Generic name:varenicline [ ver-EN-e-kleen ]
Drug class:Smoking cessation agents
What is Chantix?
Chantix is a smoking cessation medicine.
Chantix is used together with behavior modification and counseling support to help you stop smoking.
Warnings
When you stop smoking, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms with or without using medication such as Chantix. This includes feeling restless, depressed, angry, frustrated, or irritated.
Stop taking Chantix and call your doctor if you have if you feel depressed, agitated, hostile, aggressive, or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.
Do not drink large amounts alcohol. Varenicline can increase the effects of alcohol or change the way you react to it.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use Chantix if you used it in the past and had:
a serious allergic reaction - trouble breathing, swelling in your face (lips, tongue, throat) or neck; or
a serious skin reaction - blisters in your mouth, peeling skin rash.
To make sure Chantix is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
depression or mental illness;
a seizure;
kidney disease (or if you are on dialysis);
heart or blood vessel problems; or
if you drink alcohol.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant. It is not known whether varenicline will harm an unborn baby if you use the medicine during pregnancy. However, smoking while you are pregnant can harm the unborn baby or cause birth defects.
If you breast-feed while using this medicine, your baby may spit up or vomit more than normal, and may ...
