Champix, a prescription drug that reduced the urge to smoke, is the newest tool available to help smokers kick the habit. What is Champix? Champix (varenicline tartrate), known as Chantix in some ...

When Karen McGhee woke up in a hospital bed and saw her teenage daughter looking anxiously at her, she was completely flummoxed. "My arm was bandaged and the left side of my mouth and neck felt numb, ...

The FINANCIAL — Pfizer Inc. on May 23 announced that the European Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) and Package Leaflet for CHAMPIX (varenicline) have been updated to include safety and ...

Pfizer Inc. PFE announced that European regulators have lifted a warning on the company's smoking cessation drug, Champix, known as Chantix in the U.S. The company said that the European Summary of ...

Health Canada has issued a warning about adverse neuropsychiatric effects linked to Champix, a drug intended to help smokers butt out for good. A number of patients taking Champix (varenicline ...

European regulators are following in the footsteps of their US counterparts and are looking into reports of suicidal thoughts and aggressive and erratic behaviour in patients who have taken Pfizer’s ...

A review of Pfizer’s novel pill for smoking cessation Champix has shown that taking the drug trebles the odds for a person successfully quitting the habit, compared with those on placebo. A review of ...

Health Canada has received more than 800 reports of side effects - including more than 500 reports of psychiatric problems - linked to the controversial smoking-cessation drug Champix in less than two ...

A Queensland coroner has declared a drug used to treat nicotine addiction contributed to the death of 22-year-old Timothy John, who committed suicide four years ago. Mr John took his own life eight ...

She didn’t have an answer for him then, but she now suspects he was right. The 22-year-old took his life later that day, eight days after being prescribed the anti-smoking drug that has since been ...