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 |
| 1 | To quit smoking | I had suicidal thoughts out of nowhere, twice. Had no appetite and trouble sleeping. One time I was taking a shower, the other time I was driving and had a sudden urge to crash into a tree! | It should not be on the market | F | 57 | 8 weeks Don’t reme 1X day | 1/26/2023 | 1 | Smoking | DEPRESSION, loss of excitement , hyper mania , fatigue | Do NOT TAKE !! | F | 39 | 3 weeks 150 2X day | 7/30/2022 | 1 | To quit smoking | The first two days I just had vivid dreams but the second night I woke up throughout the night after every dream. In the morning I felt very nauseous and very jittery all day. I couldn't work because I was so out of it, forgetting what I had just done. I had a horrible taste in my mouth and couldn't concentrate. After about 8 hours of hell I swore I would never take it again. I feel better now but won't chance it by continuing. | F | 45 | 3 days 1X day | 5/26/2021 | 1 | Quit smoking | My head is killing me. I've never had headaches before. I won't take another pill. I'll just have to nut up and quit on my own. | F | 32 | 18 days 1 mg 2X day | 3/25/2021 | 1 | Nausea, abdominal pain, vivid dreams, swelling in my hands legs, sever pain in muscles specially my calfs !! Overall lethargy flu symptoms | Don't take this toxic drug..you will harm urself more than you benefit ... this is crazy !!!! | F | 39 | 8 days 1X day | 12/28/2020 | 1 | Quit smoking | Nausea, zombiness, unstable emotions, and a few strange dreams while on Chantix. The biggest problems came when I stopped taking it. | Toxic drug. I think it broke my mind. I stopped taking it because I was smoking less but still smoking after 4 weeks and within less than a week of stopping I started feeling worse side effects. I have had constant dizziness, headaches, blurry vision, suicidal thoughts, and am a blubbering mess. I am unable to work on a computer due to blurry vision or on the telephone with clients due to unstable emotions. I am taking an extended leave from work because I just cannot perform. I feel like I'm constantly stoned. Please do not take this drug or let anyone you care about take this drug. I feel like I have lost control of my life and am terrified my vision will never clear. | F | 53 | 30 days 1mg 2X day | 11/16/2020 | 1 | Quit smoking | Manic Euphoria, severe irritability, nausea, severe depression, dry mouth | I have been a smoker for 25 years..I started chantix two months ago...it took me 9 days before I quit smoking...I am still a non smoker 2 months later...however I almost lost my dang mind trying to achieve this by taking chantix...first 2 weeks I had really bad nausea that eventually went away...after that I slowly started having alot of energy...before I knew it I was weaving all over my lane singing at the top of my lungs like I was the star of a concert in my car....everything from a rock pebble on the ground to the sun shining on my car a certain way was THE MOST BEAUTIFUL thing I have EVER seen in my LIFE!!!! I could barely make a decision to save my life...it was really scary! I've been off chantix for about 5 days now and I'm slowly starting to feel like I can focus...I still feel slight paranoia and shakey as well as jaw stiffness and headaches...I would recommend not taking this medication although I suppose it did get me to stop smoking it is just too dangerous! | F | 43 | 2 months 2 mg 1X day | 10/30/2020 | 1 | Quit Smoking | I took Chantix 11 years ago and I haven't been the same since. I was a completely healthy 50 year old woman when I began taking Chantix. Because of the nausea and dizziness due to the side effects, I took only 1 pill in the evening before bed. It still worked and I did quit smoking ... for 6 years, but started smoking again due to severe depression (and have been kicking myself in the butt since). While taking the medication, it made me extremely forgetful and almost cost me my job. (I am an accountant). Shortly after stopping the medication, I started having all types of medical problems .... from neurological, to gastrointestinal, and ultimately cardiovascular. They were all considered "rare" disorders. (Sphincter of Oddi Disorder, Trigeminal and Glossopharengeal Neuralgia, Takotsubo Syndrome to name a few) I used to joke to my friends that it was the nicotine holding me together .... but it's no joke now. Here it is 11 years later and my mind and body are still messed up. I have also been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and haven't been able to work because of it. Is it all just a coincidence? .... perhaps. But do you really want to take that chance?? I honestly believe that Chantix did more to my brain functionings other than the side effects claim. And the damage is permanent. | DO NOT TAKE IT!!! | F | 61 | 4 months 1X day | 10/19/2020 | 1 | Stop smoking cigarettes after I eat | Oh my gosh...I'm a 1/4 cig smoker...breakem in half...after I eat..took my very first chantix pill, starter pack this morning...at 9am...ate breakfast ( recommend) with chantix taking...30 mintues later got upset..over a lil situation at home. I have anxiety anyway...started to get a loud buzzing sound in my head...it hasn't stopped yet..had a half cig to calm nerves...stomach started to hurt so badly...almost went to e.r...downed malox...a bottle of Pepsi..to try calm stomach..head still buzzing since 9 am..it's now 4:08 pm....stomach hurts so bad I want scream...thanks allot chantix....go for I'm one health issue to another in approximately a few seconds if taking two puffs... | F | 61 | 1 days 0.5 starte 1X day | 9/29/2020 | 1 | To quit smoking | After 1 week of taking chantix both my testicles swelled as big as my closed fists. It has been a month of chronic pain and having to double up of the dosage of lysix(fluid pills) medication. | Looks like I'll be a smoker until I find something that doesn't make me feel like I'm dying. | M | 47 | 7 days Starter pa 1X day | 9/29/2020 | 1 | Cigarettes | Rage, crying, anger & lashing out, depression | I tried this a year ago with a higher dose-I was nuts then and can feel the side effects again. Gotta stop this drug! | F | 50 | 14 days 1 | 4/9/2020 | 1 | To quit smoking | The first three days were fine. Then the dose doubled to 1mg. I woke up feeling so drunk and sick. I had no balance, bouncing off of the walls trying to walk and almost falling down just standing. Blurry vision, severe depression, and suicidal thoughts. My dreams were vivid, but not always nightmares. I still craved smoking, not as bad. I don’t know if it just didn’t mix well with my other medication or it’s just chantix itself. What I do know is I had no warning when all of it started happening. I just woke up to it. Never again will I take this medication. It literally only took 4 days before all of this happened. | Hopefully they’ll update side effects spring with other drug interactions. | F | 30 | 4 days .5 | 12/31/2019 | 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 | 1 | To stop smoking | The first day I took Chantix was on a Sunday no problems, Monday however I passed out after taking this drug! I woke up with a sick stomach and a headache! I stopped the med immediately. Today is Wednesday and I'm still sick to my stomach and I still have a headache that nothing I take will relieve it! This drug is poison!! | F | 59 | 2 days 0.5 | 3/8/2017 | 1 | smoking cessation | I was VERY depressed, crying constantly, and had major suicidal thoughts. I have dissuaded several people from trying this medication. The good news? I quit smoking within a week. | Had to stop taking this TOXIC drug and started smoking again immediately. I was so relieved to be off this medication. However, I was still experiencing symptoms 2 weeks after I stopped Chantix. NO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG! Those cheery TV ads make me nauseous. How could the FDA continue to allow this drug to be sold? | 53 | 20 days 20 1X day | 2/1/2017 | 1 | To quit smoking | Extreme rage and depression, extreme suicidal thoughts, extreme dreams such as my husband having a girlfriend and me seperating her brain stem from her spinal cord with a ROCK | I don't know why this crap is still on the market. Several weeks off and still very irritable and depressed, despite antidepressants. Also went back to smoking because of the rage and depression, so I know it's not nicotine withdrawal. | F | 48 | 30 days 2X day | 7/7/2016 | 1 | stop smoking | nightmare! Disabling. | Comments about this drug I cannot put into words. If someone can find any other way to stop.....do it. | M | 49 | 3 weeks forgot 1X day | 6/13/2016 | 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 | to stop smoking | I started two weeks ago. Smoke 2 packs a day. The last few days I've noticed I'm not smoking as much and it doesn't taste as good. Plan on going cold turkey tomorrow. | M | 41 | 1 days | 3/12/2016 |
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)