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Varenicline, Nicotine-Containing E-Cigarettes Help in Quitting Smoking
WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 – Varenicline and nicotine-containing electronic cigarettes (ECs) are both effective in helping individuals in quitting smoking conventional cigarettes, according to a study...
Quit-Smoking Drug Chantix May Also Help Folks Stop Vaping
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – A quit-smoking drug appears to help people drop their vaping addiction, a new study shows. Vapers who took varenicline (Chantix) were significantly more likely to quit using...
Quit-Smoking Meds Not Working for You? Try Upping the Dose
FRIDAY, May 2, 2024 – Folks struggling to quit smoking might need a bump up on the dose of medication they’re using to help them stop, according to new clinical trial results. Patients are more l...
Efficacy of Electronic Cigarettes Noninferior to Varenicline
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 – For smokers who are motivated to quit, the quit rate is noninferior for electronic cigarettes (ECs) versus varenicline and is higher for ECs than nicotine replacement...
E-Cigarettes, Cytisine, Varenicline Most Effective to Help Stop Smoking
FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 – Electronic cigarettes and the medicines cytisine and varenicline appear to help the most people to quit smoking, according to a review published online Sept. 12 in the...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Pfizer Expands Voluntary Nationwide Recall to include All Lots of Chantix® (Varenicline) Tablets Due to N-Nitroso Varenicline Content
Pfizer is voluntarily recalling all lots of Chantix 0.5 mg and 1 mg Tablets to the patient (consumer/user) level due to the presence of a nitrosamine, N-nitroso-varenicline, at or above the FDA...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Pfizer Expands Voluntary Nationwide Recall to include Four Additional Lots of Chantix (varenicline) Tablets Due to N- Nitroso Varenicline Content
August 16, 2021 – Pfizer is voluntarily recalling an additional four lots of Chantix 0.5mg/1 mg Tablets to the patient (consumer/user) level due to the presence of a nitrosamine,...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Pfizer Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall for Twelve Lots of Chantix (Varenicline) Tablets Due to N-Nitroso Varenicline Content
July 19, 2021 – Pfizer is voluntarily recalling two lots of Chantix 0.5mg Tablets, two lots of Chantix 1 mg Tablets, and eight lots of a Chantix kit of 0.5mg/1 mg Tablets to the patient...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Chantix (Varenicline): Safety Communication - Updated Safety Review On The Risk of Cardiovascular Adverse Events
ISSUE: FDA is informing the public about the results of a large, combined analysis (called a meta-analysis) of clinical trials that compared patients who received the smoking cessation drug Chantix...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Chantix (varenicline)
Audience: Healthcare professionals, consumers [UPDATE 10/24/2011] FDA has reviewed the results from two FDA-sponsored epidemiological studies that evaluated the risk of neuropsychiatric adverse...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Chantix (varenicline): Label Change - Risk of Certain Cardiovascular Adverse Events
[UPDATED 07/22/2011] FDA has approved an updated drug label for Chantix (varenicline) to include information about the efficacy and safety of the drug in two patient populations who may benefit...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Varenicline (marketed as Chantix) and Bupropion (marketed as Zyban, Wellbutrin, and generics)
FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that it has required the manufacturers of the smoking cessation aids varenicline (Chantix) and bupropion (Zyban and generics) to add new Boxed...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Varenicline (marketed as Chantix)
[Posted 02/01/2008] FDA informed healthcare professionals and consumers of important revisions to the WARNINGS and PRECAUTIONS sections of the prescribing information for Chantix regarding serious...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Chantix (Varenicline)
[Posted 11/20/2007] FDA informed healthcare professionals of reports of suicidal thoughts and aggressive and erratic behavior in patient who have taken Chantix, a smoking cessation product. There are...
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