Chantix claims need not be national news. They affect average people suffering injury due to the side effects. Chantix claims have become national news, however, due in large part to the severity of many Chantix side effects symptoms. Legal claims involving mild to moderate side effects usually include negative effects such as constipation, nausea, and vomiting and disruption of sleep and dream cycles. The more serious side effects named in other Chantix lawsuits include changes in mood and behavior, anger, aggression, and hostility, depression and/or mania, confusion or paranoia, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
Chantix claims entered the national news in the years following Pfizer’s release of Chantix onto the market in 2006. Chantix is a smoking cessation aid which contains the active ingredient varenicline. This drug affects the way that nicotine impacts the nervous system when ingested. Nicotine is stimulant for the nervous system. Chantix reduces the “buzz” of using nicotine. Through the same chemical interaction, it also reduces the cravings for nicotine when abstaining. Many individuals have found this combination to be very effective in breaking nicotine addiction. This is particularly true for individuals who have not had success with other well-know stop smoking aids, such as “the patch” and nicotine gum. Both of these aids regulate and slowly step down nicotine dependence.
Chantix claims involve Chantix side effects, unintended symptoms experienced when taking Chantix. Early Chantix claims tended to focus on mild to moderate Chantix side effects, such as nausea, constipation, and vomiting, and sleep and dream disruption. These side effects were reported shortly after Chantix entered the market in 2006. Later Chantix claims tend to involve the more severe, psychological and behavioral Chantix side effects such as mood swings, aggression, anger and hostility, depression and/or mania, paranoia, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
Chantix legal claims involving any Chantix side effects should be taken seriously. While many have found success in quitting smoking by using the drug, many others have been disappointed or even injured by unexpected side effects. So significant are some of these side effects that as they became know, some agencies, such as the FAA, banned the use of Chantix by employees. In recent years, due perhaps in part to the Chantix legal claims, national media attention has focused on the side effects.
In 2009, the FDA ruled to keep Chantix on the market, but to mandate that it include a “Black Box” warning. This warning, the strongest the FDA gives, warns potential Chantix users of the possibility of serious side effects. The FDA ruled to keep Chantix available because many have found its benefits to outweigh its risks.
Begin or pursue your claims only with a Chantix lawyer with the experience and history of drug litigation cases. This information is essential to get the outcome you deserve. However severe your experience of Chantix side effects, do not delay. Seek a consultation about your Chantix legal claim today.
