WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it will hold a public meeting in October to review the risks of psychiatric and behavioral side effects with Pfizer’s anti-smoking ...

Scientists say the stop-smoking drug should not be a first-line treatment. Nov. 3, 2011— -- Scientists say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should take warnings about the stop-smoking ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a trial among people with a history of depression, those taking the quit-smoking aid varenicline - marketed in the U.S. as Chantix - were no more prone to depression or ...

Our study has two limitations. Gastrointestinal adverse effects like nausea and flatulence are primarily subjective feelings which are difficult to quantify, despite crude stratification into mild, ...

The full CMI on the next page has more details. If you are worried about using this medicine, speak to your doctor or pharmacist. 1. Why am I using VARENICLINE VIATRIS? VARENICLINE VIATRIS contains ...

The most frequent side effects seen in the varenicline group included nausea, insomnia, and vivid dreams or nightmares. What’s interesting about this study is that the participants were provided with ...

Kicking the habit can be hard enough, but smokers with depression face a steeper challenge. Now there’s evidence that the drug varenincline (Chantix) can help. About half of smokers who try to quit ...

Increasing the dosages of varenicline (Chantix) or combined nicotine replacement therapy (CNRT), or switching from CNRT to varenicline, improved abstinence from smoking, a randomized clinical trial ...

IQWiG has now published its final benefit assessment of bupropion, cytisine, nicotine and varenicline for smoking cessation, also in combination with each other, compared with no drug therapy.

Smokers seeking to conquer their addiction may have a new treatment option following the results from a clinical trial led by Monash University, which found a combination of varenicline and nicotine ...

E-cigarettes and varenicline (Chantix) helped long-time smokers quit conventional cigarettes at similar rates in the short term, but the benefit was more lasting with varenicline, according to a ...