Chantix users reported thousands of suicidal thoughts and self-harm (Review, PLoS One)
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After receiving hundreds of postmarketing adverse event reports of suicidal thoughts or behaviors (and 32 completed suicides) associated with smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix), the FDA slapped a black box warning on the med in 2009 and commissioned two large retrospective observational studies totaling more than 40,000 patients starting either varenicline (Chantix) or nicotine replacement. Those studies showed
Chantix users reported thousands of suicidal thoughts and self-harm (Review, PLoS One)
Chantix users reported thousands of suicidal…
Chantix users reported thousands of suicidal thoughts and self-harm (Review, PLoS One)
After receiving hundreds of postmarketing adverse event reports of suicidal thoughts or behaviors (and 32 completed suicides) associated with smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix), the FDA slapped a black box warning on the med in 2009 and commissioned two large retrospective observational studies totaling more than 40,000 patients starting either varenicline (Chantix) or nicotine replacement. Those studies showed