Comments on: Chantix side effects and adverse event reports outlined by non-profit group http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/ Malpractice, Personal Injury & Accident Lawyers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anon http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2264 Anon Mon, 09 May 2011 02:44:17 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2264 THANK YOU to all the people who have left posts here. After reading all this, and doing more internet research, I DEFINITELY will not use this drug. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU to all the people who have left posts here. After reading all this, and doing more internet research, I DEFINITELY will not use this drug. THANK YOU AGAIN.

]]> By: michael http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2263 michael Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:21:08 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2263 took Chantix three years ago, never had a problem....but thank god i kicked the three pack a day habit. Didn't do any crazy stuff, but i am a well adjusted person. took Chantix three years ago, never had a problem….but thank god i kicked the three pack a day habit. Didn’t do any crazy stuff, but i am a well adjusted person.

]]> By: Mike http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2262 Mike Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:19:22 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2262 BACK IN MAY I WAS PERSCRIBED CHANTIX WITHIN 3 WEEKS I STARTED GETTING WEIGHT GAIN (40LBS) BAD VISION BLURRED ONE PUPIL LARGER THAN OTHER PAIN IN LEGS HIP WRISTS AND ANKLES I THOUGHT I WAS JUST GETTING OLD. I HAVENT GOT INSURANCE AND CANT AFFORD THAT MANY DR. VISITS AND THE ONE I DID MADE ME WORSE THAN JUST BEING A SMOKER. BACK IN MAY I WAS PERSCRIBED CHANTIX WITHIN 3 WEEKS I STARTED GETTING WEIGHT GAIN (40LBS) BAD VISION BLURRED ONE PUPIL LARGER THAN OTHER PAIN IN LEGS HIP WRISTS AND ANKLES I THOUGHT I WAS JUST GETTING OLD. I HAVENT GOT INSURANCE AND CANT AFFORD THAT MANY DR. VISITS AND THE ONE I DID MADE ME WORSE THAN JUST BEING A SMOKER.

]]> By: C.Morris http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2261 C.Morris Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:35:24 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2261 made it through 19 days of Chantix...yes I stopped smoking but vivid dreams, nightmares, loss of sleep, confusion and last loss of concious lead to me being taken away from my home in an ambulance in front of my family. I ended up being admitted into ICU..I was not responsive for 4 hours and had many test done to rule out other causes. Chantix is not a safe drug. It needs to be removed from the market. made it through 19 days of Chantix…yes I stopped smoking but vivid dreams, nightmares, loss of sleep, confusion and last loss of concious lead to me being taken away from my home in an ambulance in front of my family. I ended up being admitted into ICU..I was not responsive for 4 hours and had many test done to rule out other causes. Chantix is not a safe drug. It needs to be removed from the market.

]]> By: Janet http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2260 Janet Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:20:31 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2260 I have been on Chantix for 9 weeks now. It was easy to quit smoking after being on it for 2 weeks. No bad mental side effects, just very vivid dreams. I am a diabetic and am having a hard time controlling my blood sugar. This is a new experience for me as I was diagnosed 2 years ago and never had this problem. It was interesting to read that someone else has had itching. I was told that I was allergic to Chantix and that was causing the itching. the desire to quit smoking has won out over the itching - hope it will go away when I stop the Chantix. I have been on Chantix for 9 weeks now. It was easy to quit smoking after being on it for 2 weeks. No bad mental side effects, just very vivid dreams. I am a diabetic and am having a hard time controlling my blood sugar. This is a new experience for me as I was diagnosed 2 years ago and never had this problem. It was interesting to read that someone else has had itching. I was told that I was allergic to Chantix and that was causing the itching. the desire to quit smoking has won out over the itching – hope it will go away when I stop the Chantix.

]]> By: Will http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2259 Will Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:06:21 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2259 I took Chantix on two separate occasions. The first time, it was prescribed by my Family Practitioner in 2007 and I stopped taking it after about a month because I had fallen off a ladder and shattered a disc in my neck between c5 & c6 vertabrae. I was told by my neuro surgeon to stop taking it even though I had to quit smoking to get the surgery to repair the injury. Prior to falling off the ladder, a couple of co-workers told me my behavior had changed and not for the better. I was being short tempered and aggressive toward my inbound phone customers and my co-workers. I received a warning from my boss about my "moody" behavior. I went back to smoking alomst immediately following my recovery from the spinal fusion. Again in 2009 I was prescribed Chantix to quit smoking. I immediate noticed the aggressive behavior come to the surface once again. Having acknowledged it was half the battle I thought. "I can keep my temper under control since its just a side-effect of the drug", I told myself. Well wouldn't you know, withing about 3 weeks of resuming Chantix the co worker who sat to my right had to move to a new seat because he said I was behaving "hostile" toward him. His inquiries for assistance were replied to with venomous indifference. I ended up in my bosses office for now the second or third time in over 3 years of dealing with sub-human end users for inappropriate behavior toward a customer. I asked for "light or restricted" duty that would keep me off the phones so I would not make this mstake again. I was told "We should be able to figure something out". Just 2 weeks ago I had another incident with a customer and was fired. I took Chantix on two separate occasions. The first time, it was prescribed by my Family Practitioner in 2007 and I stopped taking it after about a month because I had fallen off a ladder and shattered a disc in my neck between c5 & c6 vertabrae. I was told by my neuro surgeon to stop taking it even though I had to quit smoking to get the surgery to repair the injury. Prior to falling off the ladder, a couple of co-workers told me my behavior had changed and not for the better. I was being short tempered and aggressive toward my inbound phone customers and my co-workers. I received a warning from my boss about my “moody” behavior. I went back to smoking alomst immediately following my recovery from the spinal fusion.

Again in 2009 I was prescribed Chantix to quit smoking. I immediate noticed the aggressive behavior come to the surface once again. Having acknowledged it was half the battle I thought. “I can keep my temper under control since its just a side-effect of the drug”, I told myself.
Well wouldn’t you know, withing about 3 weeks of resuming Chantix the co worker who sat to my right had to move to a new seat because he said I was behaving “hostile” toward him. His inquiries for assistance were replied to with venomous indifference. I ended up in my bosses office for now the second or third time in over 3 years of dealing with sub-human end users for inappropriate behavior toward a customer. I asked for “light or restricted” duty that would keep me off the phones so I would not make this mstake again. I was told “We should be able to figure something out”. Just 2 weeks ago I had another incident with a customer and was fired.

]]> By: Tonya http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2258 Tonya Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:13:36 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2258 I itch all the time, my body has changed, I have gained a lot of weight, so much so that my skin is tight and feels like it will burst, my head aches constantly and my vision is blurred most days. I took Chantix for 6 weeks to assist me in quitting smoking after 26 years of smoking. I wanted to improve my life and be around to see my child graduate from college and to take better care of my son at home. Well, as it turns out, they are taking care of me a lot of times. I am constantly sore in my joints, my breath is short with minimal exertion and my stomach looks like I have eight babies in it. I am struggling;I work out at least 5 times a week, but it seems like I gain half a pound per day. The crazy, vivid dreams have almost ceased but I still only manage a few hours of sleep per night. I am tired, exhausted and frustrated. My physician has not a clue or doesn't care one. But I care and will fight to overcome this, to stay alive and functioning for my children. With God's mercy, I will overcome this battle within from this drug, Chantix. I itch all the time, my body has changed, I have gained a lot of weight, so much so that my skin is tight and feels like it will burst, my head aches constantly and my vision is blurred most days. I took Chantix for 6 weeks to assist me in quitting smoking after 26 years of smoking. I wanted to improve my life and be around to see my child graduate from college and to take better care of my son at home. Well, as it turns out, they are taking care of me a lot of times. I am constantly sore in my joints, my breath is short with minimal exertion and my stomach looks like I have eight babies in it. I am struggling;I work out at least 5 times a week, but it seems like I gain half a pound per day. The crazy, vivid dreams have almost ceased but I still only manage a few hours of sleep per night. I am tired, exhausted and frustrated. My physician has not a clue or doesn’t care one. But I care and will fight to overcome this, to stay alive and functioning for my children. With God’s mercy, I will overcome this battle within from this drug, Chantix.

]]> By: Emily http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2257 Emily Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:11:41 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2257 I used chantix to quit smoking. One pill into my 4th week and I was crying for no reason AT ALL all the time. And I was VERY mean to my children (I yelled and screamed at them. To top it all off, my husband came back from a deployment that week and I was so wacked out on the stuff I was terrible to him. I was so mean and irritable that we are now seperated heading for divorce. And this is a marriage of 12 years and 4 small kids. I also was seeing things that weren't there ie demonic figures and other scarey things that weren't really there. And I know they weren't because my friend was around one time when I saw it. I feel like I lost everything in my life that was good because of Chantix. I used chantix to quit smoking. One pill into my 4th week and I was crying for no reason AT ALL all the time. And I was VERY mean to my children (I yelled and screamed at them.
To top it all off, my husband came back from a deployment that week and I was so wacked out on the stuff I was terrible to him. I was so mean and irritable that we are now seperated heading for divorce. And this is a marriage of 12 years and 4 small kids.
I also was seeing things that weren’t there ie demonic figures and other scarey things that weren’t really there. And I know they weren’t because my friend was around one time when I saw it.
I feel like I lost everything in my life that was good because of Chantix.

]]> By: Teresa http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2256 Teresa Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:06:07 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2256 My husband drives an 18 wheeler and has to have a physical every two years to make sure he is physically able to drive a truck. In November of 2008 he went for his DOT physical and checked out fine. And of course the Doctor talked to him about quitting smoking, which this time he took to heart and decided to do it. So on April 3, 2009 he started Chantix, with much to our surprise he stopped smoking after a week and 2 days. But continued taking the chantix for the entire month of April. He was told by the Doctor that he may have to take it for 6 months since he had smoked for over 35 years. Luckily he didn't have to do that. However, after a clean bill of health in November of 2008, then taking the Chantix in April 2009. he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in June of 2009. I can't relate to the craziness that everyone is talking about, because my husband was happy, but the type 2 diabetes is a definite possibility. I have his Diabetes under control now, but it is still something that he will have to live with for the rest of his life. And now he has to go to the Doctor every three months, the eye doctor once a year, and his DOT physicals have to be performed every year (which is not covered under insurance), All of these are added expenses that we didn't ever have to worry about. He was in good health. Now his life is a nightmare, because with all of these Doctors appt. he has to take time off from work, and being a truck driver, when you tell the company that you need to be off 1 day for a Drs. appt. they have to work hard to get you home, then your 1 day off to go to the appt. becomes 2 or 3 days off because the company has to find you another load. He has lost a lot of work days because of this and in these economic times no one can afford that, especially when you now have all of these added expenses. And lets not talk about all of the hospital bills that we have when this actually happened. The reason we found out he had diabetes is because he passed out in the kitchen floor. I THANK GOD everyday that he was at home that day and not in his truck. He could have passed out and killed himself or someone. And I know that's not something we could have ever lived with. For the people that want to quit smoking, this stuff does work, but the long life of side effects are something that I would consider deeply before using this stuff. My husband drives an 18 wheeler and has to have a physical every two years to make sure he is physically able to drive a truck. In November of 2008 he went for his DOT physical and checked out fine. And of course the Doctor talked to him about quitting smoking, which this time he took to heart and decided to do it. So on April 3, 2009 he started Chantix, with much to our surprise he stopped smoking after a week and 2 days. But continued taking the chantix for the entire month of April. He was told by the Doctor that he may have to take it for 6 months since he had smoked for over 35 years. Luckily he didn’t have to do that. However, after a clean bill of health in November of 2008, then taking the Chantix in April 2009. he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in June of 2009. I can’t relate to the craziness that everyone is talking about, because my husband was happy, but the type 2 diabetes is a definite possibility. I have his Diabetes under control now, but it is still something that he will have to live with for the rest of his life. And now he has to go to the Doctor every three months, the eye doctor once a year, and his DOT physicals have to be performed every year (which is not covered under insurance), All of these are added expenses that we didn’t ever have to worry about. He was in good health. Now his life is a nightmare, because with all of these Doctors appt. he has to take time off from work, and being a truck driver, when you tell the company that you need to be off 1 day for a Drs. appt. they have to work hard to get you home, then your 1 day off to go to the appt. becomes 2 or 3 days off because the company has to find you another load. He has lost a lot of work days because of this and in these economic times no one can afford that, especially when you now have all of these added expenses. And lets not talk about all of the hospital bills that we have when this actually happened. The reason we found out he had diabetes is because he passed out in the kitchen floor. I THANK GOD everyday that he was at home that day and not in his truck. He could have passed out and killed himself or someone. And I know that’s not something we could have ever lived with. For the people that want to quit smoking, this stuff does work, but the long life of side effects are something that I would consider deeply before using this stuff.

]]> By: sunny http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2255 sunny Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:40:09 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/05/26/chantix-side-effects-2/#comment-2255 My husband took Chantix for 2 weeks has had severe headaches, swelling on 1 side of head and face, blistering of skin on face and inside of ear and mouth. today he is worse with alot of pain in jaw and oozing of liquid from sore on face The dr is treating him with steroids and zorvex cream it is not getting better, I would nor recommend this med for anyone to take . Yesterday his dr said he was on verge of Bells Palsy! My husband took Chantix for 2 weeks has had severe headaches, swelling on 1 side of head and face, blistering of skin on face and inside of ear and mouth. today he is worse with alot of pain in jaw and oozing of liquid from sore on face The dr is treating him with steroids and zorvex cream it is not getting better, I would nor recommend this med for anyone to take . Yesterday his dr said he was on verge of Bells Palsy!

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