WARNING:FDA: Chantix May Raise Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

[Heavyrocker]

Pfizer settles Chantix suits for $273 million

Pfizer Inc. has paid up big time to settle lawsuits claiming its smoking-cessation drug Chantix caused serious harm.
In its annual report filed on Feb. 28 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the pharmaceutical company said it has agreed to settle roughly 80 percent of the more than 2,700 suits claiming Chantix caused suicide and other injuries.


This stuff also causes nitemares and all sorts of deadly things.

 

[degnr8]

Yeah, My doctor warned me 5 years ago not to use it because of my depression issues.

The problem is it just blocks nicotine receptors so that you can't get anything out of smoking, but doesn't replace the psychotropic properties of the nic. This means if you're using the nic to self medicate, you can't any more

 

[klynnn]

Duh. I have a problem with the whole fda hook everyone on some kind of med concept in the US.

 

[Leithan]

LOl, but it was FDA approved, American Heart and Lung Asc. approved, it was one of the silver bullets for nic addiction. It's amazing, damn near every FDA approved silver bullet has side affects similar to or in some cases worse then smoking, but they can't take the time to take a serious look at Ecigs. Maybe it's because they contain anti-freeze........yay BP, BG, BT keep em puffing away.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Moved to Media and General Discussion.

 

[EddardinWinter]

Pfizer settles Chantix suits for $273 million

Pfizer Inc. has paid up big time to settle lawsuits claiming its smoking-cessation drug Chantix caused serious harm.
In its annual report filed on Feb. 28 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the pharmaceutical company said it has agreed to settle roughly 80 percent of the more than 2,700 suits claiming Chantix caused suicide and other injuries.


This stuff also causes nitemares and all sorts of deadly things.

Thanks for the link. The FDA sucks.

 

[Traver]

After the FDA approves a drug it does not claim that it safe. In fact the FDA says that FDA approval is not a guarantee of safety.
Sort of sounds like, we don't know if it is safe.

 

[retired1]

After the FDA approves a drug it does not claim that it safe. In fact the FDA says that FDA approval is not a guarantee of safety.
Sort of sounds like, we don't know if it is safe.

The FDA doesn't do the testing. They have to rely on the pharmaceutical company to do that. They review the research and test material, but if the pharmaceutical company is blowing smoke up everyone's backside (they'd NEVER do that, would they?!) you can pretty much guess what's gonna happen.

 

[Leithan]

So if "FDA Approval" is no real guarantee of safety........what exactly do they do to justify $3.910 billion in tax payers money?
Their motto is "Protecting and Promoting Your Health" right?

 

[retired1]

No, their motto is actually taken from a famous law firm. Dewey, Cheatem & Howe

 

[Petrodus]

The FDA sucks.

No arguments from anyone here.

 

[Heavyrocker]

I know a lady friend who works at my local grocer and she told me she was taking Chantix for 4 days and was having nitemares,i told her too stop.

 

[bruiser]

The FDA doesn't do the testing. They have to rely on the pharmaceutical company to do that. They review the research and test material, but if the pharmaceutical company is blowing smoke up everyone's backside (they'd NEVER do that, would they?!) you can pretty much guess what's gonna happen.

The company that brought Oxycontin to the market lied about it's addictive capability. As a result, thousands of people became addicted to it.

 

[iceman68]

...Dewey, Cheatem & Howe

I gotta remember that one!

 

[ennagizer]

And yet, the product is still on the market. Seems to me the "side effects" are worse than smoking. Smoking takes years to kill. Seems like Chantix can do that very quickly. Why is this an acceptable side effect? the FDA is supposed to be all about protecting public health. How in the world does this drug protect public health when a "side effect" is potential death?

I hate the term "side effect". They're not side effects, they're direct effects. Maybe what the drug is marketed to do is the side effect. Hey, the results men got from early trials of ...... were a side effect, but it's marketed as the direct effect. It's original intent was to lower blood pressure.

 

[rothenbj]

Duh. I have a problem with the whole fda hook everyone on some kind of med concept in the US.

There has to be some issue in everyone that BP can fix. I'm expecting them to come out with a pill to correct the sarcasm pandemic any day now.

 

[BuGlen]

There has to be some issue in everyone that BP can fix. I'm expecting them to come out with a pill to correct the sarcasm pandemic any day now.

I hope not. Life without sarcasm would be very boring.

 

[Petrodus]

I hope not. Life without sarcasm would be very boring.

True ...
We enjoy making sarcastic comments about the FDA, ANTZ,
BP. the Alphabet Groups, Prohibitionists, ....
and of course the "Easily Offended"

 

[MissAmerican]

Wow I just came upon this thread, cant say I'm surprised but what I am surprised at is why this drug is still on the market? I think just a few days ago I saw a commercial for it. Every time I saw those adds I always thought why would people choose to use this when we have the option of ecigs? Sad and funny at the same time how at the end of so many drug commercials they squeeze in there that oh btw this drug may cause liver, kidney, heart failure thoughts of homicide, suicide, complete central nervous system shutdown, rupturing of the spleen and colon etc etc etc. Sorry if I'm ranting its just despicable and frustrating when the FDA stands behind these drugs that cause more harm than good.

 

[Rickajho]

I hope not. Life without sarcasm would be very boring.

I needs a irony pill...

C'mon people! A drug to help you stop smoking... That increases the chance of having a heart attack or stroke...?