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Two anti-smoking drugs to carry mental-health warnings ....
The FDA said Chantix and Zyban will carry the warnings to alert consumers to the risks of depression and suicidal thoughts.
The drugs also have been said to cause changes in behavior, hostility and agitation in users. In many cases, side effects started shortly after use began.

Go to CNN.com to read more.......

interresting..... i just stop using the chantix. i had none of those problems, i have heard of people having those thoughts.

i did have crazy dreams.and i know it effects people differently. by the way i have been smoke free for 31 days!

Congrats on the smoke free!!! I have quit since the day after the superbowl. I have had a few slips, but for the most part am doing ok.

Chantix drove me INSANE! I thought I was going to rip someone's head off! EEEEK!

I got a RX for chantix but haven't tried it yet.

Congrats to Dcorn and Plot..


If you don't mind Dcorn, or anyone else that may have tried it... can you tell me does it work, do you not have cravings anymore.

Hopefully the side effects are temporary but my Doc said it's one of the best prescriptions out there to aid in quiting smoking. Her suicide warning was very stern and she said if I have any remote feelings to call her and stop taking it right away.

I know that drug companies must disclose all side effects even if it happened to just one person.

Any info about it from a person that has tried it will be appreciated.

Thanks Rei

It really does work. The drug makes the cigs taste like garbage....UGH! So, yeah, you quit. But you have to be real strong when you go off of it, because the cravings come back.

Dreams are super vivid...which isn't all that bad.

But the anxiety comes with some people and the depression. As someone who already has problems with both, the depression was pretty much under control because I already take an antidepressant. But the anxiety....there is no way to describe it....like you want to just jump out of your skin.... and moody...I was very very moody.

The thing that made me quit though (taking it) was the nausea....I can stomach alot....except for the things I can't literally stomach.

Well, I just had my 14th year anniversary on JUNE 25th. I quit by gradually cutting back over a two month period where I was down to a carton of cigarettes in a 3 week period, once I got there I just quit COLD TURKEY w/no slips whatsoever. My husband however slipped several times and started back 6 years ago. Keep up the good work, ya'll.

I have been a clinical reasearch coordinator for years....schizophrenia, Bipolar, Cancer, solid tumor and hemotologic...I am married to a long time smoker , the symptoms you are referring to are really just withdrawal symptoms, not side effects from the drug. He tried to stop when he tuned 40 and then again at 45 two weeks ago. He is very athletic and in great shape... but my father , his father-in-law at 75 can run after cattle with more endurance than him. My husband is 45, 6 foot and weighs 195 , his Levis are 32 x34 but he hates it that smoking has so much control ver him. He is so hard to live with when he is not smoking (irritated, angry, moody) that I offer him cigarettes, I'll even go buy them! The behavioral changes are from withdrawal symptom in most cases.

I've never heard of the side effects of the medications, but I just chewed the Nicorette gum for about two weeks and that got me over the hump. I quit about 5 years ago and aside from one or two slip ups (in Las Vegas) in the first year, I've been smoke free. I tip my hat to anyone who quits because its very very difficult to change a long time addiction.

Yeah, it is alot of withdrawl (the "side effects") but it also really is the drug. I started smoking when I was 14...am 41 now. I smoked longer than I didn't in my lifetime! But I dilligently took the pills for over a month, but figured the puking didn't really help much. So, I started taking Wellbutrin to help stop. That helps. I do drink now and then and if someone is smoking I go a bit nuts....I end up having one or two. But for the rest of the time....I am good.

A couple of things I did to help were:

1- I knew that every time I quit and started again was natural...on average a person quits about 5 times. So, each time I started back up, I didn't kick my own azz, I just eliminated a place I smoked (my car, my house, only on front porch...that kind of thing)

2- I started knitting. You can't knit if you are smoking...and I absolutly love it!

3- I really haven't hung out with smokers because it is too hard. My social life has suffered, but eventually I will get there

4- There are some great online sites and support groups that are wonderful. They have message boards and such that you can talk to someone right through a craving.

5- Keep in mind the average craving is about 7 minutes...take a walk...do something everytime the craving hits and you are then replacing your bad habit with something good for you.

Hope that helps!

one of the great side effects of quitting is the extra money you will have
FYI, i have always been a vivid dreamer, it has intensified with the anti depressants but nothing i can't handle

I have no idea if this is fact or not or how serious it is.... I read this on CNN.com. It seems like the drug companies are shoving drugs down our throats then tell us they are bad.
Now it is Prilosec.... They said it can thin our bones. If the drug companies are saying the high cost of prescription drugs is because they test them for years then why do they recall them with an "Oops, apology"????