If you have been a victim of personal injury, faulty products, insurance fraud, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, please contact Gadsden Personal Injury Attorneys at Cusimano, Keener, Roberts, Knowles & Raley, LLC for a free consultation. http://gadsden.injuryboard.com/tag/chantix/ <p>In early 2008, the FDA issued a <a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01788.html">Public Health Advisory</a> on the smoking cessation drug <a href="http://www.chantix.com">Chantix</a>. Chantix, also known as varenicline, is manufactured by <a href="http://www.pfizer.com/home/">Pfizer</a>. In late 2007, the FDA issued an <a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2007/new01749.html">Early Communication</a> to the public and healthcare providers notifying that postmarketing adverse event reports were being evaluated. These reports related to changes in patients' behavior, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and actual suicidal behavior.</p> <p>In the 2008 Advisory, new safety warnings were emphasized, emphasizing concern about worsening of current psychiatric illnesses or a <a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/topic/depression-overview.aspx">depressed mood</a>, and unusual behaviors.</p> <p>Chantix was only approved by the FDA in May 2006 as a smoking cessation drug. It acts at sites in the brain affected by nicotine.</p><a href="http://gadsden.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/chantix-linked-to-suicide-risk.aspx?googleid=248558">Originally posted</a> at <a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com">InjuryBoard</a> by <a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Michael-Roberts/">Michael Roberts</a> http://gadsden.injuryboard.com/fda-and-prescription-drugs/chantix-linked-to-suicide-risk.aspx?googleid=248558 Gadsden Personal Injury Lawyer - chantix FDA & Prescription Drugs Chantix Michael Roberts Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:34:49 GMT