Anyone have any personal experience of Champix (Varenicline) to stop smoking. Any stop smoking tips welcome!!?

November 9th, 2009 | by admin |


Does anyone have any personal experience of this medication. Side affects? I have looked it all up and know what the internet and my doctor and pharmacist say about it but would really like to hear some personal opinions of this treatment…good or bad. I MUST stop smoking before winter. It is serious…the grim reaper may visit me before I am 40 otherwise (38 now and a single mum to a six year old). So, it must be done. I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MY CHILD AND MYSELF. ANY STOP SMOKING TIPS WELCOME…I HAVE SMOKED SINCE I WAS 13…IT AIN’T GONNA BE EASY!!! Cheers and Have Fun :0)
Thanks for the ‘congrats on MY choice’ and all that but I really do need someone who has taken this medication themselves..I will visit forum boards or whatever they are (never, ever been on one!!) but as I have just taken tablet number one…any opinions on how effective this is as a support mechanism…I do know it’s about will power…I was addicted to heroin for 12 years and kicked that but the ciggies are my last vice…don’t drink…just ciggies and cupsa tea! :0)
No…it is defo Chpix, but I am in the U.K..maybe different names for different places but do a search for CHAMPIX and you get hits on non smoking meds. PLEASE nobody tell me ”you gaveup smack…why not ciggies?”…it is not THAT easy or I would have stopped years back. I no longer ENJOY the habit…it’s just that..A HABIT…and addictive, at that!!!

should read ”defo Champix” above!!..darned typos!!!!
Just googled ”chantix”…it is exactly the same drug!!!

Varenicline (the active ingredient in Chantix (US) and Champix (UK)) does have some significant side effects that I really really wouldn’t want.
Most notable are the depression, mood swings and suicidal urges (I think that this article might be of some interest http://www.lawyersusaonline.com/index.cfm/archive/view/id/431683 )

If I had to give up, then Allen Carr is about the least innefective way to do it. It’s certainly better than the NHS services, where after you’ve been "smokefree" for a month and they get to add you to their statistics, they don’t care.

Only when you do quit, please don’t become a fanatical smoke-hater?

  1. 5 Responses to “Anyone have any personal experience of Champix (Varenicline) to stop smoking. Any stop smoking tips welcome!!?”

  2. By Lily H on Nov 9, 2009 | Reply

    I stopped smoking by using NRT gum and reading Alan Carr’s book Easyway To Stop Smoking. Its a fab book and i do wish i had read it years ago. Try joining an online forum for people who have stopped – the one i use is no-smoking-forum.com. I have never used champix but i know people on this forum have had different experiences with the medication, so its worth checking it out. Good luck with the quit and believe me its not as hard as you think it will be, I know many people who have stopped and never started again. Also I have not put any weight on – something i know that worries alot of people when they stop.
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    stopped smoking 5 months ago – and never looked back :) )

  3. By antony l on Nov 9, 2009 | Reply

    Congrats ,"YOU" have made a decision ,"Your" first step
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  4. By Alaskan_QT on Nov 9, 2009 | Reply

    Are you talking about CHANTIX?
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  5. By lilia on Nov 9, 2009 | Reply

    Sarah, Unfortunately I am not familiar with Champix. God bless you for your inner strength you can do this you have already proven so. Just for your information I stopped a 40 year habit with Wellbutrin SR which is also an antidepressant. What a good mother you are, you have the incentive and the willpower. So Empower yourself! I’m sure you will get answers about Champix, but, I just had to respond to a wonderful person!
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  6. By rufus_trotman on Nov 10, 2009 | Reply

    Varenicline (the active ingredient in Chantix (US) and Champix (UK)) does have some significant side effects that I really really wouldn’t want.
    Most notable are the depression, mood swings and suicidal urges (I think that this article might be of some interest http://www.lawyersusaonline.com/index.cfm/archive/view/id/431683 )

    If I had to give up, then Allen Carr is about the least innefective way to do it. It’s certainly better than the NHS services, where after you’ve been "smokefree" for a month and they get to add you to their statistics, they don’t care.

    Only when you do quit, please don’t become a fanatical smoke-hater?
    References :

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