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 quit smoking | A little hostility, back ache and drowsiness. And definitely vivid dreams. | This is the first full week i have not smoked. I am very happy this is working. I would like to tell people to TRY to stick with it UNLESS you become suicidal. It's so worth it. I've been smoking 21 years and this is the ONLY thing that's worked. | F | 34 | 1 months 2mg | 1/17/2015 | 1 | Stop smoking | Depression, anger, crying spells, nightmares, joint pain, feels like mouth cut up with glass. | I quit taking this medication today as the side effects are not worth it. I am a happy person who loves life. This last week I have been miserable. As I write this I am sitting here having a crying spell for no reason at all. I am sad, depressed and don't want to do anything. I looked in my fridge tonight and noticed it was empty as I just haven't felt like going to the store for the past week. I have neglectedy family and I sure do hope these side effects go away quick. I want to be the happy person I used to be again. | F | 44 | 10 days | 1/9/2015 | 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 | 5 | Quit smoking | Sometimes I had nightmares. I actually woke up in tears crying because of how real they were. But a few little bad dreams are completely worth not being a smoker anymore. I had used Chantix a few years back with success, but for some dumb reason I decided to smoke again after two years. I'm quit again this time for good. | M | 40 | 60 days .5 2X day | 12/30/2014 | 1 | Stop smoking | Extreme anger, aggression, total personality change. | I have smoked for 30+ years hoping this would help. My wife is newly diagnosed with asthma. I was hoping this could help me quit but tonight my wife threatened to leave because of the raging anger. I love her and this medication isn't wotth losing her. I would rather step outside to smoke than let this drug ruin my marriage! | M | 56 | 6 days | 12/30/2014 | 5 | to stop smoking | Vivid dreams. I have been sleeping so much better though and I've set my alarm for later and that has been good. Mild constipation, but tolerable. | I've smoked 30 years. I am not one to set a goal and stick with it. Chantix changed that for me. Took the pills for 2 weeks and then quit. Tobacco free now for 18 days. It was very difficult at the beginning, but focusing on quitting this time, combined with Chantix and using the GETQUIT online program daily has helped so much. I was sad and depressed for a bit, but I don't think it was due to Chantix, it was more in grieving and saying goodbye to a habit I had for a very long time. It isn't a magic pill that makes you quit, but that pill along with just a little bit of desire to quit really works! I'm very pleased with the results. | M | 54 | 38 days 2X day | 12/11/2014 | 4 | to stop smoking | Im trying to find out the best time to take my 2nd pill. Any suggestions? So far im still smoking but not as much. Had weird dreams and insomnia has taken over. Constipated and so very tired. | F | 45 | 4 days 0.5 2x day | 10/25/2014 | 5 | Quit smoking | Side effects such as severe bloating, gas and neck pain. Makes me think about going off med every day. In the last week crying and sad. But don't feel like smoking after pack a day habit for 30+ years. 6 weeks smoke free :)) | F | 49 | 7 weeks 2mg | 9/20/2014 | 5 | Stop smoking | Dreams are really the only thing other than not wanting a cig since it will taste awful - and less desire to smoke. It is working. I am highly happy as is my family. First used a 2nd month patch during my first week - since I became angry when I was smoking that chantix wouldn't allow me to get nicotine. Otherwise I'm weaning off the patches too. I haven't had a desire to buy more cigs- which is great. | F | 37 | 7 days 1 mg | 9/12/2014 | 1 | Stop smoking | The only thing it did was give me very vivid dreams. It felt like I was taking a sugar pill because it did literally nothing else. | F | 22 | 2 months As directd | 9/9/2014 | 3 | Stop smoking | Mild nausea with morning dose which was tolerable. No problems until I started month 3 - BP went sky high, migraines, weird dreams...I knew they were dreams, but I couldn't wake up. I stopped talking to friends/family. I'm a bitch with a short fuse and will cry at the drop of a hat. My doctor took one look at me and knew something was wrong. I'm still waiting for this stuff to get out of my system so I can get back to normal. I'm not smoking...yet. However, I will not take chantix again. | F | 44 | 3 months | 8/30/2014 | 4 | smoking cessation | loss of appetite but feel very good on it as i am on effexor for anxiety. actually i feel the best i have for ages | M | 50 | not sure 2X day | 8/29/2014 | 3 | Quit Smoking | So far on this journey I have experienced awful nausea that has seemed to increase since dosage has upped I tried to take before, during and after I ate but that has not helped. I eat like I am 9 months pregnant and crave salty and sweet foods and I cannot seem to satisfy this hunger. The first week I was so bitchy I could not stand to be around myself, felt weird and lost, almost like life would not be the same or as fun without smoking. I knew these feelings would come from the last time I had quit; I had read people will feel like they lost a best friend when they quit. I will say that it is when I am in the car that I smoke only by forcing myself to smoke. I hate to admit (because smokers lie about how much they really smoke) but I was upwards of a pack a day and now maybe 3-6 a day. I would normally go out for a smoke at work around 10:30 am and have 2 and that has stopped, when I leave for lunch I will smoke a couple sometime 5-6 because I am driving and then I would go out agai | I think once I can get over the oral fixation and habit of smoking on car rides, I think Chantix will actually (despite the awful side effects) work for me. I should stop buying packs but I have not reached that point I have bought 3 packs in almost 2 weeks when I was normally buying a pack a day so there is hope. My physician said that I could smoke during the first week but did not mention the week after, she said that it actually should help you not to gain weight but I feel she just said that because she has been on me to quit for sometime now and knows I am an exercise freak. I really want to quit this time, it's a disgusting habit and smokers are sort of shunned and placed in smoking huts for display, it smells gross, lingers and most of all awful for me. My daughter (well I am sure she knows) I make myself believe does not know I smoke because I never do in in front of her never did and never will but she has to smell it and there are time when I could not wait to get home, sneak back out saying that I forgot something in the car or at the store. So I need to put my all into it however I am simply finding it hard to let go, I suppose it may be best to treat this like ending a relationship or mourning a death. | F | 32 | 12 days 1mg 2X day | 8/22/2014 | 5 | To quit smoking | Mild nausea. No anger, no aggression that seems to be associated with Chantix. In fact, the opposite. Unusually calm, a bit detached from daily events by which I mean, less caring, no anxiety. But not depressed. I can remember my dreams, something that didn't happen before Chantix. Not bad dreams, just dreams. | A pack a day smoker for 30+ years. It took about 3 weeks to quit on Chantix. I don't crave cigarettes but I miss the process of lighting up, if that makes sense. Just this week I've had bad cravings for the process at about 5:00pm. I've lit up a couple of times but really didn't want the cig and put it out. Chantix has worked for me. It has made quitting easy with out the mad cravings and withdrawals. I plan to stay on it for the full 12 weeks because I don't want to start smoking again. | F | 52 | 7 weeks 1mg 2X day | 6/14/2014 | 5 | Stop smoking | No side effects. I quit in December 2006 and have never smoked 1 cigarette since. | F | 50 | 3 weeks 30 | 4/30/2014 | 5 | stop smoking | Fun vivid dreams I looked forward to them lol.. some nausea and I did physically assault my boyfriend.. needless to say he left me but Hey he hates that I smoke so who cares less stress = less smoking. I don't crave cigarettes anymore the habit part is the hardest but if I light one I toss it after a few puffs. Hopefully soon I can wrap my mind around the idea and stop giving into the habits. For a smoker of 23 years I'm doing great and I'm proud of myself and of all of you for trying!!! | F | 35 | 2 weeks 1 mg 2 qd | 4/23/2014 | 4 | better my health | insomnia..I have a hard time sleeping | I find if I cut the pills in half and take 4 times a day instead of 2 times then I dont have the stomach upset | F | 62 | 2 weeks 2X day | 4/15/2014 | 4 | quit smoking | These side effects were from the 1st time I was on Chantix (I quit for 5 years)...gas, dreams - most were extremely BAD - woke up in the living room on my back with my husband holding me down...I tried to fight him when he had me cornered, sick stomach, rage, violence. I almost lost my job because of this drug..I was also going thru some very bad personal issues at the same time. Father passing away, then dealing with Mom not handling death, then 11 months later Uncle passing away & Me in charge of his estate & during all of this I started going thru Menopause, I cut my hair SUPER SHORT, gained a ton of weight...just awful. I think & My doc think Chantix made all of this worse. 2nd time on Chantix I'm in a much better place...no one dieing, Mom doing better & I'm thru Menopause...I don't have the rage or the violent thoughts, but do have some other...sick stomach shortly after taking pill, but it goes away in about an hour...gained weight, but not as much as before | The 1st time on Chantix...Horrible experience, but I did quit smoking for 5 years...I started again because I'm truly an idiot. Smoked for about 2 years & am now 2 Months non-smoker & VERY, VERY HAPPY. I think this time I was Really ready to quit...last time I was kinda bullied into it & had so much else going on in my life and I think Chantix made my problems worse mentally. This time I only took Chantix for a month because of the weight gain & this time around my INS didn't cover & it is VERY expensive - almost 300 bucks. I still have some cravings, but they are easy to ignore and I tell myself "ITS JUST THE ADDICTION TALKING" and this usually gets me thru it. I am glad I am longer smoking & will not be an idiot again and start because I do not want to take Chantix anymore...I feel Chantix works & it did help me to quit and made the withdrawls much more bearable, but it now scares me on the long term side effects...No one knows what it does in the Brain. The First time with Chantix those problems with rage & violence stayed with me for a couple years after I stopped. Just remember you have to WANT to quit smoking...no one can force you, bully you into it...if you don't want to quit you won't be successful. Good luck to everyone trying and keep trying... | F | 50 | 1 months 1 mg 2X day | 2/24/2014 | 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 | everything else failed | Contrary to some of these comments, Chantix is not the devil. .i literally started smoking when I was 13.... Since I was 16 though, I have been smoking no less than a pack a day. ... especially when I served in Iraq (about 2 packs a day for 16 months)....I thought I would never quit but I haven't had a cigarette since a day after the super bowl. ...yes I have side effects. ..i definitely feel nauseous after taking it and it lasts for about an hour or so each time. ... yes I eat and drink water with it.... but I'm not complaining about that. ....i can seriously deal with nausea and vivid dreams If it means I'm not smoking. ....no it is not a magic pill. ... You still need to be semi educated and realize that all this does is block the addictive nicotine from getting to your brain. .... but Your urges and you're habits (lighting up after a meal, lighting up when you get in the car, etc.) are very powerful as well and that is where you have to put a little work in yourself to fight your urges. ... Grab a piece of gum. ... Do whatever you have to do to get it off your mind. .. but please. ... dont Ruin someone else's chance to quit with Chantix because you had a bad experience. .... It's simple. ... Try it for yourself, and if the side effects are too bad then stop, but don't let other people keep you from trying to make a HUGE CHANGE in your life like so many people already have. ....end rant! Thank you | M | 29 | 3 weeks 1 mg | 2/7/2014 |