Contrary to information that led the FDA and other regulatory agencies to release warnings about varenicline (Chantix), a new study has found “no clear evidence” of a relationship between the risk of suicide and the stop smoking drug.

Both varenicline(Chantix) and bupropion (Zyban), another stop smoking drug, were associated with a 12% and 17% increased risk, respectively, of self-harm compared with people who used a nicotine replacement product, but the confidence intervals were wide and straddled 1.00, David Gunnell, PhD, of the University of Bristol in the U.K., and colleagues reported online in British Medical Journal.

The limited study power “means we cannot rule out either a halving or a twofold increase in risk,” the researchers said.

Adverse event reports have sparked growing concern that Varenicline may be associated with an increased risk of suicide.
Regulatory agencies worldwide have issued warnings on use of the drug, and last July, the FDA required boxed warnings on both varenicline and bupropion.
However, the researchers said, few large population studies have been done to assess the risk. Further, they said, assessing risk is challenging because of the need to control for confounders such as previous disease and smoking habits.
People who smoke already have a two- to- threefold increased risk of suicide, since smoking is common among people with psychiatric illness, they said. Also, it’s possible that [smoking] “has a beneficial effect on psychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety, that may be lost with smoking cessation,” the researchers added.

And last March, a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that varenicline didn’t increase the risk of depressive symptoms.

So to clarify the issue, the researchers conducted a cohort study of 80,660 patients ages 18 to 95 who were prescribed a new course of any quit smoking medications — nicotine replacement products, bupropion, or varenicline — between Sept. 1, 2006 and May 31, 2008.

In general, patients prescribed bupropion or varenicline were less likely than those on nicotine products to have a history of psychiatric consultation, alcohol misuse, use of psychotropic medication, or self harm or suicidal thoughts.
There were 166 episodes of nonfatal self-harm, two suicides – both in the nicotine replacement group – and 37 episodes of suicidal thoughts.
The incidence of self-harm was 533.1 per 100,000 person-years in patients on varenicline, 498.7 for those on bupropion, and 751.7 for nicotine replacement products.

The researchers found “no clear evidence” that varenicline was associated with an increased risk of suicide or nonfatal self-harm. However, they said they could not rule out a twofold increased risk “on the basis of the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval.”
Those confidence limits were 0.67 to 1.88 for varenicline and 0.59 to 2.32 for bupropion.
Varenicline was also associated with a 43% increased risk of suicidal thoughts compared with nicotine replacement products, but, again, the confidence intervals were wide and straddled 1.00 (95% CI 0.53 to 2.85).

The researchers said such evidence is consistent with all possibilities – “a large protective effect, no effect, or a large adverse effect.”

Yet they cautioned that suicidal thoughts are under-recorded in the General Practice Research Database, from which they took their data.

The study may also have been limited in its power, since there were only 18 episodes of self-harm reported in the varenicline group, the researchers said.

Still, they concluded, in light of the “possible increased risk of suicide associated with these stop smoking drugs and their increasing popularity, further investigation of their effect on suicide risk is required in other databases and through secondary analysis of all adverse events reporting in relevant clinical trials.”

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All stop smoking drug may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Medications such as c also have potential dangers and side effects.

First of all, here is information from Zyban site: “The most common side effects experienced with ZYBAN include dry mouth and difficulty sleeping. There are other risks associated with the use of ZYBAN, so it is important to talk to your healthcare professional to see whether ZYBAN is right for you. There is a risk of seizure associated with ZYBAN, which is increased in certain patients.”

Contraindications in taking of Zyban are concerned of patients with a seizure disorder.
It quit smoking medication is also contraindicated in patients with a current or prior diagnosis of bulimia or anorexia nervosa because of a higher incidence of seizures noted in patients treated for bulimia with the immediate-release formulation of bupropion.

Zyban is contraindicated in patients undergoing abrupt discontinuation of alcohol or sedatives.
Doctor also won’t prescribe Zyban to patients who have shown an allergic response to bupropion or the other ingredients that make up ZYBAN.
As Zyban contains the same active ingredient found in WELLBUTRIN and WELLBUTRIN SR used to treat depression, and that Zyban should not be used in combination with WELLBUTRIN, WELLBUTRIN SR, or any other medications that contain bupropion.

Because the use of bupropion is associated with a dose-dependent risk of seizures, clinicians should not prescribe doses over 300 mg/day for smoking cessation.
The risk of seizures is also related to patient factors, clinical situation, and concurrent medications, which must be considered in selection of patients for therapy with ZYBAN.

To get Zyban, you need a prescription from your doctor. Do note that Zyban has known side effects which include body pains and insomnia. Hence, check out with your doctor before starting on your prescription.

Once you start taking it, you have to continue taking stop smoking drug Zyban at least 8 weeks. Seek the advice of your doctor on how much should your daily dose be.

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Smoking cessation drugs increase the success rate and reduce the withdrawal feelings including cravings.

There are plenty of options and medications to help you quit. It includes: Nicotine replacement (sprays, gum, and patches), Zyban and now Chantix.
All Stop smoking drugs are not without side effects.

Nicotine replacement side effects

• sleep difficulties (patches)
• abnormal dreaming (patches)
• skin reactions (patch)
• jaw pain (gum)
• nose irritation (nose spray)

Zyban side effects

• headache
• insomnia
• dry mouth
• irritability
• seizures (fits) are rare.

Do note that Zyban has known side effects which include also body pains.

Chantix side effects

• Vomiting and nausea flatulence (gas)
• Headaches
• Sleep disturbances and abnormal dreams
• Flatulence (gas)
• Changes in the way food tastes (Dysgeusia)
• Constipation
• Suicidal thoughts

Of the above side effects, the most commonly reported one is nausea. There have recently been a number of reports purporting to link Chantix with an increased risk of depression, psychosis, suicidal thoughts or in the worst case scenario, suicide.
The FDA has issued a special advisory warning about side effects if this stop smoking drug.
Before using stop smoking drugs, tell your doctor if you are pregnant or you have:

• heart disease, an irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure or chest pain;
• a jaw condition called TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disease;
• an overactive thyroid;
• diabetes;
• pheochromocytoma (tumor of the adrenal gland);
• liver or kidney disease;
• a stomach ulcer;
• asthma or chronic pulmonary disease.

Smoking cessation may alter the effects of certain medications and supplements on your body. Tell your doctor about all the medications and supplements you’re taking.

It is especially important if you’re taking inhaled insulin, asthma medicines or blood thinners.

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How does Chantix work

Chantix (or Varenicline) belongs to the class of medications called smoking cessation therapies. It is used to help people quit smoking.
Chantix is intended to be used by adults in combination with quit-smoking education and counselling.  It effects on the brain to reduce cravings and nicotine withdrawal symptoms. This quitting drug decreases the pleasure that people get from smoking. It is thought to have these effects by working at the same receptors that nicotine from cigarettes affects, although exactly how varenicline works is not clear.
Chantix also blocks the way nicotine acts on these receptors.

This means that if the patient who is trying to quit smoking makes a mistake and has a cigarette, there will be no satisfaction or enjoyable effects from that cigarette.

This makes smoking highly unappealing, and helps a patient reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms and break smoking habit much faster.

Chantix side effects

Both the European Medicines Agency and the FDA have approved this product for use as a stop smoking medication. Even with this approval, it is important for smokers to realize that Chantix does have some potential drawbacks.

First, if the drug is not taken as prescribed and for the entire treatment period, the desire to smoke will often return. The minimum treatment period is 12 weeks. However, permanent results are more prevalent among those patients who use the product for 24 weeks.

Another potential drawback of taking Chantix is the fact that there are some side effects that can occur. The most common side effect is mild nausea, which usually goes away after the treatment begins. Other mild side effects, such as appetite changes, dry mouth, tiredness, and headache, rarely prevented patients from finishing the treatment.

However, some patients experienced severe mood swings, depression, or serious sleeping problems. These more serious side effects did cause some patients to stop taking the medication.

Before taking the quit smoking medication tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or if you take insulin, asthma medicines, or blood thinners.

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The first scientifically evaluated stop smoking drug treatment nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) was conceptualized in 1967. Then the Stop smoking drug was developed in Sweden during the 1970s.
Two physicians at the University of Lund, Stefan Lichtneckert and Claes Lundgren, approached the nearby pharmaceutical company AB Leo with the idea of using nicotine for smoking cessation after they had observed crew members in a submarine use smokeless tobacco.

They tried several forms for stop smoking drug (including aerosol). The researchers chose gum, mainly for safety reasons.

Around 1973 Professor Michael Russell at the Department of Psychiatry at Denmark Hill in London became interested in the idea of using nicotine as smoking cessation drug after having used behavioral methods without much success.

Murray Jarvik and Nina Schneider were the first researchers to experiment with nicotine gum in the United States.
Nicotine gum was first approved in Switzerland as quit smoking medication in 1978. In a U.S. regulatory agency advisory committee meeting in 1983, there was a lot of controversy surrounding the gum’s possible approval.

Nicotine Nasal Spray

As a gum could not deliver nicotine with the same speed and to the same extent that a cigarette could. In 1979 there was investigated the absorption of nicotine through the nose. In the United States nicotine nasal spray and nicotine inhalers are available by prescription.

The Nicotine Patch

Very soon it became clear that not every cigarette smoker could or liked to chew gum. Additionally many of them experienced side effects like irritation in the oral cavity and some indigestion. This led to underdosing and thoughts on how to remedy the problem.
In 1984 in University of California Los Angeles began experiments with nicotine given transdermally (through the skin). They applied for a patent for transdermal delivery of nicotine, which was later approved as quit smoking medication.

The nicotine patch releases a constant amount of nicotine in the body; the nicotine dissolves through the skin and enters the body, thus providing relief from some of the withdrawal symptoms people experience when they quit smoking.

Today there are a lot of quit smoking medications on the market which differ by effects. Nicotine-delivery medications offer as patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers and sprays.

Also now available stop smoking drugs like Zyban or Chantix which does not provide nicotine to the body.

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Nicotine gum is a type of chewing gum that delivers nicotine to the body and uses as stop smoking drug. Nicotine is absorbed by the tissues of the mouth and delivered to the bloodstream.

Each gum contains two or four milligrams of nicotine. Cigarettes hold around two milligrams of nicotine; so users can roughly substitute each cigarette with a nicotine gum. Heavy smokers will need to go for the four milligram gum. The user can gauge for him how much of nicotine gum he needs to chew.

Today there are some of the popular brands: Nicorette, Habitrol, Thrive, Equate and Rite Aid. Although they are considered as quit smoking medication you can get them without a medical prescription over the counter or online.

Choosing nicotine gum over cigarettes has several benefits. Users can avoid the harmful toxins and gases contained in cigarettes. Nicotine gum does not include the agents that cause cancer.

As a steady amount of nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream, patients can control cravings better. Smoking cessation becomes much easier by chewing on nicotine gum and nicotine withdrawal symptoms can be easily brought under control.

Side effects

Like any stop smoking drug nicotine gum has side effects.

Common side effects that should subside in a few days are hiccups, headaches and soreness. Long term use of nicotine gum could also lead to gum disease, although not proven. Among most serious side effects are seizures, chest pain or uneven heartbeats.
Less serious side effects may include:

• dizziness;
• belching or hiccups;
• stomach upset or nausea;
• mouth or throat soreness;
• dry or watering mouth;
• watering eyes;
• headache;
• constipation;
• sneezing and coughing;
• changes in taste;

In any case if you are using nicotine gum for over six months (or any nicotine-delivery medication) it is good to see a doctor.

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Through further testing, the drug was found to be effective in treating the smoking addiction, and helping smokers quit. GlaxoSmithKline “repackaged” Wellbutrin and marketed it as the Stop smoking drug Zyban.
Unlike nicotine patches or nicotine gum, this Stop smoking drug does not put more nicotine into your body.

It’s supposed that you should stop smoking if you use the quit smoking patches or gum. With Zyban, you continue to smoke when you first start taking the medication, eventually reduce craving to cigarettes. You also should also take the drug Zyban for a period of time after quitting.

How Zyban works

Zyban does not provide nicotine to the body; it makes the smoker a feeling of well-being that allows him to give up the smoking habit with relatively little difficulty.

Stop smoking drug Zyban makes quitting easier. According to the clinical trial researches treatment with ZYBAN reduced nicotine withdrawal symptoms compared to placebo. Zyban has Bupropion that works more like an antidepressant. Bupropion is a relatively weak inhibitor of neuronal intake of dopamine, serotonin or noreoinephrine.

It works by boosting the levels of several chemical messengers in the brain. With more of these chemicals at work, you experience reductions on the following nicotine withdrawal symptoms: irritability, frustration, or anger; anxiety; difficulty concentrating; restlessness; and depressed mood or negative affect.

Do note that Zyban has known side effects which include body pains and insomnia and is contradicted with some other medications. People with a history of seizures, eating disorders, or cirrhosis of the liver should not this stop smoking drug Zyban.

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This stop smoking drug belongs to a family of medications known as nicotine replacement therapies. NicoDerm CQ Patch works as deterrent while smoking cessation.

Alternative brand names are Prostep, Habitrol, NiQuitin, Nicotrol, Nicorette, and Commit.
It works by providing low levels of nicotine, which may help you to quit smoking by lessening physical signs of smoking withdrawal symptoms. You must stop smoking before using the patches and continue not to smoke while using this medication.

Compare to other stop smoking drugs Nicoderm patch has proven to provide only slight benefit reducing craving. It is most effective when used in conjunction with a stop smoking program.
Nevertheless NicoDerm has become the most popular topical quit smoking medication over the past several years.

It comes in 3 different variations ranging from 7 mg to 21 mg. The main difference between each level is not the amount of nicotine placed between the backing and the adhesive, but the size of the patch. This is due to the nature of the adhesive.

For the adhesive to maintain its hold properly, the consistency of it must remain the same, thereby allowing only a specific amount of nicotine.
Side effects:

This quit smoking medication may cause headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, drowsiness, stomach upset, nausea or flushing the first few days as your body adjusts to the medication.
You should inform your doctor if these symptoms persist or become bothersome.
If the area around the patch becomes red, itchy or irritated, try a new site. If the irritation continues or becomes worse, notify your doctor.
Notify your doctor if you develop: breathing difficulties, chest pain, irregular heartbeat, nervousness, anxiety, tremors.
It is very important that this quit smoking medication be used on a regular schedule as prescribed by the doctor. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.

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• Insomnia
• Aches and pains
• Irritability and anxiety
• Increased appetite

The company explains that because Smoke Deter is a liquid oral spray, it is absorbed rapidly into the blood vessels under the tongue and thus provides quick relief from nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Doctors say the sublingual application often is the preferred method for delivering homeopathic ingredients when fast action is required.
The manufacturer also says that Smoke Deter can be used safely with no drowsiness or adverse side effects resided majority of quit smoking medications.

Benefits of Smoke Deter

Smoke Deter includes 11 active (natural) ingredients to reduce withdrawal symptoms:

• Coughing, headaches, and an upset stomach are eased by the ingredient Abies Nigra (Black Spruce).
• Ingredient Avena (oates) relax your nerves.
• Stress related symptoms and those overwhelming food cravings are treated with the ingredient Nux Vomica (Poison Nut).
• Coughing accompanied by chest pain or tickling in the throat and restlessness are eased by the ingredient Aconitum Napellus (Monkshood), while it also calms you.

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