Comments on: Pfizer Advertises Chantix without Disclosing Suicide Side Effects http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/ Malpractice, Personal Injury & Accident Lawyers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:38:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: matt http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2565 matt Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:25:50 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2565 Chantix destroyed my nerves, now I suffer in horrible pain 24/7 am completely addicted to pain killers and am totaly disabled. THIS DRUG DESTROYED MY LIFE !! Chantix destroyed my nerves, now I suffer in horrible pain 24/7 am completely addicted to pain killers and am totaly disabled. THIS DRUG DESTROYED MY LIFE !!

]]> By: Lowell http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2564 Lowell Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:22:59 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2564 I have fibromyalga was taking methadone for pain,klonipin for anxity Was very happy ,people realy liked the new me..I felt so confifdent I decided to qwit smoking I asked for patches at the VA ,,but the Dr. said take this medication.It was chantix I only took It for 5 days and knew something was wrong now the klonipin dose not work any morr,,This was late 07 ,,,life Is hell lost Interest In everything Im a very angry and depressd person, no more freinds I want to die The va just ignores me ,,Please Dont take this drug Quit a different way and dont think It wont happen to you I know someone at AA who took against my warning hes now dead at his own hands 8yrs sobriety VA still thinks im washing doun my pills with booze ,,You cant win I have fibromyalga was taking methadone for pain,klonipin for anxity Was very happy ,people realy liked the new me..I felt so confifdent I decided to qwit smoking I asked for patches at the VA ,,but the Dr. said take this medication.It was chantix I only took It for 5 days and knew something was wrong now the klonipin dose not work any morr,,This was late 07 ,,,life Is hell lost Interest In everything Im a very angry and depressd person, no more freinds I want to die The va just ignores me ,,Please Dont take this drug Quit a different way and dont think It wont happen to you I know someone at AA who took against my warning hes now dead at his own hands 8yrs sobriety VA still thinks im washing doun my pills with booze ,,You cant win

]]> By: terri http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2563 terri Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:30:49 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2563 I took two scripts of Chantix between Oct. '06 - Oct. '07. Two hospital stays in '08. Jan. '08 - - taken by ambulance in middle of nite w/heart attack symptoms and stomach spasms so strong and painful, they felt like contractions. Stayed a week. Released w/diagnosis - - possible virus. May '08 - - had great day at work as usual (23 yrs. same job!), daughter called when I got home, said, "mom, everybody wants to know what's wrong? You haven't been yourself for months and nobody knows why!" I laughed, picked up keys, took long drive to rural area, picking up 3 bottles of sleeping pills and razors along the way. Woke up six days later in little country hospital surrounded by devastated/confused family members...as I was being taken off ventilator. they wanted answers. I had none. What I DID remember was that I was beYOND exhausted for sooo long, all I wanted to do was take a soft blankey, go into closet and shut the world out!! At nite of dreamt of deceased loved ones coming to my room...so happy/healthy/laughing... begging me to go WITH them! Tried to convince me my job was done here. I finally listened. It's been 2 1/2 years since my "attempt" and the embarrassment and just plain shame and CONFUSION is more painful than words could describe. I paid dearly. I'm a solid citizen w/uneventful background...married 37 years; mother of 2; nana of 6; 56 yrs. old; enjoy playing softball, writing, reading, laughing w/siblings/friends....I had a great life!!! I had no reason to just throw myself away! But, I tried. And, it was too easy. Life/living seemed almost laughable at that point. My mind was not my own. My thoughts totally distorted. Chantix is a powerful drug. Once it's in your system only God knows how/where you'll land. You MUST believe me. Save yourself the agony. DON'T TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I took two scripts of Chantix between Oct. ’06 – Oct. ’07. Two hospital stays in ’08.

Jan. ’08 – - taken by ambulance in middle of nite w/heart attack symptoms and stomach spasms so strong and painful, they felt like contractions. Stayed a week. Released w/diagnosis – - possible virus.

May ’08 – - had great day at work as usual (23 yrs. same job!), daughter called when I got home, said, “mom, everybody wants to know what’s wrong? You haven’t been yourself for months and nobody knows why!” I laughed, picked up keys, took long drive to rural area, picking up 3 bottles of sleeping pills and razors along the way. Woke up six days later in little country hospital surrounded by devastated/confused family members…as I was being taken off ventilator.

they wanted answers. I had none. What I DID remember was that I was beYOND exhausted for sooo long, all I wanted to do was take a soft blankey, go into closet and shut the world out!! At nite of dreamt of deceased loved ones coming to my room…so happy/healthy/laughing… begging me to go WITH them! Tried to convince me my job was done here. I finally listened.

It’s been 2 1/2 years since my “attempt” and the embarrassment and just plain shame and CONFUSION is more painful than words could describe. I paid dearly. I’m a solid citizen w/uneventful background…married 37 years; mother of 2; nana of 6; 56 yrs. old; enjoy playing softball, writing, reading, laughing w/siblings/friends….I had a great life!!! I had no reason to just throw myself away!

But, I tried. And, it was too easy. Life/living seemed almost laughable at that point. My mind was not my own. My thoughts totally distorted. Chantix is a powerful drug. Once it’s in your system only God knows how/where you’ll land. You MUST believe me. Save yourself the agony. DON’T TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Michael http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2562 Michael Sat, 29 May 2010 00:12:11 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2562 My doc rx'd chantix for me for over a year, he said no smoking is better than social smoking. I now have sever numbness and tingling and pain in one finger of each hand. I have been to a neurologist, had an mri, labs, nerve conduction studies and muscle testing-all are normal through the wrist. I need help, I cannot tie my shoes, hold a razor or brush my teeth without pain. I am a surgeon and I am afraid it will affect my abilities to work. Any suggestions? My doc rx’d chantix for me for over a year, he said no smoking is better than social smoking. I now have sever numbness and tingling and pain in one finger of each hand. I have been to a neurologist, had an mri, labs, nerve conduction studies and muscle testing-all are normal through the wrist. I need help, I cannot tie my shoes, hold a razor or brush my teeth without pain. I am a surgeon and I am afraid it will affect my abilities to work. Any suggestions?

]]> By: george http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2561 george Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:56:44 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2561 a 50 year smoker , i try chantrix spring of 2009. it worked , after 4weeks i was 1-deeply depressed 2 - very moodly 3- bad nigthmares ( my wife woke me up 4 - lost interst in most activies. my wife called the doctor who suggested chantrix., he told me stop taking pills NOW , he was geting to many complaints from chantrix users a 50 year smoker , i try chantrix spring of 2009. it worked , after 4weeks i was 1-deeply depressed 2 – very moodly 3- bad nigthmares ( my wife woke me up 4 – lost interst in most activies. my wife called the doctor who suggested chantrix., he told me stop taking pills NOW , he was geting to many complaints from chantrix users

]]> By: scott http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2560 scott Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:44:30 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2560 Within 1 year I have taken chantix twice that mean to persciptions I had taken every pill.Didnt work then feb 08 was admitted in the hospital for my sugar reached 591 and know im type 1 diabetes.There were no sign of diabetes at my yearly blood work., I was so mad i ask my doctor how did you miss this. he said its a fluck thing a virus could caused it.Im very very determend that chantix cased.me to be insulin dependent.Thanks I will be on this for the rest of my life.talk about depressed. Within 1 year I have taken chantix twice that mean to persciptions I had taken every pill.Didnt work then feb 08 was admitted in the hospital for my sugar reached 591 and know im type 1 diabetes.There were no sign of diabetes at my yearly blood work., I was so mad i ask my doctor how did you miss this. he said its a fluck thing a virus could caused it.Im very very determend that chantix cased.me to be insulin dependent.Thanks I will be on this for the rest of my life.talk about depressed.

]]> By: Vieginia http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2559 Vieginia Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:02:56 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2559 One month after having stopped taking Chantix I was so suicidal that I wanted to jump infront of a truck, overdose drown, slit my wrist. I have seen better day than last March. I have had no otherside effects but what could be worst than wanting to die. One month after having stopped taking Chantix I was so suicidal that I wanted to jump infront of a truck, overdose drown, slit my wrist. I have seen better day than last March. I have had no otherside effects but what could be worst than wanting to die.

]]> By: curtis http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2558 curtis Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:36:36 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2558 I was taking chantix & I now I have diabetes. I was taking chantix & I now I have diabetes.

]]> By: OLIVIA http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2557 OLIVIA Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:00:16 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2557 AFTER TAKING CHANTIX FOR THE TWELVE WEEK PERIOD, I STARTED ON THE NEXT TWELVE WEEKS TO MAKE SURE I WAS RID OF THE DESIRE TO SMOKE. IN THE MEANTIME I DEVELOPED SUICIDAL THOUGHTS SO I STOPPED TAKING IT. AFTER TAKING CHANTIX FOR THE TWELVE WEEK PERIOD, I STARTED ON THE NEXT TWELVE WEEKS TO MAKE SURE I WAS RID OF THE DESIRE TO SMOKE. IN THE MEANTIME I DEVELOPED SUICIDAL THOUGHTS SO I STOPPED TAKING IT.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2008/09/04/pfizer-advertises-chantix-without-disclosing-suicide-side-effects/#comment-2556 Andrea Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:20:13 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/?p=508#comment-2556 Chantix ruined my life. 21-months so far of non-stop pain and agony. The fibromyalgia began on day 3 of taking Chantix, and later progressed into severe peripheral neuropathy. Walking is extremely painful, and 1/2 block is my limit before I have to stop because of the muscle burning and twitching in my legs, even with all of the meds my neurologist prescribed. Pfizer stole my life from me in December 2006, and I want it back. I never thought one person could stand this much pain for so long, with no end in sight. Chantix ruined my life. 21-months so far of non-stop pain and agony. The fibromyalgia began on day 3 of taking Chantix, and later progressed into severe peripheral neuropathy. Walking is extremely painful, and 1/2 block is my limit before I have to stop because of the muscle burning and twitching in my legs, even with all of the meds my neurologist prescribed. Pfizer stole my life from me in December 2006, and I want it back. I never thought one person could stand this much pain for so long, with no end in sight.

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