 | 5 | To quit smoking | read post on 6-5-2007 and add weight gain of 10# | Follow up to comments posted on 6-5-2007: Am still quit (not even a puff) and very happy with the results. Have the 10# weight gain to deal with (and accompanying blood pressure, lipids and blood glucose numbers out of control due to the weight gain I'm assuming ....... will know that next week when I see my primary). Took 2 weeks to wean off the med rather than to stop cold turkey. Good luck to all that try this med ---- IT WORKS! | F | 68 | 12 weeks | 8/25/2007 | 4 | Diagnosed with COPD | Nausea, body aches, rash around mouth, weight gain, food tasted blan. After two month have cut dosage in half. Now plan to cut that in half and be done. | It really works. I cannot believe how in three weeks I didn't have the desire to smoke and to be nicotine free as a bonus | F | 68 | 3 months 1mg/2 day | 12/20/2015 | 5 | have asthma and copd | weird dreams only | most incredible product ever made.have used patches,gum,and lozengers.nothing worked.has been 2 months that I have quit.no cigarette cravings at all.was a chronic chain smoker for 52 years.thank you makers of Chantix!!! | F | 67 | 28 days 1mg 2X day | 11/11/2013 | 3 | Stop smoking | Insomnia | M | 66 | 10 days .5 mg 1X day | 3/3/2021 | 2 | To quit smoking | Vivid dreams but pleasant, some nausea | Has not helped much at all, have enjoyed the dreams and has reduced my cravings a little but not much. A $500.00 boondoggle for me. Insurance didn't cover much of it but thought it might be worth it to quit. | M | 65 | 2 months 1mg 2X day | 12/10/2017 | 5 | To stop smoking after 52 years | I had nausea for the first week until I made sure I took the medicine with food. I was more gaseous than usual. Dreams were slightly more vivid but very positive. | I am grateful for the drug. I was off cigarettes on the fifth day and have not had one puff since. I was smoking a pack and a half at the end. I am non-smoking for 87 days. Occasssional urge to smoke is very manageable. | M | 64 | 12 weeks | 7/14/2009 | 4 | Quit Smoking | Gas, vivid dreams, restless sleep, upset stomach | After a month I was finally able to quit smoking. The side effects were aggravating at times. | M | 64 | 12 weeks | 2/25/2008 | 3 | To stop smoking | Wild and crazy dreams, that come and go, much difficulty falling asleep (now need sleeping pill), 20lb weight gain, I am not a big eater. I've gone from a size 6 for years to size 14, which at my age, will be difficult to lose. And, not a pretty sight. I have not had suicidal thoughts but I seem to have less patience. I hope this weight will come off when I stop the Chantix. Chantix does help to stop smoking. | With the Chantix I forget to smoke. When I stop the Chantix, the cig cravings return like I never stopped smoking. | F | 64 | 6 months 5 | 2/3/2016 | 1 | Quit smoking | I started out with unusual or vivid dreams but eventually it turned into not being able to tell if the dreams were real or not ... Then progressed to not being able to tell what was real anymore even during the day... Thinking people called or came by that did not ... Conversations and events that never happened and not believing when I was told it wasn't real. | F | 64 | 2 weeks | 3/26/2016 | 1 | Stop smoking | My late husband started sleepwalking and smoking in his sleep! There were ashes all over the floor and three or four lit cigarettes. | It did nothing for me, but I had no negative side effects. I do not recall the exact dosage for either of us. | 64 | 90 days 20? 1X day | 8/16/2019 | 1 | Quit smoking | Chantix made me feel very unwell. The second day, dry mouth, upset stomach, headache, vision problems, anxiety, breathing difficult, heart beat irregular. Lethargic, empty emotions. Felt toxic. Restless sleep, strange dreams. Tense muscles. | I needed to quit smoking for foot surgery. I requested chantix. What a mistake. Terrible side effects. Now I understand why people would commit suicide. Feeling so unwell makes life feel not worth living. It is a shame that such a toxic drug would be allowed. Just took the drug two days, and realized this drug was going to kill me, either by heart attack, or breathing failure. Stopped using chantix 3 days ago, and still feel unwell. I hope I will feel as good again as I did before using chantix. | F | 64 | 2 days .5 | 3/8/2019 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | Vivid dreams, a little nausea | It took only 2 weeks for me to stop 37 years of smoking cigarettes. The 2nd week I felt like I could take on the world because I wanted to quit! Chantix helped me to overcome the will to smoke by taking away the urge for nicotine / smoking a cigarette feeling. My lungs had been cleaned for 10 years. I haven't looked back either!! | F | 63 | 3 weeks 30 1X day | 8/6/2016 | 1 | quit smoking | Felt "flat" - realized it was depression. Nothing has any stimulating effect anymore...not caffeine, sugar, etc. Once the dopamine receptors are bound by this drug, there are no ups...just flat. | Never had a depressed day in my life (beyond a normal grief in loss) and now I wake up every morning in a fog...taking an antidepressant which kicks in by afternoon and helps a little. There needs to be research on how to reverse these effects before doctors continue to prescribe it for patients! | F | 63 | 3 weeks as directe 2X day | 3/3/2013 | 1 | to quit smoking | I can't remember my dose. It was over a year ago. I still wanted to smoke, but the nicotine didn't get through. That's what's supposed to happen, but at the same time champix (Canadian name) is supposed to satisfy your cravings. Well, it didn't satisfy anything, and since I wasn't getting any hit from smoking I lit cigarette after cigarette dragging as hard as I could. I quit champix half way through the 2nd day. However, it had screwed everything up. I had been smoking 10 cigarettes a day and now went up to 13 or more. I was only smoking 8 when I first tried a stop smoking product and with every method I tried I ended up smoking more. Glad it works so well for some of you, though! I'd try the nicorette inhalers but they took the sample packs off the market, and there's no way I'm paying $42 for a product that probably won't even work, given my experiences so far. | M | 63 | 2 days 1X day | 7/21/2010 | 5 | Stop Smoking | Sleep disorder, intense irritability, depression. Sometimes felt like I was in a fog. Thought patterns were sometimes jumbled for the first couple of weeks. | Although I did experience some side effects this medication was very effective in controlling my desire to smoke and I've been smoke free since last Thanksgiving (November 07) | M | 62 | 90 days | 5/27/2008 |
CHANTIX (VARENICLINE TARTRATE): Varenicline helps you stop smoking. To increase your chance of success, use this medication with a stop-smoking program that includes education, support, and counseling. Quitting smoking lowers your risk of heart and lung disease, as well as cancer. Varenicline works by blocking nicotine's effects in the brain that make you want to smoke. Discuss the risks and benefits of this medication, as well as other ways to quit smoking (such as nicotine replacement treatment), with your doctor. FDA Approval Date: 2006-05-10 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)