Chantix

I started taking Chantix following a bout with pneumonia in April 2008. I was warned about increased depression and told to notify my doctor if depression worsened as I am bipolar. After 21st day of taking Chantix, I went 2 consecutive days with zero sleep, literally none! On night 4 at 1:10AM, I had a very violent seizure. I quit breathing completely and my husband had to do rescue breathing to get me back. I was taken to the ER where at 5AM, I had another violent seizure and then another at 7AM.

I was put on Dilantin and luckily, I have had no further seizures. I have been left with a permanently fogged brain. I am an adult, a student headed to graduate school when this occurred. Now, I lost 4 years of education. I can no longer access the information. My name compartment is fried as I refer to it. I have panic attacks everyday, all day. My neurologist did tests and I have no underlying seizure disorder. I am unable to leave my home and basically, barricaded myself indoors. I lost all desire to communicate with anyone outside of my trusted circle of family and friends. I have also developed multiple allergic reactions to medications, I could once take to control my bipolar and to control pain following surgery.

Now, the only pain medication I can take is Hydrocodone for surgery! Oh boy, try that people! I used to only have one bout of depression a year, at best, and now I have them monthly. This drug ruined my life and I still smoke! Yes, Chantix did curb my cravings to smoke, but the end result was not worth it! I would much rather die a slow death from cigs than to die due to side effects of Chantix. I have developed an agoraphobic reaction to all new and many older drugs that I may need for my health. I have an increased heart rate permanently now, too! I am very angered by the fact that Pfizer and the FDA were very aware of most of the side effects and gave no warning to the doctors prescribing the drug. Not only did my pulmonologist have no clue that seizures could occur from Chantix, but my neurologist knew nothing and neither did my pharmacist! That is a blatant disregard for patients' best interest!

I was prescribed and used the drug Chantix for smoking cessation. Within 15 months, I was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic. There is no history of this disease in my family. I am in my 50's, very active and not overweight. I have no other explanation for this change in my health.

I have developed many of the problems I am hearing about Chantix use and do not know how to go about filing a claim or who to file it with. I used it from Jan to Mar. 2007 and suffered much during that time and some of the personality problems have not gone away. I have suicidal tendencies, temper/violent outbursts, and feel I have been left in sort of a "fog" that feels like a constant state of nicotine withdrawal. I have also developed diabetes and take two medications for that. I also have a lot of muscle and joint pain and am not sure if it is from that or not. I need to talk to someone. One lawyer I did call said they only handled cases of diabetes within 6 months of taking it. I tried to kill myself while taking the drug and once after I stopped but did not suffer any injury and did not tell anyone how I felt. Please help.

Pharmaceutical companies are today's drug dealers. This drug, Chantix, might as well have been Heroine. I suffer from constant heighten anxiety levels and frequent panic attacks. I was diagnosed with panic disorder by the doctor who prescribed this worse than crack to me.

Got a prescreption of chantex.Secound week started having memory loss.Third week blackouts.Shortly after uncontiosness.Coupled by feelings of dispair ,depression.Calleed my dr.he said take half the prescribed amount.Still having probems ,job suffering,unable to do daily tasks and concred with awful feelings.Eventialy just quit taking them.

I took Chantix in June o8 to assist me in quitting smoking. It worked and worked well except for the usual bad dreams. I quit and have no desire to restart. I started getting sick within 3 months. but because I am a nurse I treated much of my symptoms myself with excuses of this must be what it feels like to not smoke.

Feeling bad everyday became the norm. I worked 2 jobs and I consider myself dedicated in my profession. I did call off sick a few times but I struggled through the weakness (I need to start excersizing), tired all the time (not enough sleep), the shakes (need to stop and take a lunch), sweating (boy it is hot at work), short episodes of shortness of breath (My doctor was right I really needed to quit smoking.) Muscle aches and pains (have to stop using the treadmill at the gym), Months of denial went by until one day I used a intrument at work that monitored oxygen levels in the blood stream and it was 84%. Normal is 93-100%. others may experience this desatuation of oxygen while they sleep or during a lung disease process like COPD or emphysema. But I was awake and at work and have no desease processes. I was a healthy 47 yr old. Mother of 2, with one grandson. I take synthroid for many years and H2 inhibitor for acid reflux.

Denial keep me from seeing the doctor until the SOB continued. Then It was Xrays, EKG's, Cardiac ultrasound, 2D echo's then repeated test with contrast, CT's, MRI, O2 at home while I sleep. Bronchoscopy with Biopsies that lead to a hemmorhage, The results showed that I had had a hemmorrhage in the past.

Then I was told I had diabetes. My sugars were in the 500's and It has taken over a year to get them under control. Sleep studies and now obstructed sleep apnea with the use of a cpap machine at night. My life has been turned upside down, It will never be the same. During this 1 & 1/2 yr battle, I was frequently reminded that this was my life because I should loose some weigh or I should have quit smoking sooner.

I never thought a pill could have done this to me, and I am so angry. I wish the drug companies would spend more time testing their product before putting it on the market to prevent, after the fact problems. These problems stay with us, the consumers, for a life time.

I began using Chantix on 4/1/09. It is now 4/23/09. On 4/13 I developed what looked like insect bites all over my legs. There were a total of 16. I had gone to my sister's earlier that day and thought she had a flea infestation (luckily I never accused her of that!). Then a week later they appeared on my arms, neck, and back. At this time, the ones on my legs are healing and going away. I looked online and found others have developed this itchy rash while on chantix. It seems to occur in the 3rd week. The other thing I've noticed is I am eating a LOT more than usual, and its not due to not smoking. I am eating at times I wouldn't be smoking anyway. Its like I have the "munchies" constantly. The only other thing I've noticed so far is I dream ALL night long, but it is not too bothersome and they aren't nightmares. I have a dr. appt. tomorrow for the itchy rash, and before I had read the articles here, I was thinking I could ride it out and stay on chantix. Well now, I am terribly scared of developing diabetes as that seems to be the most common side affect posted here. I'm also scared of the other side affects described here. I am asking to be tested for diabetes tomorrow. And I no longer will be taking Chantix. It is way too scary! I just pray that I don't develop anything else, but only time will tell. I wish you all the best of luck and thank you for sharing your stories.

I took the anti smoking drug Chantix for 40 days.

On my 38th day, I started having increased health problems. I developed type 1 diabetes. I was hospatilized and very dehydrated. No other previous health problems. I am physically fit and eat very healthy.

Chantix. Took for one month, 2 weeks after I stpped taking the pills I ended up in the hospital with heart rythm problems, short of breath and nausea. lost hours at work, and the pain has not stopped! BAD DRUG! I hope I live

I smoked for 20 years and started taking Chantix Jan 1, 2008 I stopped smoking Jan 7 2008. While taking the drug I had vivid dreams and insomnia. But was ale to kick the habit for good and have convinced others to quit smoking using the drug. THANK YOU CHANTIX!!! Feb 13, 2008 I was exposed to carbon monoxide, and have suffered memory loss and decreased sensitivity in the feet, that I attributed to the CO2 exposure. I have had two MRIs and both showed Slowing in the front temporal lobe (memory). But after reading some of these reports, I will definetly be asking my neurologist on 30 April if Chantix could be the culprit.

I quit smoking but Chantix could be responsible for memory loss and sensitivity in the feet.

I took chantix for approximatey 6weks, then suddenly became very shakey one afternoon and then could not sleep at night after 0200am.It has been approximately 4 months since I have stopped chantix, but I truly feel I am still not myself. I have always dealt with anxiety, but now the intensity of my anxiety is encompassing my whole being. I am now taking clonipine so I can sleep at noc.At this point I am very close to starting smoking again so maybe I can feel normal again. I have quit smoking for 6 months x2 in the past, but have never felt this way before.

I took Chantix for 2 days. On day 2 I became psychotic. I was screaming, crying, slicing my body with a knife. I was having visual and auditory hallucinations. I was so loud that a neighbor called 911. When the police knocked on my door, I opened it holding a knife. They quickly pulled out their guns and screamed at me to drop my weapon. I don't remember much of what happened. All I know is that 2 days later I woke up in the psychiatric hospital, in 5 point restraints, completely drugged up. It was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me.

Permanent scars on my body from cutting myself with a knife. Permanent emotional damage... I will never be the same after that experience.

In May of 2008 I started taking Chantix. I will say the effects were immediate. I had planned to stop smoking completely by the end of the first week of taking the medicine. I didn't even need 2 days. I started having odd dreams, although they weren't really nightmares as described in the side effects. It was more like I dreamt ALL night long to the point where when I woke in the morning I felt as though I hadn't slept more then 30 minutes. I remembered all my dreams instead of just one dream I normally remember. It was exhausting. Luckily, I didn't have any long lasting health side effects after stopping but I was only 3 months smoke free before relapsing.

Exhaustion/fatigue for 1 month while taking the drug.

I started taking Chantix May of 2008, I quit stopped taking it after talking to my doctor because my left breast starting leaking fluid from it, July of 2009 I went to the ER due to severe chest pain ( I thought that I was having a heart attack) They did an EKG, X-rays and blood work and everything was ok.. I still was getting the chest pains all day everyday, in Sept 08 I went back to the hospital and they did the same thing and everything checked out fine again, still I had pains,

I went again to the emergency room late sept with numbness in the face and still have frequent chest pains. It is now March 2009 and I still live with the severe chest pain.. I have not felt like myself since July 08. When my husband and I go out we always leave early so I can get home and go to bed to forget about all the pain. I am miserable! I'm 28 years old, always been pretty healthy (except smoking. I just want my old life back!

Thousands of dollars in medical bills. Chest pains!

In January 2007 my doctor insisted I try Chantix to try and stop smoking. I stopped taking it due to constipation/impaction. In March of 2007 I was diagnosed with diabetes and had to start taking oral medications and insulin for the diabetes. I had an irregular EKG in May of 2007, which lead to angioplasty and placement of a coronary stint. Two years later, I still smoke and my diabetes is not controlled, which causes constant medical problems and loss of wages due to time off work.

As above, medical problems which lead to lost wages and miserable daily living. All of which I feel is directly related to taking Chantix as prescribed by a medical doctor that was lead to believe the drug was safe.

and my blood sugar was in the 500's. Doctor put me on medication & diet change. My blood sugar before taking Chantix was normal.

I was on Chantax in 06 and then again in 07. The side effects I had was hearing voices telling me to kill myself. I have suffered from seizures, black out spells, surgery to my head from falling, bruises from falling, severe drepression, whole body shacking trying to walk. I have panic attacks, not able to sleep at night, severe mood swings, full of anger and rage, I lock myself in the house so I won't have to deal with people. I have put nails in my windows, kickers on the doors to protect myself from the outside world. I have lost my husband, children, and family because I can't control these out burst of anger and mood swings.

I have been seen by different doctors, test run on me and in the hospital many times and no one kind find the problem what is wrong. Just last week while I was in the hospital I seen a add come across the screen about Chantix. All the symtoms they described was similiar to mine so I called them. I just found out this week about how bad this drug was. Now I'm mad as ****. How dare you mess with my life when I was a healthy person who served in our country to defend your sorry ***. I was in excellent shape mentally and physically. Now they say I'm obese on all my medical records. Hmmmm....I wonder why?

Look at the medication they kept giving me to treat one elment after another. Now, they say on all my medical records severe depression, with severe mood swings. I never connected Chantix to be the problem but it all makes sence to me know. I'm a different person and sometimes I can't stand to be around myself. I only wished I knew along time ago about the side effects of this drug. I'm seeing a doctor for my mental problem but all they want to do is keep me on anti depressent pills and none of the prescription he has wrote out has helped me. I still hear the voices but I can't tell them I could or might kill myself then I would be locked up in a mental ward. A doctor is not God, although sometimes they think they are. I suggest you find a lawyer like I'm fixing to do. United we stand, divided we fall..Just remember no one has the right to use you like a ginnie pig.

Don't let a lawyer take you to the cleaners...They can take this case pro bono....They have a case and they know it will win in the court of law.....

I had taken chantix for about a week when I had a violent headache for 2 days. Insuspected chantix so I didn't take it the following day when the headache went away but wanted to wait and see. another day passed and I was getting ready to shower and get dressed when I had a convulsive type seizure. I somehow hit my head, busted a blood vessel in my brain. I wasn't found for over an hour. I was transported by ambulance to nearest hospital then flown to a trauma center 22 miles away.

It is a miracle that i survived at all and after several weeks in the hospital I was able to go home.This was aug 5, 2008. now just 6 months later I have to take antiseizure medicene 3x a day, I'm not allowed to drive yet so I really don't know what is to come. I believe there are others out there that has taken chantix and had seizures but just never made the connection between having a seizure and the drug chantix. chantix should never have been put on the market and i believe pfizer knows this.

I can't work and can only do a small percentage of what I used to do. I can't remember simple things and have a speech impairment.

I started using Chantix appromately a year ago that is when the problems started.

I have pain from my shoulder that goes accross into my chest down under my rib cage the pain is on my left side which caused me to go to the Dr.s thinking something was wrong with my heart at my Dr.s office they did a EKG that came back fine I also started having panic attacks the next day after my visit is when the panic attacks started which lead me to call my husband and have him take me to ER they ran several test for my heart which came back fine but the pains were still there in the past year.

I went to a cardoligist have had 6 EKG, CTA,Chest X-rays, lab work done, I also wore a heart monitor for 10 days everything came back fine, I went to a othopedic Dr. had an MRI done that showed nothing. I have also had a ultra sound done to my orgons to see if they are fine and yes they are, but still do not feel well at all. I now have chronic heart burn and vision problems my eyes get very blurred and I just got new glasses 10/08. I also had an EMG done they can find nothing wrong with me.

I also feel like sometimes I am in another world. feel run down all the time. for a mother of 4 year old twins this is very diffcult for me I have never had any problems till I started using Chantix. my friend was on the web and had found out about other people experiening the same symptoms that I am having. I am glad that all the test are coming back fine but I still am not feeling well at all and I just want answer to why I feel like this. Thank you,

Took chantix for 2 weeks, became increasing depressed and was crying often. Then began to have thoughts about life not being worth the trouble, etc. Contacted my physician who immediately placed me on high doses of B Complex which I must take daily or I return to the depression. I also take a daily anti depressant. I have trouble sleeping, my personality has changed an now can not control my weight.

Mental damage, personality change and physical damage due to weight gain

I used Chantix for about 8 months. I had to restart a few time. I kept up with their online support and called when I had questions.

Well On 2/22/08 I had to PE blood clots in my lungs.. The Dr's thought I had a Heart attack but 2 PY left lung. I have been of the Chantix for 10 month now and again. A new blood clot in my right leg and I am on bed rest. II have thing to do. Single father of two and I had to send them to their mothers and they not to happy. I have no family history of this and I can't get any answers. I called a lawyer and all they wanted to know if I wanted to kill myself. I am afraid to move. All Chantix says is write to their legal department. By the way the Doc I spoke with at chantix did admit a few of their Ginny pigs and blood clots!

Possible side effect of Chantix. I took Chantix to quit smoking in Oct, Nov and Dec of 2007. In Feb 2008, I was diagnosed with diabetes. My A1c level was 10.4 and I was put on insulin and oral medication to control my diabetes. My previous A1c was between 6.5 or 6.9 which was done in the fall of 2007. My doctor was surprised that it had gone that far out of control.

I will live with diabetes for the rest of my life and will have to take shots and oral meds to live.

I have read various stories from consumers regarding their use of this product and the bad experiences they suffered. I want to tell you how well the drug worked for me. I am a healthy, well balanced individual who wanted to stop smoking and could not completely quit on my own. I asked my Dr to prescribe this medication and within 3 to 4 weeks, I had not only stopped smoking with NO DESIRE to smoke again, but I did not have to continue the medication! For me, this was a wonder drug! I have not had a desire for nicotine for over a year and a half, after being a moderate to heavy smoker for 20 years!

The question most people ask is did you experience any side effects at all? The only side affect I had from the drug itself was very unusual dreams. They were not violent or fearful. They were simply vivid and unusual. I slept well and my sleep pattern was not disturbed. The one thing this drug does not provide the user is any type of relief for the side effects you obtain from nicotine withdrawal.

I think that many people confuse their withdrawal symptons with the drug and this simply is not accurate feedback. Yes, I did suffer from nicotine withdrawal: grouchiness, loss of patience, weight gain. However, in no way did Chantrix or the withdrawal symptons make me want to become a violent person, or to lose my ability to control my actions. It also did not make me confused, dizzy, or sleepy. As with all medications, it is important for the user to realize their own state of mind and health before considering a new medication.

I wanted to quit smoking. I took my first Chantix dose on Thanksgiving and felt weird. My family told me I was acting weird so it wasn't my imagination. I got through day 1 and took my day 2 pill. By 1PM I was extremely messed up from it. I started crying for some unknown reason. I couldnt fall asleep and I was having extreme hallucinations when I closed my eyes. It was very scary and I still feel kind of weird. My finace is continuing her dosage of Chantix but is experiencing nightmares. I think this drug is great if it gets people to quit smoking but what I went through was what I think a bad trip on acid would be like. Be careful!

I had very intense dreams and or nightmares. However that was the only side effect I had. I quit smoking, I really liked the Chantex. After 28 years of smoking glad I was able to finally quit.

After quitting the drug chantix I began to have movement disorders. Was diagnosed with parkinsons syndrome and extra pyrimidal syndrome

doc wont allow me to go to work or school. Constantly having muscle spasms everywhere. Developed cervical dystonia and having to take botox injections in neck. I take 29 pills a day. I have a neurologist/ movement diosorder specialist, pyschologist, rheumatologist and cadiologist. I have major depressive disorder and they treated me with this drug so I could quit smoking. After stopping, negative physical, psychological and neurological episodes began. I am only 32, a widow with two children. I cannot hike like I used too w/ my children, I dont sleep good at all, I have chronic pain and cannot focus a lot of the times. IT has caused me to be out of work. I had to let my car go back to the bank. I feel like my life has been taken from me. Everything happened so quickly.

I began taking Chantix in mid-February of 2008 and continued taking it until mid-May 2008. During that time, I was taking the recommended dosage for the first month only, then on my own accord reduced my dosage to a quarter of what was recommended due to sleep disturbances, forgetfulness and nausea. I was able to successfully quit smoking, however, beginning some time mid-March I began to slowly develop some serious side effects that at the time I was unsure were caused by the Chantix and that eventually led to my starting smoking again to troubleshoot my problems:

1. Frequent fevers ranging from 99.6 to over 104 that would sometimes last for four weeks at a time, disappear for a week and then reappear for weeks. This occurred for the entire time I was taking Chantix and lasted for three months after discontinuation (until the end of August).

2. Easy bruising was a symptom that accompanied only the most severe fevers.

3. Flu-like symptoms, such as fatique, malaise and intense headaches that would last during the weeks of fever. If you've ever had mono, you know exactly how this feels.

4. Irregular menstruation that still continues and an occasional yeast infection.

5. A severe rash that lasted two months after discontinuing Chantix and to this day a residual rash exists on my face and thighs.

6. Extremely low blood pressure at all times (90/45) resulting in fatigue, chills, cold extremities and a strong sensitivity to the cold. Salt was added to my diet per my doctor's suggestion to no avail. Even the nurses who would take my blood commented on how thin my blood was. Not to mention, the low blood pressure made giving blood a very time consuming process.

7. Frequent heart fluttering and feeling of breathlessness accompanied by dizziness and second-long blackouts.

8. Constipation and bloating, even with a highly controlled diet high in fiber.

9. Unexplained weight gain. Like I mentioned, my diet is extremely controlled (5 small meals a day, high fiber, low to no sugar, low carb, little protein) - think 2nd phase of the south beach diet here - to the ingredient.

10. Forgetfulness that has caused me to take measures to prevent job dysfunction (I'm a teacher).

11. Muscle cramps in my calves that would wake me up at night in addition to joint pain in my feet that has prevented me from wearing shoes with any heel at all.

12. Don't even get me started about lack of sex drive and lack of sexual response. It's embarrassing for someone my age to even say so.

13. My eyes are very gritty and dry and blur often at night. They have gotten to be red and irritated so that I now have to apply drops each morning.

14. My sense of balance and coordination makes me appear like a drunk when I'm standing still one minute and the next I'm catching my fall. (Just for the record, I rarely drink).

I began keeping a health journal in June because I was having to visit my doctor often for the various symptoms I was encountering.

At the beginning of September, it saddens me to say, I began smoking again. However, since then and for most of the month of October I didn't have a single fever or day of malaise/fatigue and my rash mostly cleared up ... that is until I decided to quit smoking again.

One week ago today, I began taking a quarter dose of Chantix to try and quit smoking again. After one week, wouldn't you know it, I'm sitting here typing up this story with a fever and all the other symptoms that come with it.

First let me say that my heart goes out to those people whose stories/posts on this site indicated they have suffered so greatly. I feel VERY fortunate to have survived my ordeal having suffered so little compared to them.

I'm a 35 year old female, who up until February of this year was perfectly healthy, aside from being a smoker. I now feel as though I'm double my age and the effects this whole ordeal has had on my marriage is astounding. I had to leave work early several times (not easy for a teacher to do) and I'm surprised I made it home on those days my fevers spiked over 104 degrees leaving me delirious, barely able to walk and incoherent.

I have not yet discovered what permanent damage Chantix has had on my body, but I have my suspicions and the outlook is grim that I will walk away from this experience unscathed. I am worried that with my set of symptoms I have developed a serious autoimmune disease or blood disorder and am in the process of seeking a specialist for additional testing.

Having been prescribed Chantix to help quit smoking, within weeks, I developed symptoms including blurred vision, nausea, vomiting and severe abdominal pain. After I stopped taking the drug,most symptoms disappeared but the abdominal pain continued. I have been informed that I need to have my gallbladder removed. I had never in my entire life experienced more than a handful of stomach aches or heartburn and this problem seems to have come out of left field. Perhaps it is coincidental but I have doubts.

I have scheduled an appointment with my doctor after tests revealed mass in my gallbladder and specialists believes surgery is required. It will surely result in economic and physical damage beyond what I have already experienced.

I used Chantix the summer of 2007 to quit smoking. My last cigatette was July 8, 2007. I haven't had one since, but in January/February of 2008, I was diagnosed with diabetes and have since had to be on medication and monitor my blood sugar and diet. I also had to joing a gym to keep healthy with the diabetes.

Diabetes, and I was only 28 years old when I was diagnosed and in good health.

Used product to stop smoking after 40 years. Used it from 1/08-3/08. I did stop smoking. In 2 seperate conversations with casual people I couldn't find for any money, they had mentioned that they had each stopped smoking with Chantix, but not to long afterwords developed diabetes

I noticed that although I had stopped smoking that I had lost a lot of my drive, was tired all the time and didn't feel like doing anything, just plain hard to get out of bed in the AM. I went to my doctor and after blood tests she diagnosed me as having diabetes. Pure devistation to me. I am over weight, but had been exercising very regular. I stopped doing that because I just couldn't find the motivation. I am over that right now, but after hearing about the diabetes connection I feel lied to and would want anyone thinking about using this product to really understand the risks.

I took Chantix from Oct 2007 thru Dec 2008. I have never had a problem with blood sugar, and I found out last saturday (10/04/08) that I have diabetes. My first BS test registered 550. At this time, since I have just changed jobs, I do not have insurance so going to the doctor is not an option for three months. I am working on my own to get the sugar down and have been a little successful.

My worst problem now is my eyesight. I have a hard time seeing anything and I noticed this last year, but I thought it was just time to get new glasses. Now I know it is the diabetes, and it is getting worse each day. So, I continue each day to monitor every single thing I eat and learning not to read when I want to because I cannot see.

I took Chantix for 2 months to stop smoking.

A few months later, I was diagnosed with type II diabetes.

seizure, my boyfriend found me on the bathroom floor, called 911 but i came to and wouldn't let the ambulance come because i have no insurance, i quit taking chantix immediately

can't afford to go to doctor since i have no insurance

i started Chantix and followed the dosing directions. not only did it block nicotine but it blocked caffeine and hunger. i lost 5 lbs the 1st week. When I began the 1mg tablet twice daily i began feeling crazy, i rocked back and forth for hours and cried and the next day i became aggressive and kicked my husband of 28 years out of our house. i was unable to leave my house. i stayed in for 9 days only going out to buy cigarettes. i discontinued the drug but have had weird feeling for a week after about balance and paranoia

i hope i don't have perminent damage. i have worked in the Pharmacy busines for over 30 years. I would say this is a dangerous adverse reaction

I took my first Chantix pill about 3 weeks ago to start the process of stopping smoking. A few hours afterward taking the pill, I got very sick (cold sweats, fever, shakes, dizziness, back/breathing pain). After 24 hours when it didn't get better, I went to the emergency room where I was eventuanally diagnosed with a heart attack (troponin levels elevated, EKG ST abornormal). They did a few tests (CT-scan, angiogram, x-rays, blood-work) and it all came back 100%, no blockage, no problems.

The doctors were are a loss to explain what and how this happened. It all points to the Chantix. I am a 44 year-old man, healthy, with no history at all of heart disease or any other serious aliment, never hosptialized, blood-work always good.

I had to spend 4 days in hospital. I missed a couple of job interviews (couldn't even get in touch with them) which most likely cost me a chance to work which is hard in this work environment. I am now probably branded with heart problems for future medical coverage and insurance, which will affect me financially over the course of my life.

I would like to report a POSITIVE experience with Chantix. I just finished reading the breaking news about all the ILL effects and the fact that people should wait until 2014 before they try Chantix. This supposedly will give them the research data to show the side effects. I am so glad that I didn't read all this negative stuff before giving Chantix a try!

I smoked for approximately 35 years and had tried numerous things to help me quit. I even tried cold turkey and THAT in itself is homicidal/suicidal! The main negative side effect I had with Chantix was nausea. I was never able to take the full dose because it made me so nauseated. I stayed with the 1/2 dose and did just fine. I took it for approximately 2 months and have been nicotine free for 13 months! THANK YOU!

I took Chantix for 3 months to stop smoking. I stopped smoking, but after taking this medication, I suddenly became a diabetic. I have had many blood tests that showed I did not have diabetes before taking this medication. Now I have to take my blood sugar twice a day, take 2 pills twice a day and take a shot twice a day. I have always been a very healthy person before taking this medication. I never had any symptoms of diabetes, now I do.

I have spent alot of money on medications and doctor bills. I have to stick my finger every day 2 times and I have to take a shot in my stomach evey day 2 times. Since becoming diabetic, I have an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, loss of eye site, loss of limbs, kidney failure, and a shortened life span.

For me Chantix was a miracle drug! I never thought that I would be able to quit smoking, then I heard about Chantix. I was finally at the point where I was ready to quit, and I really wanted to, so I made an appointment to get an Rx for Chantix. I started it a week before national smoke out day, as that was my quit date. I am happy to say that I am a non-smoker, and have been for 8 months now

The only complaint that I have about Chantix is that I wasn't sleeping well at all. It was more like surface sleeping, and I was very aware of my dreams. I called my doctor, and he phoned in an Rx for me to help me sleep, and I was sleeping like a baby, and smoke free with no horrible side effects. I can't say enough good things about this medication.

I began taking Chantix in June 2007. In August 2007 I began to experience severe thirst, extreme & rapid weight loss, migraine headaches, repeated yeast infections & extreme, unrelentless exhaustion. By October 2007 I began to suffer from loss of vision, after having an eye exam in June 2007, which included a new prescription. I returned to my eye doctor who informed me that my vision was 4 times worse than 4 months earlier. He strongly urged me to see my physician.

I saw my OB/GYN on November 27th & after a urine test, he called my primary care immediately & sent me to his office. After a few in office tests my primary care physician informed me that I was diabetic. His exacted words: I'm completely shocked & there was never any indication that this was coming. It was during this time that I also seriously considered suicide, something I never thought of before! What stopped me was a fleeting thought of my 4 year old granddaughter. Thank God I had enough wits about me to seek counseling the next day.

There is no family history of diabetes. I have the privilege of being the first. I don't fit the typical profile of a candidate for diabetes. I'm 45, 5'5, 150 lbs., eat healthy & physically active. I've been seeing the same physician & the same OB/GYN for 12 years, and both doctors have told me there was never anything in all my visits to them that said I was even close to being a borderline diabetic. In the research I've done on Chantix, I have since learned that diabetes is an infrequent side effect in over 500 cases filed with the FDA. As far as I'm concerned, this drug is nothing short of poison. I have & will continue to tell anyone & everyone what a horrible, horrible drug this is & to avoid it as if your life depended on it . Because it does! I am completely certain that Chantix is the cause of my diabetes. Hopefully I will see a day, within the next year due to the statute of limitations, when I can participate in a class action lawsuit against Pfizer.

The consequences are that I have diabetes for the rest of my life! It has taken an emotional toll not only on myself, but my children as well.

In May 2nd 2007, he had flue like symptoms and he said his whole body ached. He had severe shoulder and wrist pain, then his fingers turned blue.

He came home from work and ended in the hospital. The doctors in the hospital were clueless as to why this was happening all the sudden to a healthy man? We did not tell the doctors about Chantix since they never asked, and we did not think Chantix could have this kind of side effect. The doctors thought my husband was on some type of a drug, or alcoholic, to have cause this problem, since they thought there was no other reason for this to have happened. My husband was not an alcoholic or used any drugs!

After few weeks we visited the doctor that prescribed Chantix, after careful research, the doctor was sure that the blue fingers, and all the complications were caused by Chantix. I have researched the blogs and found other individuals who have had the same symptoms, blue and black fingers. This drug is very dangerous! If an individual was selling this drug on the streets, he would have been arrested for killing and disabling many, but Pfizer gets away by changing labels? Where is wisdom? We need people with morals in the FDA that will not exchange our lives for money.

How is that pilots and truck drivers are prohibited from taking this drug, but it can be prescribed to others! Is it ok for my husband to die from this drug, but not the pilot? This makes think that there is a mutual agreement between FDA and Pfizer to get rid of certain class of people! My husband lost his two fingers due to Chantix, and he is disabled due to the complications, he has neck pain, fatigue, gall bladder pain, vasculitis, abdominal pain, joint pains, severe arthritis, elevated enzymes in liver, and depleted immune system.

Can Pfizer help us? No! Can FDA help us? No!

Please, take this drug off the market, before it kills and disables more people.

My husband is not able to work due to all the above. We were buliding a house and lost it all to doctors and hospitals! My 52 years old husband feels like 95 years old! We cry a lot, This was not easy on us!

My husband has been a serious smoker for over 10 years. When he went for a routine checkup the doctor told him he had high blood-pressure and cholesterol. She urged him to stop smoking and so we thought the Chantix was a good idea since patches hadn't been working. After he'd tried one starting pack, he disliked the side effects so much that he stopped all together. About a month later he went back to trying the Chantix because he really wanted to stop smoking.

After another starting pack he started to have unexplained seizures and his personality changed a little. They thought those changes might have been from either migraine headaches or stress. They put him on an antidepressant and some Topamax. The seizures got a little better and the headaches were almost gone. He ended up being off work for 3 months without pay because of the seizures being out of control. And he couldn't even be left alone with our 3 small kids.

The family doctor finally told him to stop taking the Chantix. He is doing much better, but still has seizures from time to time. We are now starting to question if it was the Chantix that caused it all along. In the meantime, we are trying to pay for all of the mounting medical bills. Between all the doctor visits, tests and the overnight stay he did in the hospital.

It was/is hard on us financially with him having been off work without pay for 3 months. The seizures started the first week of January 08 and we had just had a baby in November 07. He remembers very little about the first few months of the year. His employer told him that if he misses any more work between now and the first of August, we won't be able to work there anymore.

While being prescribed Chantix and taking it for only 6 days, lost consciousness while driving, crashed, broke back, left arm amputation.

Four children in auto. No recall of accident. Children state signs of seizure activity. Lost a very good paying job, medical expenses galore for driver and children. Auto totaled.

April 29, 2008, I was driving up a road on a mountain. There was a co-worker in the passenger side reading a map. We were going about 10mph and I suddenly had blurred vision and then don't remember anything till I woke up and we were on the side of the mountain on the left side of the road in a clump of pine trees.

My co-worker (filling in my lost moments) said I went stiff and accelerated as the truck began to fishtail down the side of the mountain. I was white-knuckling the steering wheel and staring straight ahead (he couldn't actually tell if I was staring or what because of sunglasses I had on). When the truck came to a stop, he said he tapped me on the shoulder and I just suddenly tried to climb over him to get out of the truck. I went to the ER and stayed in the hospital for 3 days (no injuries) for tests.

Although it was determined by the Neurologists extensive testing that I did not have a seizure, stroke, heart attack or anything else, his final diagnosis was that it was sycope or loss of consiousness reaction to Chantix. I am 44 and was diagnosed as a chronically healthy 44 year old male by the Cardiologist. I had been taking Chantix for about 2 months when this incident happened. I was having mood issues but didn't acknowledge them until I stopped taking the medication and realized the difference I feel now. My thoughts were also often not complete which made me not have compete sentences a lot too. Much better now!!

I was not aware of how I was acting and I came very close to killing not only myself but also my co-worker. The truck ended up 10 above a 150 foot drop straight down a revine. Mentally we both recalled that over and over, plus the initial doctor recommended I not drive for 6 months and therefore I don't have a company vehicle till November after re-evaluation. My wife drives me to a VanPool every day and picks me up after she gets off work which I hate to see her have to do. Having driving a company truck for over 8 years this has taken a tremendous amount of independence away from me.

April 29, 2008, I was driving up a road on a mountain. There was a co-worker in the passenger side reading a map. We were going about 10mph and I suddenly had blurred vision and then don't remember anything till I woke up and we were on the side of the mountain on the left side of the road in a clump of pine trees.

My co-worker (filling in my lost moments) said I went stiff and accelerated as the truck began to fishtail down the side of the mountain. I was white-knuckling the steering wheel and staring straight ahead (he couldn't actually tell if I was staring or what because of sunglasses I had on). When the truck came to a stop, he said he tapped me on the shoulder and I just suddenly tried to climb over him to get out of the truck.

I went to the ER and stayed in the hospital for 3 days (no injuries) for tests. Although it was determined by the Neurologists extensive testing that I did not have a seizure, stroke, heart attack or anything else, his final diagnosis was that it was sycope or loss of consiousness reaction to Chantix. I am 44 and was diagnosed as a chronically healthy 44 year old male by the Cardiologist. I had been taking Chantix for about 2 months when this incident happened. I was having mood issues but didn't acknowledge them until I stopped taking the medication and realized the difference I feel now. My thoughts were also often not complete which made me not have compete sentences a lot too. Much better now!!

I was not aware of how I was acting and I came very close to killing not only myself but also my co-worker. The truck ended up 10 above a 150 foot drop straight down a revine. Mentally we both recalled that over and over, plus the initial doctor recommended I not drive for 6 months and therefore I don't have a company vehicle till November after re-evaluation. My wife drives me to a VanPool every day and picks me up after she gets off work which I hate to see her have to do. Having driving a company truck for over 8 years this has taken a tremendous amount of independence away from me.

i began using chantix and after 3 weeks did not stop smoking and felt sick and weird. started feeling thirsty all the time and urinating frequently. my wife said thats diabetes. stop taking that medicine and i said no. i just happen to go to doctor for something else. she took blood. i got an urgent call to come in. my blood sugars are 500. almost high enough for diabetic coma. we are going to doctor today. i am 40, had 15/20 eyesight and it is now blurred and have dieabetes--all to quit smoking. i am 40 and not a single person in my family has diabetes

Great fatigue, increased craving for sweets. Was borderline diabetic, now even more so. Nausea, moody.

i was on this drug for 6 months and went back to smoking after going off the drug. about 3 months after stoping the drug i wanted to die. (this is not like me at all) i wound up in pysc ward for a few days. it has been awful. i smoke right now. when i came out of the hospital one of my doctors asked what drugs i have been taking - i mentioned chantix. His eyes widened and he said that might be the problem.

The entire experience was misery. from the day i started taking that pill. i thought it was majic. but i was miserable. i gave chantix every excuse in the book. but i know the misery was cause by that pill. in 2007 we added phenobarbatol to my anti-seizure drug list. and as of right now we just upped the phenobarb and upped my topomax. i am still not right. while i suffer from epilepsy - it is getting worse and worse according to my eegs since i took this drug.

I had horrible nightmares the few hours I managed to get some sleep, gross stomach symptoms and a horrible skin rash across my chest. This company should be sued and severely sanctioned for putting this product on the market.

I used Chantix for about three weeks and became very depressed and angry, I mean over the top angry. I have not been myself at all, I have had heart issues, and now am seeing a Cardiologist, and am on medication for depression. I have numbness, tingling in my feet and have not been able to sleep since taking this drug.

A nurologist prescribed this medication and he knew of my medical history. I was never told not to drink alcohol and when I did, I behaved completely unlike myself and am shocked at my behavior.

I have been on anti depressants for the last two weeks, my children have been completely undone by my anger, my friends have been shocked, I don't know what or when I will feel normal again. I find out next week if my heart problems are serious and costly. None of this was happening before taking this drug.

I started off depressed and then losing my baby has mae it worse. I hope people don't take this medication if they want to be happy or start a family!

I am on no other medication never have been.So it's not reacting to anything else.Also make's me dream about suicide and that is not the type of person i am i hope and pray they figure this out before to many people get really sick.

I was admitted to the hospital for 5 days and received massive doses of heparin and then placed on Coumadin......My wife had to call in that week to take care of me. I did some investigating of my own and found that both blood clots and pulmonary emboli occur rarely with Chantix.....I stopped taking this medicine immediately. I could have had a stroke or heart attack I think

I became intensely withdrawn, disinterested, lethargic and eventually suicidal taking the drug Chantix.

I've seen reports of similar incidents reported accross the internet, and if there is action to be taken, I want to help take this potentially lethal product off the market.

Still after 3 days of stoppoing medication, I hd to still seek medical help due to fluid edema. Face became swollen, eyes watery, tightness in face & eyes. Under chin area, swollen looking like turkey. Lungs congested. I was put on a series of prednisone to reduce the symptoms. I am also a heart patient and this could have been even more of a serious threat to my life.