Posts tagged chantix

• FDA and Pfizer Ignored Doctor’s Concerns Over Chantix

  Scott Kappes | June 12, 2008 6:05 PM | 3 CommentsHouston, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Over the past several months concerns involving the prescription smoking cessation medication Chantix have been mounting. In the last quarter of 2007 the FDA received nearly 1000 reports of...

• Former VA Secretary Turned Lobbyist, Questioned VA About Chantix

  Scott Kappes | July 09, 2008 6:01 PM | 2 CommentsHouston, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A new report from the Washington Times today claims that former Veterans' Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi called on his friends at the VA for answers concerning Pfizer’s smoking cessation...

• Smoking Cessation Drug Linked to Heart Problems

  Scott Kappes | July 05, 2011 1:50 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A study published yesterday in the Canadian Medical Associastion Journal claims that smokers who take the prescription smoking cessation medication Chantix may be at an increased risk of heart and...

• Chantix Makers Use “Unbranded” Ads to Reduce Side-Effect Talk

  Scott Kappes | September 02, 2008 6:19 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As many may have heard over the past several months Pfizer’s anti-smoking drug Chantix has been linked to serious side effects including suicidal thought and suicidal behavior. When evidence...

• Widow Sues Chantix Maker Over Husband's Suicide

  Scott Kappes | July 10, 2008 11:56 AM | 1 CommentHouston, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Yesterday as the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs was holding a hearing on why veterans were being given the “suicide-inducing drug” Chantix, an Alabama attorney was busy filing the first...

• VA Secretary Issues Warning About Chantix

  Jeff Rasansky | June 24, 2008 3:37 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Chantix, the popular smoking-cessation drug, has been taking quite a bit of heat over the past 6 months and it doesn’t appear that things will let up any time soon. This week a letter will be...

• Iraq Vets With PTSD Used as Chantix Guinea Pigs

  Scott Kappes | June 17, 2008 5:48 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Today the Washington Times and ABC News are reporting that soldiers returning from Iraq are being used as test patients for medications that have been linked to serious adverse reactions....

• New FDA Alerts For Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix

  Jeff Rasansky | May 19, 2008 1:22 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA has issued an alert to highlight changes to the "Warnings and Precautions" section of the prescribing information regarding serious neuropsychiatric symptoms linked to Chantix. These...

• Chantix Trial Leaves Veterans Feeling "Betrayed"

  Jeff Rasansky | June 19, 2008 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Chantix is getting even more bad press lately. Earlier this month, I blogged about a man who went missing and the potential part Chantix may have played in the event. Now there are reports that the...

• Man Goes Missing, Chantix To Blame?

  Jeff Rasansky | June 04, 2008 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  There have been some claims that the smoking cessation drug Chantix has been linked to changes in behavior and neuropsychiatric problems. This news story about the drug has risen more than a few...