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 |
| 3 | smoking cessation | nausea after taking tablet with food, unenthusiastic couldn't care less about anything, anger, aggression, bitchiness, sadness, loneliness, crying for no reason, trouble getting to sleep, trouble concentrating/thinking, short term memory loss, severe mood swings, difficulty getting words out, vivid and weird dreams, increased appetite, increased urination, muscle tension, feeling cold. | have been on champix (UK) for 7 days starting 1mg twice daily from tomorrow. have not yet stopped smoking so these side effects are due to the champix and not withdrawal from nicotine. as i really do want to quit smoking i'll hopefully get over these side effects. bit wary as i am feeling all of them and they are likely to get worse when i'm doubling the dose and quitting smoking. already feeling the psychological side effects and decreased sex drive. excellent :| | F | 25 | 7 days 0.5 mg 2X day | 10/13/2010 | 4 | To quit smoking | Anger/agitation and vivid dreams during the first week. Nausea directly after taking the pill on a full or empty stomach that last about 30-45 mins. | So far I haven't smoked in 4 days and have NO desire to. This drug is GREAT, I never thought I would be able to survive the first several days before and this drug really has made it easy. I tried to quit last yr with the patch and the cravings were just to powerful. If you are ready to quit and able to overcome the side effects than I would try Chantix! | F | 26 | 12 days 1mg 2X day | 9/12/2010 | 5 | Quit dipping snuff | I would remember my dreams more but they were not wild | This drug works. I dipped for over 20 years and tried to stop many times. I tried this and I never looked back. I have been off of it for about 30 days now and tobacco free for 57 days. I still have cravings for tobacco but they are getting less and less | M | 44 | 35 days 1mg 2X day | 9/10/2010 | 1 | quit smoking | nausea, vivid dreams, constipation, irritability, sleeplessness | Felt great at first on Chantix, almost euphoric. Had to wean off as the side effects got worse. Took a lot of will-power not to smoke again, and I've been 8 months smoke-free. I've been battling insomnia from the start, and it's gotten progressively worse, 2-3 hours per night. Hard to manage a family, home, and job without sleep. Turning now into depression & anxiety, and I've recently started on an anti-depressant. I'm convinced it's the Chantix. Although I believe it helped me get thru the first few difficult weeks, I'm a mess now. Pfizer needs to take responsibility and publish results of long term studies. | F | 45 | 10 weeks recommende 1X day | 9/8/2010 | 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 | 3 | smoking cessation | Crazy drug, definitely gets you to stop smoking, lost all interest in smoking in first week as as long as kept taking drug had no interest in smoking. No physical side effects, but I found my mind becoming very compulsive, almost self destructive. Had urges to do things I haven't done since college, which would have put what is a very happy family and life in jeopardy. Tried the drug 2 separate times, same results (stopped smoking, but very compulsive thoughts) won't try it again. | M | 31 | 20 days standard 2X day | 8/17/2010 | 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 | 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 | 4 | quit smoking | Nausea, vivid dreams, sleep issues, depression, anger, confusion | I quit for two months using Chantix, had no side effects besides vivid dreams. I started smoking occationally, socially, bad idea. It snowballed to a pack a day again. I decided to take it again, and I seem to be hit by all the side effects where as before it didn't bother me. I feel like an emotional wreck, I switch between confusion, depression, with small bursts of anger and aggression. I hate everyone and the next second im sad because everyone hates me. I flip flop between logic and emotion. I know this is not true, then the emotions come on a second later. I figured since I took it first round, with no issues, it would be the same. Smoking is costly, but at what cost am I paying to quit? | F | 29 | 3 months 1mg 2X day | 7/11/2010 | 5 | smoking | vivid dreams, gas,diarrhea. | this med worked for me after 9 day completely stopped smoking. dreams are vivid but I will miss them when I stop taking med. Well worth the other side effects. As for depression my Dr. had me start prozac 20mg 6 weeks before I started taking chantix.Worked for me. | F | 47 | 30 days 2X day | 7/10/2010 | 5 | Stop Smoking | Vivid Dreams | My husband and I are on our 3rd round of Chantix. We started it again yesterday (3rd round in 2 years). Every time we take this, it helps us stop within the first week. However, once we stop taking it, it doesn't take long before something stressful happens (such as a death) and we start right back up. It works GREAT!!! But I just wish we could stay stopped. Took 2 yesterday and one today so far and I already have zero interest in smoking. I can normally take 2 the first day, 2 the second day then one the rest of the time. I love the vivid dreams chantix causes, in fact, I look forward to them. :) | F | 39 | 2 days 10mg? 2X day | 7/3/2010 | 5 | smoking | None other than I do sense a loss of taste which is noted as a potential side effect. I do think it's important to take as directed after a meal though. My wife has no issues other than some naseau when she takes without food. I have no problems with or without food. | This was the easiest thing I have ever done. I have not smoked for over 2 months now, I run regularly and have lost 20 pounds. I have also made a concerted effort to change my diet as well. Best thing we have ever done and wish we did it earlier. | M | 50 | 12 weeks 1 2X day | 6/27/2010 | 5 | To quit smoking | Joint and muscle pain. A sore mouth, though that has finally subsided. Some irritability, but not too bad. Odd and very vivid dreams. The muscle pain can pretty bad and it normally comes in the form of bad muscle cramps that plague me every night. But I am also on two other meds with the same side effects, Glucophage and Advair. So to be fair Chantix shouldn't get 100% of the blame. | This medicine has been great!! I have had no problem quitting smoking. I am in my 4th week of the drug, and 3rd week of being quit. I have not cheated and do not have the urge to. The benefits outweigh any side effects. The dreams are like a mini adventure every night. Only once have I had a dream that upset me. | F | 49 | 1 months 1 MG 2X day | 4/26/2010 | 5 | Stop Smoking | Very vivid dreams ... very thirsty | I smoked 1 pack of cigarettes for 17 years. Other than the vivid dreams I had no side effects other than being very thirsty. I smoked 7 days while taking Chantix and once i stopped i had no cravings at all. If I knew stop smoking was this easy I would have done it long time ago. | M | 34 | 30 days 1 1X day | 4/21/2010 | 4 | Quit Smoking | Constipated, cravings (first week of no smoking), depression?? | I have quit smoking, which is good, but reading this blog has me scared witless!! First 2 days quitting cigs, I had problems where I was short of breath. Had to breathe in heavily to fill lungs. This went away, but I still had BAD cravings to smoke a cig. It def didn't feel good to smoke, but I had the cravings pretty badly from about day 8-13. Also, I had an incident where I was nearly raging the other day! It was a nothing thing, and i was fuming over it for hours. Then I got really depressed. This entire week, I have felt depressed, stayed home in bed one whole day, nap a lot, and I am scared! I have this "blech" feeling. Never had depression before, but I didn't know if it was the gloomy weather or this med. I don't want to get worse. Also, I am usually regular, and have been constipated for a week. No weight gain, but I paired a diet with my dosage. I cut cals and use meal replacement shakes. Helped me quit, but I am depressed I think... | F | 24 | 17 days 1 2X day | 4/18/2010 | 1 | Smoked 1/2 pack a day for 25 years | I quit smoking very easy and had no side effects UNTIL I stopped taking the drug 6 days ago. I am an emotional mess with lots of anxiety, so much I feel like I cannot work and am home today trying to "get it together". I am praying this crazy anxiety will go away by tomorrow. Do NOT take this drug. Does anyone have a remedy or news when these feeling subside? Please help. | F | 49 | 2 months 1/2 pill 1X day | 3/5/2010 | 4 | quit smoking | extreme muscle soreness the first 48 hours, nausea if not taken with food, increased urination, trouble falling and staying asleep, weight gain (~6 pounds), feelings of anxiety and irritability | I have tried to quit smoking numerous times for about three years now. Chantix was the only thing (not gum, lozenge, cold turkey, or e-cigarette) that replaced that "need" for a cigarette. I took it for one month and decided not to buy the second month's dose. I would recommend Chanitx, but it did come with its fair share of side effects. The weight gain (I run 30 miles a week, so this was very unexpected) and irritability were the most hard-to-deal-with side effects for me. | F | 23 | 28 days 1 mg 2X day | 2/21/2010 | 3 | quit smoking | Mental disturbances, Gas | Chantix made quitting smoking easy, but it messed me up mentally. I felt like I was dreaming when awake. Couldn't concentrate, couldn't get anything done at work, was irritable, agressive, and suspicious. The thought of suicide entered my mind, but I didn't act on it. It seemed to make my bowel movements regular and effortless. Lots and lots of foul gas. | M | 51 | 8 weeks 1 MG 2X day | 2/16/2010 | 1 | To quit smoking | Nausa once when taken without food, headache on second day, developed skin lesions with mucus heads on day 12. | I got my prescription of chantix about six months ago but have been to nervous to take it due to hearing side effects of depression, anxiety and suicidal tendencies. I can feel that way from quitting cold turkey. But after talking to friends and knowing that they have to put all that stuff in there for legal reasons and if you look at the warning from aspirin or anything else, they have to list any and all possibilities. I quit smoking cigarettes on day 7 of taking the meds and thought that I might have immunity to the meds because I was climbing the walls, just like if I had quit cold turkey I was feeling better by day 10 but by day 12 noticed a rash of skin lesions ranging from pin point to dime size. I thought at first it was a few spider bites or something but day 13 I woke up with about 30 lesions and no one else in the house had anything like this. I'm on vacation visiting the in-laws which is one of the reasons I chose to quit now, because they don't know I smoke and it would not go over well at all. Unfortunately I can't talk to anyone about what going on with me and am totally freaked out with this skin thing. Day 14 - quit taking the chantix. | F | 36 | 14 days 1X day | 2/15/2010 | 1 | smoking cessation | It took one month of ingesting this drug before I quit smoking entirely. The side effects while taking Chantix were: Loss of sense of pleasure from ANY activity!: Very Vivid dreams, (often unpleasant but not like nightmares); and constant insatiable cravings for carbs. The nightmare was the withdrawal from Chantix! I experienced mood changes on the order of 5 times that of my worse PMS episodes! I had never before had issues with RAGE, but within 5 days after beginning to wean off of Chantix those issues began. It has now been more than a year since I slowly weaned myself off of this drug and I have not yet returned to my baseline frustration/ irritation/ stress tolerance level. Also I have not regained a sense of pleasure from ANY activity. I feel doomed. On top of that, after all this time, I still have almost irresistable cravings when I see a cigarette. | I gained more than 30 lbs and became diagnosed with diabetes type II. If I could go back in time I would NOT take Chantix. I would rather die earlier as smoker than later as this obese, diabetic rage-filled human who no longer experiences pleasure from anything!!! | F | 56 | 90 days 1mg 2X day | 2/7/2010 |