Comments on: Chantix and Side Effects Lawsuit

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:36:12 +0000

I took Chantix for about two months and successfully stopped smoking. Shortly before stopping the medicine and more frequently after, I started having severe anxiety attacks, since then I’ve battled anxiety, heart palpitations and increased heart rate, I have also experienced short term memory loss, joint and muscle pain /weakness, shortness of breath, and server depression. I no longer care about anything that I use to, even my job which I use to love, now it is all I can do to drag myself out of bed and make it to work. If it weren’t for my 15 year old son, I don’t believe I would be here now. Four months have gone by since I quit taking Chantix, but I am getting increasingly anxious about all of the information that I am reading about and what others are experiencing, I think I need to schedule an appointment with my cardiologist. I don’t believe there was enough information provided to the users about this drug concerning the side effects, there certainly was not any mentioning of what would happen after stopping Chantix. I too would be very much interested in a Class Action Lawsuit. Contact me Lady_Jane500@yahoo.com

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:30:50 +0000

I too started to take Chantix and took it for about 3 weeks before I decided I had enough. Each day in the morning usually I would want to cry or I would actually Cry. It has been awhile since I quit taking it but I am still going to mental Health therapy for depression, still have 4 more sessions of this and I am finally starting to feel like my old self again after 12 appointments and now on my third antidepresent drug

By: IDA D.

IDA D. — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:32:29 +0000

MY HUSBAND TOOK CHANTIX FOR SIX MONTHS HE WAS HEALTHY AND EASY GOING. AFTER HE STOPPED TAKING IT . HE NOW HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HE HAS BODY ACHES AND PAINS THAT WONT GO AWAY.
VERY VERY BAD TEMPER PROBLEMS, ANYTHING WILL SET HIM OFF.
WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 30 YEARS. HE HAS NEVER ACTED LIKE THIS BEFORE AND IT SCARES ME. I WOULD VERY MUCH BE INTERESTED IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT,

By: Ginger

Ginger — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:04:10 +0000

Please share your stories at http://chantixsucks.com/. My husband was diagnosed with Type 3 Diabetes after taking Chantix. It made him very sick. His blood sugar was 890 when he was admitted in the ER. He could have died. Chantix is very dangerous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:56:55 +0000

I, too, thought all the years of smoking caught up with me. I had never had heart or sugar problems before taking Chantix. I was generally in good health. On Feb. 14th, 2007 I quit smoking. I was amazed that Chantix seemed to take away the pleasure and helped the cravings. On March 15th, give or take a few days, I went by ambulance to the hospital. I could not breathe. My lungs were so backed up with fluid that I was treated for double pnuemonia. The next day, though, the pulmonary doctor say it wasn’t my lungs, but that I was in congestive heart failure. I was in the hospital for a week before I was stable enough to go home. I thought my body may have gone into shock after smoking for about 35 years and then having no nicotine. In July I went to the hospital again and was kept for 3 days. My blood sugar was over 500 an I had never had any signs of diabetes. It does not run in my family. I even asked my cardiologis if my heart problem could be a result of chantix. He said no. To this day, I believe both conditions are a direct result.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:32:15 +0000

My mom has missed two days of work as of today. She woke up my 13 year old sister in a daze early this morning and told her to call work. She was complaining of back pain and seemed confused. She stumbled.

She has been on and off CHANTIX for a few months now, maybe five or six. She would start and the first two weeks would be awful. She was bitchy, irritable, mean and sarcastic. She was fine after the medicine kicked in. She would get severely nauseous every now and then but be fine after a day or two. She just went back on CHANTIX after missing about two weeks of the medicine. Yesterday she seemed sad, dazed and exhausted. She didn’t really know what was going on. Then today, with the sister thing at about 8:00. SHe said she hadn’t slept all night. Today, she slept all day. Then around 5:15, she stumbled down the stairs and nearly collapsed. I helped her into a chair. She said she was in extreme pain all over. Her heart was racing and she couldn’t breathe. All this came out in short breaths. It seemed as though she couldn’t hear me either, because she kept repeating ‘what?’.

She’s upstairs right now and I’m not sure what to do. It seems like she is having a heart attack, but doesn’t want to go to the doctor. Chantix is awful. I’d rather have a mom that smokes than scares the shit out of her kids with these effects.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:41:02 +0000

OMG! This is awful. I started taking Chantix early 2007. I was on and off it 3 times for almost a year. I would quit smoking and then after being off the medicine for a while I would start again! The whole times on Chantix I had horrible dreams they were so real that I couldnt stop thinking about them for weeks. I was very depressed and couldn’t cope with everyday life. My doctor kept telling me it was just STRESS from being a single mom with 5 kids and a full time job, guitar lessons, cross country practice, etc. Well all that was present before I started Chantix and I was normal and “coping” just fine. I became very mean and nasty especially toward my children and I couldnt understand why. One morning it was so bad that i just started screaming that I should run the car into a tree. What was I thinking? Well, I wasnt because I would NEVER say anything like that. I slipped into a horrible depression. 1 month after starting the Chantix I began having horrible heart palpitations that lasted all day for about a month. After about 6 trips to the ER and a battle with my doctor, I finally got an appointment with a cardiologist. Yes, I was having irregular EKG due to pre ventriculat contraction (PVC’s). They said most people don’t even feel them but mine were out of control. It felt like I was choking and my heart was going to jump out of my chest. I was prescribed a Beta Blocker to help them stop and it did but I still take it as needed. No one ever told me to stop the Chantix, actually my cardiologist said to stay on it and it will work. I never had a problem with my heart, I am 34 and was always in good health. Now that I have stopped taking the Chantix, I have been having dizzy spells, confusion, numbing in my face and head, blurry vision, weekness in my arms and legs. I was hospitalized in Jan 08 because they thought I was having a stroke! What is going on with me? Every day is a struggle just to get up and make it through the day. I have no quality of life anymore, I cant enjoy my kids , I have no social life I constantly feel like something awful is going to happen to me . This is consuming me everyday. I have been to ENT, a neurologist, the cardiologist and they all say there is nothing wrong. They want me to think that I am crazy and keep sending me to mental health. Well, I AM NOT CRAZY this is REAL and I want my life back!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:37:49 +0000

I am writing again to give a update. I have been smoke free for 3 months now. I am absolutely thrilled I quit smoking but have gained 35 pounds. I realize that this weight will come off and this will be the next thing I am going to tackle. BUt for now I am so happy to quit smoking. My problems have seemed to get worse as time has gone by. My joints and muscle ache so terribly now I have trouble walking sometimes due to the pain. I also have horrible digestive problems (could be the weight gain) but I have always been healthy and I am really having some problems with my overall health. I am so sore and in pain most of the time. Is this associated with Chantix?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:51:29 +0000

I have been taking Chantix for six weeks now. I have quit smoking but I am not sure at what cost. I am very tired all the time, have teriible gas, muscle aches, chest and shoulder pains, surreal dreams and depression. I am very worried these things will not go away. After reading these comments I have chosen to quit the Chantix immediately. Headaches are also common as well as some shaking. I hope my life will get back to normal after quitting Chantix but now I am worried for my health after reading all of your comments. Good luck to all who have contaminated their body with this poison.

By: tammy

tammy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:49:17 +0000

i hear about how people suffered all these side effects. I guess Im one of the lucky ones. I quit smoking with the help of chantix. (35 years of smoking) its been over a year. the only side effect is I breath better. don’t cough. however, while on chantix I did sleep 16 hours aday.