Comments on: Chantix suicide side effects http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/ Saiontz, Kirk & Miles personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lisa http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-61208 Lisa Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:36:30 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-61208 I have been smoking for 25 years and could not give them up. I have been on Chantex for 6 weeks now. I did not quit smoking on the 8th day but did about 2 weeks into it. I just slowly lost the desire to smoke. I don't drink and I don't have depression and I have had no problems. I think many of these stories are normal withdrawl symptoms from your addictions. Almost every story the people had problems within the first few weeks and blamed it on Chantex or their depression got worse or they drank more. I had some moodiness but it was the withdrawl and not the chantex. I feel like this medicine is a God sent. I am very pleased. If you suffer from depression or drink then don't take this medicine. I have been smoking for 25 years and could not give them up. I have been on Chantex for 6 weeks now. I did not quit smoking on the 8th day but did about 2 weeks into it. I just slowly lost the desire to smoke. I don’t drink and I don’t have depression and I have had no problems. I think many of these stories are normal withdrawl symptoms from your addictions.

Almost every story the people had problems within the first few weeks and blamed it on Chantex or their depression got worse or they drank more. I had some moodiness but it was the withdrawl and not the chantex. I feel like this medicine is a God sent. I am very pleased.
If you suffer from depression or drink then don’t take this medicine.

]]> By: liz http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-60823 liz Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:50:37 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-60823 Im 25 and I started takeing chantix in August of 07. Maybe a week after starting chantix I was told I have diabetes. After about a month of takeing chantix I became deeply depressed. I didn't want to work,I was moody and just wanted to sit in my room by myself. Im still depressed even though I quit takeing the antidepressant because of other side effects that caused me. I feel as if ever since i took chantix my life has changed. Im sad,Im always tired,Im always crying.Im mood and Im not the funny happy girl I use to be b4 this drug came into my life. I no longer smoke but I feel like I was better off a smoker than I am right now. Im 25 and I started takeing chantix in August of 07. Maybe a week after starting chantix I was told I have diabetes. After about a month of takeing chantix I became deeply depressed. I didn’t want to work,I was moody and just wanted to sit in my room by myself. Im still depressed even though I quit takeing the antidepressant because of other side effects that caused me. I feel as if ever since i took chantix my life has changed. Im sad,Im always tired,Im always crying.Im mood and Im not the funny happy girl I use to be b4 this drug came into my life. I no longer smoke but I feel like I was better off a smoker than I am right now.

]]> By: kelly http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-60609 kelly Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:31:10 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-60609 My son is going to be 20 years old next week, and his life is ruined all because of Chantex. He just started College 6 weeks ago, He has a wonderful girlfriend he has been dating for almost a year who has asthma and all he wanted to do is to stop smoking for her because he could see how it was affecting her breathing every time he would light up. 3 weeks into the the chantex he became very moody, pushing everyone who loved him away. He began drinking heavily to "make the pain go away" because he was so sad and didn't understand why. Then he started having dreams that he killed himself and wake up in a cold sweat. Then he started thinking about killing himself while he was awake, he thought the dreams were trying to "tell him something". If that wasn't bad enough, on one of his drinking binges he broke into and robbed a coffee shop and was caught. Now he is facing 2 felony charges. None of this is any of his normal behavior. His life is ruined all because he loved his girlfriend and wanted to quit smoking because it was killing her......Now the treatment has destroyed him. Think twice about using Chantex. It's not worth it. Hope this helps at least one person say NO. My son is going to be 20 years old next week, and his life is ruined all because of Chantex. He just started College 6 weeks ago, He has a wonderful girlfriend he has been dating for almost a year who has asthma and all he wanted to do is to stop smoking for her because he could see how it was affecting her breathing every time he would light up. 3 weeks into the the chantex he became very moody, pushing everyone who loved him away. He began drinking heavily to “make the pain go away” because he was so sad and didn’t understand why. Then he started having dreams that he killed himself and wake up in a cold sweat. Then he started thinking about killing himself while he was awake, he thought the dreams were trying to “tell him something”. If that wasn’t bad enough, on one of his drinking binges he broke into and robbed a coffee shop and was caught. Now he is facing 2 felony charges. None of this is any of his normal behavior. His life is ruined all because he loved his girlfriend and wanted to quit smoking because it was killing her……Now the treatment has destroyed him. Think twice about using Chantex. It’s not worth it.

Hope this helps at least one person say NO.

]]> By: Tina http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-60540 Tina Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:27:18 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-60540 I smoked for 20+ years. Was diagnosed with COPD about 4 years ago. Started taking Chantix in Jan. 2007 and have been completely quit since Feb. 2007. Chantix is a god send for me. Every medicine, even an asprin has some sort of effect on your body. If you listen to TV commercials for some of these medications you will find some wild side effects. For example, there is a drug out there that might cause you to have an erection for longer than 4 hours but, you can bet your bottom dollar if a man is experiencing erectile dysfunction he is willing to take this medicine to see if it will help. Sure I had some vivid dreams and dry mouth but that was the extent of my side effects. People are to eager to sue over the littlest thing. I smoked for 20+ years. Was diagnosed with COPD about 4 years ago. Started taking Chantix in Jan. 2007 and have been completely quit since Feb. 2007. Chantix is a god send for me.

Every medicine, even an asprin has some sort of effect on your body. If you listen to TV commercials for some of these medications you will find some wild side effects. For example, there is a drug out there that might cause you to have an erection for longer than 4 hours but, you can bet your bottom dollar if a man is experiencing erectile dysfunction he is willing to take this medicine to see if it will help.

Sure I had some vivid dreams and dry mouth but that was the extent of my side effects.

People are to eager to sue over the littlest thing.

]]> By: Larry http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-60301 Larry Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:31:33 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-60301 I actually was able to quit smoking with Chantix. Not right away, I had to gradually reduce smoking and allow the Chantix to replace the nicotine. Then I stayed solely on Chantix and reduced the dosage. I must say that I dont crave a cigarette after 35 years and 100 failed attempts to quit. HOWEVER, its been over three months and I feel on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I cant make sense of things at work, I have a hard time formulating sentences, I sometimes completely forget some words, I get panic attacks, I get agitated ,frustrated and then momentarily aggresive. It comes and goes in waves. I feel like I have alzheimers, or what I imagine it might be like. I also get hot flashes, I cant concentrate, Im very anxious and feel despair and hopelessness, and Im exhausted and lethargic. Are these enough side effects? I just want to know when it will stop, its been OVER THREE MONTHS and It wont stop. To top it off my doctor says I just need to cut back my coffee or soda, they go to years of "MED" school and thats all they can come up with?! I actually was able to quit smoking with Chantix. Not right away, I had to gradually reduce smoking and allow the Chantix to replace the nicotine. Then I stayed solely on Chantix and reduced the dosage. I must say that I dont crave a cigarette after 35 years and 100 failed attempts to quit.

HOWEVER, its been over three months and I feel on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I cant make sense of things at work, I have a hard time formulating sentences, I sometimes completely forget some words, I get panic attacks, I get agitated ,frustrated and then momentarily aggresive. It comes and goes in waves. I feel like I have alzheimers, or what I imagine it might be like. I also get hot flashes, I cant concentrate, Im very anxious and feel despair and hopelessness, and Im exhausted and lethargic. Are these enough side effects?
I just want to know when it will stop, its been OVER THREE MONTHS and It wont stop. To top it off my doctor says I just need to cut back my coffee or soda, they go to years of “MED” school and thats all they can come up with?!

]]> By: Randa http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59971 Randa Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:02:53 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59971 My sister is fighting for her life right now because of chantix. She is in a local hospital in a critical care unit. She parked her car on a train track and looked as the train impacted the car with her in it. My hope is this lawsuit is successful. I cannot participate however, we don't know how she got the chantix. I wish all of you the best of luck. My sister is fighting for her life right now because of chantix. She is in a local hospital in a critical care unit. She parked her car on a train track and looked as the train impacted the car with her in it. My hope is this lawsuit is successful. I cannot participate however, we don’t know how she got the chantix. I wish all of you the best of luck.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59284 Kathy Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:08:53 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59284 My husband took Chantix and he expierenced the nausea, dreams and headaches, But he also became very angry and moody. He is normally real easy going and mild mannered. But he became so unreasonable and short temepered even about the smallest things, sometimes about nothing. He seemed to always be on the edge. I did ask him one day if he was going to commit suicide, which only made him mad. But I had no amswer for the sudden and unexplained turn in my husbands personality, I was scared and grasping at straws. He was someone else totally. I couldn't figure out what happened, what changed. I tried mentally going through everything from when his anger started and finally one morning the Chantix hit me. I started looking things up about it. After reading up on it, I ask him to quit taking it. He didn't get the connection. He didn't even really realize how bad his behavior was. Now that he has been off the Chantix for awhile he see's that he was different, he say's he even feels different. He is back to his sweet loving self. Thankfully we figured out things with him before it went onto something really tragic. My husband took Chantix and he expierenced the nausea, dreams and headaches, But he also became very angry and moody. He is normally real easy going and mild mannered. But he became so unreasonable and short temepered even about the smallest things, sometimes about nothing. He seemed to always be on the edge. I did ask him one day if he was going to commit suicide, which only made him mad. But I had no amswer for the sudden and unexplained turn in my husbands personality, I was scared and grasping at straws. He was someone else totally. I couldn’t figure out what happened, what changed. I tried mentally going through everything from when his anger started and finally one morning the Chantix hit me. I started looking things up about it. After reading up on it, I ask him to quit taking it. He didn’t get the connection. He didn’t even really realize how bad his behavior was. Now that he has been off the Chantix for awhile he see’s that he was different, he say’s he even feels different. He is back to his sweet loving self. Thankfully we figured out things with him before it went onto something really tragic.

]]> By: Chantix Side Effects Cause Sales to Fall - Chantix Suicide Lawyers | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59196 Chantix Side Effects Cause Sales to Fall - Chantix Suicide Lawyers | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:24:30 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59196 [...] the United States, which is a 50% drop from the same quarter in 2007, before information about the risk of Chantix suicides was added to the drug’s warning [...] [...] the United States, which is a 50% drop from the same quarter in 2007, before information about the risk of Chantix suicides was added to the drug’s warning [...]

]]> By: christi http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59175 christi Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:34:49 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59175 i quit taking chantex and then about a week later i tried to kill myself.Thankfully i didnt succed. but since then i have been very depreesed and suffer severa anxiety.The anxiety is so bad that i have problems leaving the house and suffer panic attacks.i am on xanax for this. i think someone should look into these things to .i have never had emotional problems befor the chantex i quit taking chantex and then about a week later i tried to kill myself.Thankfully i didnt succed. but since then i have been very depreesed and suffer severa anxiety.The anxiety is so bad that i have problems leaving the house and suffer panic attacks.i am on xanax for this. i think someone should look into these things to .i have never had emotional problems befor the chantex

]]> By: Kyle http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59165 Kyle Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:15:03 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59165 I quit smoking while yaking chantex and the only side effects i had was maybe a weird dream here or there. I have never been on any anti depressents or of medication of any kind. I quit taking it though because i heard it was causing diabetes!!! Since it runs in my family i decided to quit taking chantex after 4 weeks. I am now smoking again. I plan on getting back on it now since I have not read anything about it causing diabetes. I quit smoking while yaking chantex and the only side effects i had was maybe a weird dream here or there. I have never been on any anti depressents or of medication of any kind. I quit taking it though because i heard it was causing diabetes!!! Since it runs in my family i decided to quit taking chantex after 4 weeks. I am now smoking again. I plan on getting back on it now since I have not read anything about it causing diabetes.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59076 Laurie Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:57:22 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-59076 My daughter and her husband had just had a new baby, moved into a new home and appeared to have a wonderful life in front of them. A few months prior to the new babies birth my son in law took Chantix to stop smoking. He is a very loving and caring man. My daughter is nervous and high strung and he was so gentle with her it balanced them out. He stopped taking Chantix after about 5 weeks. He was having dreams that he had killed his chilldren and wife. He had been warned of the side effects and knew to stop if he experienced them. He did and things appeared to be fine. Shortly after the baby was born he was no longer working, they fought alot and he told her he was considering suicide, he told us the exact plan. His exact words to me were "I have everything to live for but I want to die". He was admitted outpatient to a psych hosptial. Left my daughter and the kids and moved to his fathers. For months now he has continued to act strangely. They are working on their marriage and talking. However, he is still not the person he was before. He has major anxiety attacks. Their infant daughter has had undergone some major medical tests for a possible illness that is life threatening. He could barely sit through the appointments with the specialists. He has periods of being closer to normal and then in a flash he doesn't contact her for weeks. He has not been around the entire family for many months and went into a complete panic attacked right before my grandson's birhday party and left without even see my grandson. The man my daughter married would never be so emotionally cruel to his child. I stumbled on to the Chantix issues and could not believe what I was reading. I can't help but wonder if this is what brought all this on and can anything be done to get my precious, loving son in law back. My daughter and her husband had just had a new baby, moved into a new home and appeared to have a wonderful life in front of them. A few months prior to the new babies birth my son in law took Chantix to stop smoking. He is a very loving and caring man. My daughter is nervous and high strung and he was so gentle with her it balanced them out. He stopped taking Chantix after about 5 weeks. He was having dreams that he had killed his chilldren and wife. He had been warned of the side effects and knew to stop if he experienced them. He did and things appeared to be fine. Shortly after the baby was born he was no longer working, they fought alot and he told her he was considering suicide, he told us the exact plan. His exact words to me were “I have everything to live for but I want to die”. He was admitted outpatient to a psych hosptial. Left my daughter and the kids and moved to his fathers. For months now he has continued to act strangely. They are working on their marriage and talking. However, he is still not the person he was before. He has major anxiety attacks. Their infant daughter has had undergone some major medical tests for a possible illness that is life threatening. He could barely sit through the appointments with the specialists. He has periods of being closer to normal and then in a flash he doesn’t contact her for weeks. He has not been around the entire family for many months and went into a complete panic attacked right before my grandson’s birhday party and left without even see my grandson. The man my daughter married would never be so emotionally cruel to his child. I stumbled on to the Chantix issues and could not believe what I was reading. I can’t help but wonder if this is what brought all this on and can anything be done to get my precious, loving son in law back.

]]> By: Beth http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-58406 Beth Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:44:21 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-58406 My son was on Chantix he had problems with depression most of his life Was severely depressed for near 4 years but never took his life until he was on the Chantix along with three other medications . He called his drs and said he was seeing things hearing things and had suicidal thoughts they prescribed another medication on top of that. On November 4th 2007 my son who has always been terrified of heights jumped off falls of 214 feet . My son has now quit smoking so I guess the chantix accomplished that . I can not even pen the hurt and devestation that Chantix has caused my family . I had to Identify my son in the Morgue. In my opinion this was so preventable by both the drug company as well as a Dr who prescribed the multiple drugs . Lithium , adderall , Chantix and one other that slips my mind at the time. So many deaths for no reason other than these people want to be normal but at what cost . My son was on Chantix he had problems with depression most of his life Was severely depressed for near 4 years but never took his life until he was on the Chantix along with three other medications . He called his drs and said he was seeing things hearing things and had suicidal thoughts they prescribed another medication on top of that. On November 4th 2007 my son who has always been terrified of heights jumped off falls of 214 feet . My son has now quit smoking so I guess the chantix accomplished that . I can not even pen the hurt and devestation that Chantix has caused my family . I had to Identify my son in the Morgue. In my opinion this was so preventable by both the drug company as well as a Dr who prescribed the multiple drugs . Lithium , adderall , Chantix and one other that slips my mind at the time. So many deaths for no reason other than these people want to be normal but at what cost .

]]> By: Dave http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-58332 Dave Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:36:57 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-58332 I started taking Chantix about 2 weeks ago and quit smoking on day 8 after 30 years. however, yesterday, I started being very irritable with people around me. I felt very nervous, quite and not my self. My girlfriend, who means the world to me, and I had a small disagreement and I absolutley lost it. I pulled over to the side of the road in my car, jumped out and just started running away! I am a very peaceful person and his is not my usual personality! I was screaming at the top of my lungs to my girl as she tried to calm me down befor I got hit by another car, or arrested! I woke up this morning and called Chantix and my Docto and both told me to stop taking it ASAP. Good news is I stopped smoking (for now).. Also good news is that my girlfriend is not leaving me after my crazy rant and rage yesterday because she knows that was not the real me.. Bottom line.. be careful with this stuff! I started taking Chantix about 2 weeks ago and quit smoking on day 8 after 30 years. however, yesterday, I started being very irritable with people around me. I felt very nervous, quite and not my self. My girlfriend, who means the world to me, and I had a small disagreement and I absolutley lost it. I pulled over to the side of the road in my car, jumped out and just started running away! I am a very peaceful person and his is not my usual personality! I was screaming at the top of my lungs to my girl as she tried to calm me down befor I got hit by another car, or arrested! I woke up this morning and called Chantix and my Docto and both told me to stop taking it ASAP. Good news is I stopped smoking (for now).. Also good news is that my girlfriend is not leaving me after my crazy rant and rage yesterday because she knows that was not the real me.. Bottom line.. be careful with this stuff!

]]> By: Amber http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-57714 Amber Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:36:15 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/12/29/chantix-suicide-side-effects/#comment-57714 I feel compelled to write post a comment as my husband has been on Chantix for about 3 months and like many of you I feel that it is a miracle drug in the essesence that he has quit smoking, BUT he also had some serious. side affects. I contributed the the side affects to quitting smoking, but after reading many testimonials it has opened my eyes to the adverse side affects of the drug. He is a stable guy that does not drink alcohol, but shortly after starting Chantix began to have feelings of depression and anxiety. The anxiety has worsened over the past several weeks. He does not want to leave the house and when he does he has severe panic attacks. We could not put our hand on what the problem was, but now it all seems clear it is most likely the Chantix. Our fear is now trying to ween him off the Chantix. I am also writing this note as a spouse who has lived through a "living Hell" over the past three months that I now believe is directly related to Chantix. I am glad to know that it was the "drug" and not him acting so irrationally. I also want to thank everyone who has posted a comment, beause it has helped me realize we are not alone. I feel compelled to write post a comment as my husband has been on Chantix for about 3 months and like many of you I feel that it is a miracle drug in the essesence that he has quit smoking, BUT he also had some serious. side affects. I contributed the the side affects to quitting smoking, but after reading many testimonials it has opened my eyes to the adverse side affects of the drug. He is a stable guy that does not drink alcohol, but shortly after starting Chantix began to have feelings of depression and anxiety. The anxiety has worsened over the past several weeks. He does not want to leave the house and when he does he has severe panic attacks. We could not put our hand on what the problem was, but now it all seems clear it is most likely the Chantix. Our fear is now trying to ween him off the Chantix.

I am also writing this note as a spouse who has lived through a “living Hell” over the past three months that I now believe is directly related to Chantix. I am glad to know that it was the “drug” and not him acting so irrationally. I also want to thank everyone who has posted a comment, beause it has helped me realize we are not alone.

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