Comments on: Scope of potential Chantix lawsuit investigations expanded

By: Joni

Joni — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:28:13 +0000

I tried twice. First time I got sick on the second week, but that was the only effect.
More recently in May, I tried again. I took it for THREE days and that was enough. I have not smoked since.
I have had no side effects that I am aware of. It has been six months, could I still show a side effect?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:03:55 +0000

A short time after I started Chantix I found out the meaning of “vivid dreams”. It is like having Stephen King using your brain to develop a screenplay. Just horrid, the worst things you could possibly dream about there in technicolor inside your head while you are trying to sleep. I can see how it could make some people think about and act out suicide.

In my sincere attempt to quit smoking, I put up with the dreams. One night, I got up out of bead to use the bathroom and nearly toppled over to the floor, catching myself on the footboard. I stayed there for a minute trying to regain my balance and wondering if I’d had a heart attack.

Finnaly was able to go use the restroom and return to bed. In the morning when I sat up in bed to get up I just about passed out then. I’d never been so dizzy in all my life.

My Dad said it was just a part of getting older and recommended that I look at the horizon when getting up.

A couple of days later I went to an estate sale and was looking at some books on the bottom of a bookshelf. When I stood back up I felt like I was going to pass out and grabbed the side of the bookcase until my head cleared.

I googled “dizzyness” and permutations of it to see if I could come up with what was causing it and finally came accross a referrence to Chantix. I realized that was what was causing it. Still hoping to quit smoking, I kept taking it and followed dmy Dad’s advice about looking horizontally to avoud the effect.

One day I was bringing in a few household trashcans after emptying them. I bent over to set one down. I rose up and toppled over. My leg got caught in the legs of a folding chair. The chair acted like a nutcracker on my leg, fracturing the tibia and fib. The next day I was in a hospital where they put on an Illizarov external fixator (halo) on my leg to save it. I wore the halo for 8 months while my leg healed. Pins going through, screws going in, tons of pain meds, no sleep, flat on my back, pretty much cost me my marriage pain.

The risk outweighs the benefits. Find another way to quit smoking.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:08:27 +0000

Started taking chantix on March of 2008 and had nausia to the point of barely functioning. In July of 2008 I was diagnosed with type II diabetes. In September I was let go from a job I had for 21 years. I have to think it was a direct result of my problems that started after taking Chantix for 4 months.

By: christi

christi — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:52:12 +0000

I took chantex in april 2008, I was laid up in bed, could not take care of my children, I got very depressed and angry. I almost lost my husband due to the effex.and then actually did loose my husband, we separated for 3 months. I was so angry and depressed I took it out on everyone. I am so ashamed of my behavior on this med. I would never recommend this medicine to anyone.

By: PHYLLIS

PHYLLIS — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:05:30 +0000

I TOOK CHANTIX AROUND MARCH OF THIS YEAR. I TOOK 2 FULL MONTHS DOSAGE. I RECENTLY LOST THE CENTERAL VISION IN MY RIGHT EYE. I HAVE SEEN A RETINA SPECIALIST AND IT IS NOT MACULAR DEGENERATIVE DISEASE. HE SAYS IT HAS TO BE A MEDICAL CONDITION , SUCH AS ANEMIA..HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE..DIABETES..OR HIGH COLESTROL.I WAS ADVISED TO GET A FULL PHYSICAL AND BLOOD WORK AND I DID..I HAVE NONE OF THESE REALTIVE CASUES.. I HAVE BEEN READING AND HEARING ALOT ABOUT THE CHANTIX SIDE EFFECTS AND WONDER IF CHANTIX COULD BE A POSSIBLE CAUSE, AS CHANTIX WAS THE ONLY CHANGE IN MY ROUTINE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.

By: Cynda

Cynda — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:57:33 +0000

The first week I took Chantix, there were no problems as the dosage was low. On day 8 I awoke and could barely move. My feet, ankles, knees, hips, arms all hurt, and my shoulder locked up. My arms and legs felt like they each weighed 100 lbs. I kept taking it until day 13, at which time I had had enough! I had not wanted to leave the house, due to depressive thoughts. All the mentioned side effects in the brochure were present. At the time I started taking this product I was on ZERO prescribed meds. I have reported my side effects to the FDA. At this time, approximately one month after stopping the Chantix, I am still undergoing therapy on my shoulder. The pain in my other joints is manageable, but still there. It should be taken off the market.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:44:27 +0000

I started Chantix twice. Once in 2007, it made me vomit. I started again March 2009. Into the second week the violent nightmares started. I told the Dr. he said well they’re just dreams. By the end of week two I was so suicidal I didn’t want to get out of bed and thought alot about sucide. I was ashamed. I told my son and he said toss the meds. I did . After fighting off the suicide thoughts I started to feel better. This is not a good medicine in my opinion and shouldn’t be on the market.

By: Chandra

Chandra — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:44:17 +0000

My husband began taking Chantix November 2008 and suffered a heart attack at the age of 41 late November 2008. My husband had no previous heart problems.

By: thelma

thelma — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:18:41 +0000

I took Chantix for a short time, but they caused numbness in my face and I had extremely bad stomach craps, to the point, that I had to put two large pillows under my stomach to help ease the pain in bed.

Upon visiting with my Pharmasist, he advised me to get off of them immediately. I did so, and problems stopped immediately.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:58:42 +0000

Our daughter took Chantix starting in Dec.2007. She died suddenly in Sept. 2008 of undetermined causes. Based on remarks ahe had made to a co-worker we believe she may have had fibrillation or palpitations a couple of times during the summer before she died. She had no signs of heart trouble before that. Her only complaint on the night she died was pain in her hip. She was alone in her apartment when she died. We hope this drug is removed from the market soon.

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:22:13 +0000

I took Chantix in Jan 2008, In June 2008 I was DX with diabetes. I dont know what to do? I don’t like the way everyone is sueing for every thing thease days. I have also been told that class action suit’s are a big joke and no ever gets much, and it takes years? Is this true?
If it was chantix that caused me to have diabetes I dont think I would even get a dime to help pay for testing supplys, let alone if I need medical care for what can happen from Diabetes. And if anything ever came of this, It will take so long I will be dead…

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