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Chantix is a stop smoking aid or
smoking cessation medication that has been linked to mood and
behavior changes in people that use the drug. These behavior
changes include suicidal behavior and suicidal idealation.
These changes are especially problematic when Chantix is used in
combination with alcohol.
If you or a loved
one have been taking Chantix have attempted suicide, it is
important to seek to medical assistance. If you have questions
regarding a potential Chantix lawsuit for the death of a loved
one,
please feel free to e-mail Texas Chantix Lawyer Jason Coomer
with your name & contact information.
Chantix FDA Actions and Warnings (Suicide
Claims)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a
Public Health Advisory to alert health care providers, patients,
and caregivers to new safety warnings concerning Chantix (varenicline),
a prescription medication used to help patients stop smoking.
Initially, the FDA had issued an Early Communication to the
public and health care providers that the agency was evaluating
postmarketing adverse event reports on Chantix related to
changes in behavior, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal
ideation, and actual suicidal behavior.
After further investigation the FDA has determined based on
adverse event reports that it appears increasingly likely that
there may be an association between Chantix and serious
neuropsychiatric symptoms. As a result, FDA has requested that
Pfizer, the manufacturer of Chantix, elevate the prominence of
this safety information to the warnings and precautions section
of the Chantix prescribing information, or labeling. In
addition, FDA is working with Pfizer to finalize a Medication
Guide for patients.
Chantix was approved by FDA in May 2006 as a smoking
cessation drug. Chantix acts at sites in the brain affected by
nicotine and may help those who wish to stop smoking by
providing some nicotine effects to ease the withdrawal symptoms
and by blocking the effects of nicotine from cigarettes if users
resume smoking.
In the Public Health Advisory and a Health Care Professional
Sheet issued by the FDA, the FDA emphasized the following safety
information for patients, caregivers, and health care
professionals:
Patients should tell their health care provider about any
history of psychiatric illness prior to starting Chantix.
Chantix may cause worsening of current psychiatric illness even
if it is currently under control. It may also cause an old
psychiatric illness to reoccur. FDA notes that patients with
these illnesses were not included in the studies conducted for
the drug's approval.
Health care professionals, patients, patients' families, and
caregivers should be alert to and monitor for changes in mood
and behavior in patients treated with Chantix. Symptoms may
include anxiety, nervousness, tension, depressed mood, unusual
behaviors and thinking about or attempting suicide. In most
cases, neuropsychiatric symptoms developed during Chantix
treatment, but in others, symptoms developed following
withdrawal of varenicline therapy.
- Patients should immediately report changes in mood and
behavior to their doctor.
- Vivid, unusual, or strange dreams may occur while taking
Chantix.
- Patients taking Chantix may experience impairment of the
ability to drive or operate heavy machinery.
FDA will continue to update health care professionals with
new information from FDA's continuing review or if new
information is received on Chantix and serious neuropsychiatric
symptoms.
If you or a loved one have been taking
Chantix have attempted suicide, it is important to seek to
medical assistance. If you have questions regarding a potential
Chantix lawsuit for the death of a loved one,
please feel free to e-mail Texas Chantix Lawyer Jason Coomer
with your name & contact information.
Chantix Lawsuit Lawyers
Texas Dangerous Drug Attorney Jason Coomer
commonly works with other lawyers throughout Texas and the
United States including Texas Chantix Lawyers, Houston Chantix
Lawyers, Boston Chantix Lawyers, San Antonio Pharmaceutical
Lawyers, Dallas Defective Medication Lawyers, and other Austin
Dangerous Drug Claim Lawyers. By sharing information and
working together, his law firm and other firms throughout Texas
and the United States are able to provide better representation
for there clients.
Texas Chantix Lawyer Jason Coomer also works
on
Avandia Lawsuits and other defective mediation lawsuits.
If you or a loved one have or are taking Chantix
and have had mood swings, suicidal thoughts, or attempted
suicide consult your doctor. If you or a loved one has
questions about a potential Chantix Lawsuit, feel free to e-mail
any questions you might have to
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