Chantix is trade name of Varenicline in the USA (Champix in Europe and other countries) It is a new stop smoking medication used to treat nicotine addiction.
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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