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Chantix

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Treatment Information
The generic name of this medication is varenicline and the brand name is Chantix.

The active ingredients of this medication is varenicline tartrate and inactive ingredients are anhydrous dibasic calcium and microcrystalline cellulose.

Chantix is manufactured by Pfizer.

It primarily used as smoking cessation medicine or treatment.
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31 Dec 2016 I smoked for 50 years. I tried quitting so many times I lost count. Chantix is like nothing you can imagine if you are a smoker. You take it, you're done smoking...that easy !!!
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30 Jul 2012 withdrawing from Chantix...severe headaches now...awful...
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28 Jun 2012 I took Chantix for the full 12 weeks and yes... I QUIT SMOKING. However, during the last couple of weeks on the drug, I was exhausted and gained one fourth of my body weight. Dr just "attributed" the symptoms to body adjusting to no nicotine. so, I hoped the tiredness and weight gain would gradually get better - but it got worse. Went for many medical tests as I developed cramping and spasms in both legs that were painful, Face was swollen. I had to put cold wash clothes on face every morning to try to relieve the swelling.. After many tests, exams, blood work - there was a whole list of problems, Thyroid was not working, adrenal glands showed "burnout", toxic buildup of minerals such as copper overload, I had zero hormones (which had never been a problem before), severe HAIRLOSS. The sad thing is that I was a healthy person with a smoking habit. I guess I should have continued smoking. I link all of these problems to Chantix in "messing" up the transmitters in the body endocrine system.
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03 May 2012 I had a weird episode where I was totally awake and felt like I was in a dream, I stopped taking it for a week and started over, after two weeks of doubling my insulin intake I quit taking it and am still having trouble with my blood sugar almost two months later
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29 Feb 2012 I had to stop taking chantix 9 weeks into a 12 week cause. Had seizure in my sleep, now have epilepsy, nothing in family, i have never suffered a head injury. Did not have epilepsy before chantix. Have now got sjogrens, and vit d dificency. This pill has ruin my life.
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