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http://cbs2chicago.com/health/chantix.side.effects.2.567122.html#strategic - Complaints about Chantix to the Food and Drug Administration have been increasing steadily since it went on the market in August 2006. There were 48 by September, and 246 more by December. The number jumped another 602 by March 2007, and 948 more by the end of June. In all, there were 1,844 reports in 11 months.
Pfizer says the most common side effects of Chantix are nausea, sleep disturbance – including changes in dreaming – constipation, gas, and vomiting. The company says Chantix has been studied in more than 5,000 patients, it is monitoring adverse event reports, and more studies are underway with people with cardiovascular and lung disease.
But the watchdog group Public Citizen says testing didn't go far enough. "It's only when tens of thousand or more people start the drug that you get a sense of the real frequency of that effect of how serious it can be," said Public Citizen Health Research Group Director Dr. Peter Lurie. Two months ago, Public Citizen put Chantix on its worst pill list.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/89646.php - FDA recommends that health care providers monitor patients taking Chantix for behavior and mood changes. Patients taking Chantix should contact their doctors if they experience behavior or mood changes.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=3623085 - Since Texas musician Carter Albrecht's bizarre and tragic death, concerns have surfaced about Chantix, the stop-smoking drug he was prescribed. Those closest to Albrecht believe the drug contributed to his death.