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I also quit using Chantix. Guess I was one of the exceptions because all I got was the vivid dreams. Had a little agitation after taking it for about 2 months and realized that I didn't need it anymore. I actually miss the dreams. The medicine made the cigarettes taste nasty and vaping gave me the hand to mouth and the nicotine, so it was a combination that thankfully worked for me. And the dr. visits and medicine were free. Still vaping.
On a personal note I was on this drug and I almost ended up in the cashew house. Powerful drug. Yes the cravings decreased but at what cost? No thanks. It needs the black box.
Seems to me that the obviously harsh side-effects of Chantix would be a good excuse for another drug. One that could be taken right along with Chantix to counteract any negative effects. Are these folks napping on company time?
The drug regimen my father has been subjected to over the years is disturbing.
Mostly it was a drug to help counteract the other drug.
He kept on getting worse, until I looked into the drugs he was taking and started trying to reduce them instead of increase them.
My only regret is that I did not start sooner on this plan to eliminate what could be eliminated.
Once they put you on something, it seems somewhat rare that they ever take you off it even if you don't need it anymore.
It's a sad situation, but really, it's a bit worse than just a sad situation.
It's being going on for quite soom time, DC2. Back in the 1980's a book came out about our over drugged senior citizens. Got it and gave to my mother who in turn checked her mother's drugs. Went to grandmothers "heart doc" and he took her off all but two medications. Felt much better after that. More recently we went thru the same thing with FIL. Got to watch different docs for different maladies prescribing medications that conflict with each other. So important to have a list of all drugs no matter what doc you see. 
Similar situations (meds not Chantix) in my family with my late Mother and current Bro-in-law....
I don't laugh as easily these days as I once did, but this cracked me up.
I actually had several successes (arguably) using the patch. Once I was good for 5 years without smoking. I found it very effective for quitting, but not staying quit. At least with vaping, which I enjoy far more, if I ever quit, worse case scenario is I go back to vaping.
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I forgot to add that having a good pharmacist and reading up on the drug is a good thing to do. Doctors are not druggists!
Well everytime this subject comes up, I have to post this -- it's just so perfect:
I took Welbutrin I think sometime in 2004, taking it as an antidepressant. It wasn't terribly good at that, but during the month I was taking it, I noticed that I could delay my after-meal cigarettes -- the ones I valued and appreciated most! -- for as much as 30 minutes after a meal. I used to hear some things along the harm reduction line, about trying to delay that smoke, after eating, because the vasoconstrictor effect of nicotine can slow and impede your digestion quite considerably. I thought it was quite interesting that it had that effect on me, even when I had no interest in quitting smoking whatsoever, and was making zero efforts to do so. Not as powerful a deterrent as e-cigs, but still perhaps a valuable tool.
Andria
Andria, Andria That is exactly how I felt when I took that stuff. I am crying I am laughing so hard. OMG Too FUNNY How do I get this picture? I have to have it. I can't even type I'm laughing so hard....Give me this picture...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhA OMG my stomach hurts HAHAHAH
Well everytime this subject comes up, I have to post this -- it's just so perfect:
But.... Andria.... it's the only method that guarantees non relapse.....
I found that pic just by searching google "vaping images" and sometimes I use "e-cigarette images" -- trolling for pics for my website. I also find great vaping memes that way, and it's too bad that quite a lot of them are not suitable for ECF.
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I think with the propaganda war, I'm going to start telling people that Chantix kills 480,000 people annually. If that lie works for smokes, it might work for Chantix.
Chantix quits/attempted quits is only marginally better than their suicide/attempted suicide ratio
Well, on those twisted minds, suicides should be added to the overall efectiveness rate of that drug.
Because a dead person has indeed stopped smoking. Permanently, and quickly. All thanks to the "wonder drug".
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