From the people who brought you such wonderful things as Neosporin and Viagra

[Darmago]

Pfizer, creator and producer of Neosporin, Viagra, and a plethora of other drugs, has come out with a brand new, and to me, very interesting drug.

Its called Chantix, and what it does, is help you quit smoking... very effectivly. Just recently approved by the FDA (this may), it is two to three times more effective than the leading quitting methods. It works by targeting the nerve receptors that are responsible for the chemical addiction to nicotene and then placating them. Unlike most patches, and chewing gums, it isnt a nicotene replacement, but somthing else entirely.

This has a large effect on my life, seeing as my dad has been a smoker since he was eighteen (he's now 55) and It would kind of suck to have him die in his 60's due to lung cancer. He is the first person in our area to try the drug, and he has just taken the first pill (you take one pill a day for 3 days, then two a day for 4 days then half for a few weeks after that.) I just figured that some of you who smoke and don't want to, or who have family members or friends who smoke, might want to know about this.

Article (http://www.webmd.com/content/article/126/116331.htm)

[Vhaeraun]

Do they have pills like this for alcoholism?

[Darmago]

They'll probably have them soon

[The_Maker]

Wow, this is both cool yet strange. A drug that literally alters your brain to stop smoking o_O

Makes me wonder what *other* nervers they might be able to cut off in relation to other addictions.

[Leosam096]

nicotine-out drugs... how cool. :D

[AresOfOlympus]

Has it worked for him yet? I have tried everything and quit for like 2 days so if it works let me know.

[Case_in_point]

Anything that messes with the brain bothers me.

Sure it's FDA approved, but watch it have some long-term, unforseen side effect, like exploding head syndrome.

[xodkrm]

Alot of things mess with ur head, even tylenol.

[Vhaeraun]

Warboards messes with your head.

[Diploaddict]

Anything that messes with the brain bothers me.

Sure it's FDA approved, but watch it have some long-term, unforseen side effect, like exploding head syndrome.

That depends if the cure is better than the symptom. Of course I think I'd rather be addicted to pills then die of lung cancer. If being addicted to them is the worst side affect...

But usually if you follow the prescription you've been given you'll usually avoid addiction or some of the major side affects of long-term incorrect dosages.

Believe me cancer is horrible. My grandfather passed away in 2001 because of it. He never smoked or anything (a chemical plant coincidentally went up a year or so before he got cancer but that's a different story). He got it in 1986. For 14 years he sucessfully battled it until he died of leukemia due to his white blood cell count being so horribly imbalanced by his chemo and radiation.

If you can do anything to get your dad to stop smoking do it. Too many people have died from the side affects of smoking. :(

[Nickodemus]

Anything that messes with the brain bothers me.

Sure it's FDA approved, but watch it have some long-term, unforseen side effect, like exploding head syndrome.


Dude, theat would be way cool.

Imagine the nightly news.

"three peoples heads exploded when a reaction was causes by their stop smoking theraapy"

[Ubergopher]

Dude, theat would be way cool.
So obviously someone hasn't seen death before.

[Nickodemus]

aw, it just has ne bearing on me.

for I have children.