A popular drug prescribed to help people quit smoking may pose a significantly increased risk of heart attack in users, a new study finds. The results may further complicate doctors’ and patients’ ...

Scientists say the stop-smoking drug should not be a first-line treatment. Nov. 3, 2011— -- Scientists say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should take warnings about the stop-smoking ...

When approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006, the prescription drug Chantix was heralded as almost a silver bullet in the fight to help people stop smoking. Its ingredient, varenicline, ...

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(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Friday allowed Pfizer Inc to remove a serious warning from the label of its smoking cessation treatment, Chantix, giving a new lease of life to the controversial ...

E-cigarettes and varenicline (Chantix) helped long-time smokers quit conventional cigarettes at similar rates in the short term, but the benefit was more lasting with varenicline, according to a ...

Several consumer groups have petitioned the FDA to increase the warnings about the controversial Chantix smoking-cessation drug, which has been linked to risks of suicidal behavior and hostility, ...

Chantix is a prescription drug that can help people quit smoking tobacco. Medicare’s prescription drug plans include coverage for certain smoking cessation drugs, including Chantix. People 65 years ...

A new randomized controlled trial has found promising evidence that the smoking cessation medication varenicline ...

Pfizer has recalled four more lots of the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix), according to an update on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website. In a new FDA MedWatch, the agency ...

Kicking the habit can be hard enough, but smokers with depression face a steeper challenge. Now there’s evidence that the drug varenincline (Chantix) can help. About half of smokers who try to quit ...