Heart Risks Added to Chantix Health Concerns

A new Canadian study has concluded that smokers who take Pfizer’s Chantix may be at an increased risk of heart problems. Researchers said the smoking cessation drug could cause heart attacks and irregular heartbeats, as well as changes in behavior and suicidal thoughts or actions. Chantix carries a black box warning (the FDA’s most restrictive e safety labeling) about the latter side effect. The researchers examined data from clinical trials involving 8,216 healthy people who received either Chantix or a …

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FDA Says Chantix Raises Heart Risk

Pfizer’s Chantix, a drug designed to help patients quite smoking, may lead to a small increase in cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks for patients who already have heart disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is changing the label for Chantix after reviewing the results of a clinical trial. The trial showed that 700 smokers with cardiovascular disease who were treated with the drug found that Chantix was effective in helping them stop smoking for as long as one …

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Pfizer Responds to Latest Round of Chantix Injury Lawsuits

Pfizer Inc. is coming out swinging against three new lawsuits filed this week accusing the company’s blockbuster stop-smoking drug Chantix of causing users to experience suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

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Lawsuits Blame Injuries on Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix

The Pfizer Inc smoking-cessation drug Chantix caused users to either attempt suicide or successfully kill themselves, according to three lawsuits filed today.

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Lawsuits Over Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Shifted to Alabama Federal Court

Plaintiffs who have filed federal lawsuits claiming they were injured or killed while trying to kick their smoking habit by using the cessation drug Chantix will have their day in court in Alabama, a federal consolidation panel has ruled.

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Family of Texas Musician Who Died On Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Sues Maker

Relatives of a Texas musician who died in 2007 after acting bizarrely while taking the smoking-cessation drug Chantix have filed a lawsuit against the drug’s maker, Pfizer, accusing the company of failing to warn of suicidal thoughts and other dangerous psychiatric side effects associated with the medication.

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Canadian Version of Chantix Anti-Smoking Drug Prompts New Warnings

Canadian health officials have issued stronger warnings to users of the stop-smoking drug Champix about the potential for suicidal thoughts and other serious psychiatric side effects of the drug.

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