Links of Interest

f you have questions about Chantix, or want to see how it has affected other people, there's a wealth of information here for you to review. Take your time, there's a lot to read. I have also included some comments about selected articles, just to share my experience with you. .

(Website Author's Note: I apologize for the haphazard listing of these, but I am still learning to use Dreamweaver and really don't know what the hell I am doing. I'm just glad I can get these pages up and functioning!)

Pfizer creation article - http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i23/8323antismoking.html

FDA champix approval document - http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/nda/2006/021928_s000_Chantix_BioPharmR.pdf

Case Study of a Woman with Adverse Reaction to Chantix - http://www.cnsspectrums.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=1587

Website author's note: This article might as well have been written about me!... "This was the first psychiatric hospitalization for this ... white female. .... During the week prior to admission, she was reported to show some signs of racing thoughts, increased speed in her speech and jumping from topic to topic, and becoming increasingly labile in her mood, with spontaneous crying spells." That is exactly what I was like in the days before I signed myself into the hospital.

New York Magazine article by reporter who took Chantix for a few days. - http://nymag.com/news/features/43892/

Website author's note: This article was a lifesaver for me, because it was the first time I read someone's experience that was so close to my own. The paranoia, the anger, and the desire to just simply tear things up, was all-too-familiar.

ISMP report on Varenicline - http://www.ismp.org/docs/vareniclineStudy.asp

Brain Chemistry and urge to smoke - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070319174528.htm

Chantix Pulled from a Military Pharmacy (August 2008) - http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=&article=63905&archive=true

Website Author's note: I personally can vouch for these side effects.... "sudden loss of consciousness...vision disturbances, hallucinations, paranoia, psychosis...."

Serotonin Toxicity Information - http://www.psychotropical.com/1_st_intro.shtml

Dopamine and how it Works - http://www.utexas.edu/research/asrec/dopamine.html

More about how Varinecline (Chantix/Champix) works: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/83/i23/8323antismoking.html