CHANTIX Reviews (VARENICLINE TARTRATE)

Average Rating: 3.5 (355 Ratings)

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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)

  

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 4  to quit smoking a second time Vivid, bizarre dreams. Longer sleep time required (I think to compensate for less quality sleep due to dreams?) slight ghost-ish headache for first two weeks. F 47 3 years
1 2X day
8/31/2016
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 5  Smoking Cotton mouth and bad/strange smell and tastes. On day 2 smoke free. No desire (cause it stinks bad). M 46 1 years
1 mg
1/2/2015
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 5  Quit smoking Some nausea. Lots of dreams but not vivid dreams. I have been on Chantix for 6 1/2 months. I took for a month and quit on the day I set to quit. I haven't smoked in 5 1/2 months. I do get a little nausea sometimes, usually when I don't eat enough before taking my pill. I smoked for 30 yrs, 1 pack+ a day. If you really want to quit, chantex will help! I go all day without thinking of a cigarette! F 42 6 months
Twice a da
3/15/2017
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 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
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 5  to quit smoking. Only strange deams. No problem. Thanks for making Chantix. I stopped after 38 years. M 61 5 months
1mg
6/16/2015
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 5  stop smoking I had a bit of bad gas and some vivid dreams but these were nothing compared to the effects of smoking When I started Chantix, I was already addicted to wearing three patches, and smoking 2 packs a day. Chantix worked likeacharm. And I was not really that motivated because smoking has already given me terminal stomach cancer. But I just did not want to die a smoker on oxygen. I really pitty those of you who who cannot tolerate Chantix because IT WORKS GREAT and I cheated a lot on the program. I have been off cigarettes for over a year now/ There was not problem with Chantix withdrawal because I just tapered over a month and never missed it. M 61 5 months
1/24/2009
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 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
 4  stop smoking terrible withdrawal after quitting chantix - as bad a nicotine withdrawal I stopped smoking and initially took the 12 week course of chantix. After being off chantix for about a month I asked the doctor for refill of more chantix because I felt really crummy. After taking 8 more weeks of chantix I went off chantix about a week ago and I feel HORRIBLE. I will see the doctor tomorrow, and request another month of chantix to wean off slowly. I FEEL LIKE CRAP - ANXIOUS AND IMPATIENT AND SHAKY. However, I have no desire to smoke. F 53 5 months
3/31/2009
 5  Quit smoking Nauseous without food. a bit irritable, tough time falling asleep. Strange swollen joints in fingers (not sure if any of these are related to chantix other than nausea) Seems to me that after suddenly stopping smoking after a pack a day for 12 years, that one should expect some discomfort of some sort. Good news is that I quit with no problem, tried without drug and failed many time, I'll take a little less sleep and nausea for reduced chance of DYING from cancer, heart disease or some other smoke related death! Chantix= no smoking. IT WORKS, M 35 4 months
1mg 2X day
8/31/2010
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 5  quit smoking Minor hallucinations such as bugs on the floor. However i did take alot of LSD as a teenager. Also when i quit drinking 2+ yrs ago and was not on chantix, i saw bugs on the floor a couple of weeks into sobriety. I went into taking chantix with a complete positive outlook. I told myself im going to take chantix and its gonna work and im gonna quit and im not going to get depressed or want to kill anyone. And it worked! I smoked for 15 yrs and i loved smoking! But i WANTED to quit. I was ready. I still have the obsession but i get on my knees every morning and ask my God to remove the obsession. It worked for vodka, im sure he will rid me of the obsession soon. Thank you chantix thank you God. Thank you ex-smokers who support me and tell me why i shoulnt pick up that trashy stinkin good for nothin ball n chain smoke. Good luck to you. God Bless. F 30 4 months
1mg 2X day
11/17/2011
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 5  I was ready to quit smoking Vivid dreams. It was well worth it. I tried Chantix 3 different times. I was finally successful! The main thing is not to stop taking it until you know you are strong enough. That was the problem with the other 2 times, I thought I was okay after 3 months, and I wasn't. You never know when the craving will hit you. F 47 4 months
1X day
7/11/2016
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 3  Stop smoking Sever nausea and diarrhea I smoked 1 pack a day for 24 years. I tried may other products to stop smoking that didn't work. I quit with Chantix and have not smoked for over 1 year. Now for the bad part. While taking Chantix, I had sever nausea and diarrhea everyday, both of which lasted about 3 hours at a time. The diarrhea is so bad I have almost no warning and I can't leave the house until it has run its course for the day. I suffered through this because the Chantix had really helped me to quit smoking. When it was time to stop taking the Chantix, I was really looking forward to not feeling sick again. I stopped taking the Chantix almost 1 year ago. The nausea and diarrhea have never gone away. It has subsided a little over the last year. Sometimes I even have 3 or 4 days in a week when I am not sick. But I am still sick more days than not. I don't think my stomach will ever get back to normal, but I'm still not smoking. F 39 4 months
2X day
8/2/2010
 3  Quit Smoking Nauseau immediately after taken pill, but subsides. Strange life like dreams. Depression? Trouble sleeping? Impatience? Utter confusion now! I really have no idea what Chantix is doing anymore. Here's the situation. I started it back in June. After first week, was able to quit completely. I felt so good about it. Didn't like the weight gain but that was the only thing I really noticed as a down side. I took it for the full 12 week cycle, though I did switch to just one pill a day with the last few weeks, cause I was nervous to not be on it. Anyway, a few weeks after not being on it I was a terrible mess. Couldn't stop crying, completely hopeless feeling, mad at everything, no energy...bad! Naturally, this caused me to start smoking again. Dr. also put me on lexapro to combat the depression. I smoked for about 3 full weeks and then since I was feeling much better (no longer depressed) I decided to start Chantix again, in order to get back off the cigarettes. This has been for about a month now and unlike the first time, I still have a smoke or two but have considerably cut back (I think I had maybe 4 yesterday). F 31 4 months
11/29/2007
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 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
 5  2 pack a day for 30 years Best thing I ever choose to do. Thank you for making this pill and tweaking it to work. Chantix is my anti anti depressant.. I experienced no side effects of any kind no dreams no crazy off the handle mood swings. Just the opposite I found peace and calmness. The best F 44 3 months
10/24/2019
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 5  2 pack a day for 30 years Best thing I ever choose to do. Thank you for making this pill an tweaking it to work. Chantix is my anti anti depressant.. I experienced no side effects of any kind no dreams no crazy off the handle mood swings. Just the opposite I found peace an calmness. The best F 44 3 months
10/24/2019
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 5  Stop smoking after 40 years Wanting to smoke more when i first started. But after two weeks i start smoke less. In 3 minths i didn't want to smoke again. This is a cure to stop smoking this is know joke. With the help of Chantix i have been smoke free going on 2 years after 40 years of smoking. I have tired different things to help me to stop an this eas the only thing that help me quit the habit. F 59 3 months
30 mg
4/11/2016
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 5  To quit smoking Heinous, paint-peeling gas!!!! Thankfully this stopped by the end of the 2nd month. I remember bloating being a big problem from quitting in the past, but this is something else. This medicine was a lifesaver for me, literally. I tried to quit smoking 4 or 5 times before this and never could. I'm now almost 4 months ciggie-free. The only problem is that the cravings return a bit once you stop the medication, so far they are no where near the past cravings, though. F 33 3 months
12/18/2007
 5  smoking cessation upset stomach;very vivid dreams Don,t drink alcohol right after taking Chantix because it will make you sick; it's being looked at as a stop drinking drug as well.Eating after taking it helps with stomach problems.I smoked a pack a day for about 15 years and I've tried everything to quit.This stuff is incredible!It's great being a ex-smoker! M 33 3 months
9/29/2007
 5  Quit Smoking vivid dreams, nausea, mood swings, hard time sleeping for first two weeks. Talked to dr. who also prescribed topamax, a mood stabilizer and helps with migraines, and started taking chantix once a day, in the evening. Alleviated nausea, vivid dreams and trouble sleeping stopped. Don't know if it was the combo of Chantix and Topomax, but whatever it is, it's working for me. It's the first time in 15 years I've been able to quit for this long, usually I've gone 2 months and struggled to make it that long. No desire to smoke, changed my patterns, and it's been 4 months since my last cig. F 35 3 months
1 mg 1X day
1/1/2011
  

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)

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