‘Stop smoking’ drug: It makes you feel suicidal

29 November 2007

A new ‘stop smoking’ drug is making users feel suicidal. So far the UK’s drug monitoring body, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA), has received 839 reports of adverse reactions to the drug, Campix, which was launched last year.

In the US, its drug regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has already expressed concerns about the drug, which is manufactured by Pfizer.

Early trials suggested the drug was more than twice as effective as placebo, helping 44 per cent of smokers quit after they had taken the drug twice a day for 12 weeks.

Before the suicide risk was discovered, the most common reactions to the drug included nausea, abnormal dreams, dizziness, and vomiting.

(Source: MHRA website)

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‘Stop smoking’ drug: It makes you feel suicidal

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