Doug, whatis chantix? I have not heard of that.

Doug my smoking counselor recommended Chantix. He said it worked well for some of his colleagues. However it is expensive. I was told it really makes cigarettes taste bad so the individual cuts way down to quit! I don\'t think that wouold work for me because I don\'t like the taste anyway! However whatever works i think anything is worth at least the try! Did you ever try it?

i started chantix a week ago ismoked 2 packs a day, started chantix it says to smoke the first week then stop the second week, i smoked one pack the starting week tomorow none so far the urges arent that strong. chantix blocks receptors in your brain making withdrawl pretty much disappear i\'ll let you know how i do

one week ty chantix

I started taking chantix, and smoked for the first week, but stopped after that. It has helped a great deal with the cravings. I've only had 1 episode where it was very difficult not to go buy cigarettes, and that was when I took the meds late. Whenever I tried to quit before the cravings would drive me crazy and I'd be so irritable everyone wanted me to smoke so I'd chill out. lol

Just wanted to jump in and say Ive had 4 patients in the last 3 months (saw one today) who have quit smoking on Chantix...and didnt really suffer any nausea when starting it...
Dr O.

Someone who works in a pharmacy told me that it takes the desire away. I've seen two things in this discussion...that it makes a smoker sick and that it makes withdrawal go away. I don't think making me sick would help, because I feel so sick from it anyway and keep smoking. If it would do chemically what smoking does for me, that would help. I'll talk to my doctor. I feel hopeless and the most addicted smoker ever, but I hear lots of people say "If I can quit, anyone can" referring to how addicted they were. Back to Chantix...all I have heard is how good it is.

Chantix rocks!

I smoked for 26 years and I am now 5 days quit and not one single craving or urge. I can't even remember what it felt like to want a cigerette. This stuff literally saved my life.

I have been quit for 5 Days, 16 hours, 30 minutes and 29 seconds (5 days). I have saved $19.82 by not smoking 142 cigarettes. I have saved 11 hours and 50 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 3/12/2007 12:00 AM

i having been on chantix for about 2 months now. it is the best. i get sick to my stomach after i take it, but it goes away. I don't crave the cigerretts, but want one based on habit. I think that if you have a difficult time with withdraws or cravings, this is the way to go.

I stopped with the patch and gum about a week before taking the Chantix. I took the first weeks does with NO side effects at all. My second day of taking the 2 pills a day I noticed I wasn't feeling right. Then I started having problems with my breathing. It got to the point that I felt like I couldn't breath so I went to the ER and the doctor told me that what was happening is that for some reason my brain was not telling me to breath so I was holding my breath without realizing I was doing it. Then I would realize I hadn't had a breath and would have to take a big one in to compensate. It was the weirdest thing I have ever experienced. I was back to normal the day after because I had to take one dose the next day because they say not to just stop. You have to wein yourself off it. Now I'm just back to the patch and gum when it gets bad. My mom has taken it for over a month now and where she hasn't stopped she is down from 1 1/2 - 2 packs a day to 1/2 a pack. She does still get sick to her stomach though.

I think the chantix is expensive, but so is smoking, I have been smoke free for one month today and I had smoked for 43 years about a pack a day. I tried everything then my doctor gave me a perscription for wellburtin. the first 10 days were awful, I went thru alot of emotions, on the eleventh day I quit smoking and have not had once since. the meds don't make me anxious like they did the first few days and now I really don't have a hard time resisting the cigs. I do think about them after a meal and when I get in my car after work. But I recognize that is is just because that is the habit I had for so many years that it will take a while for me not to think about them. My insurance at work covers this medication so I can afford to keep taking it as long as the dr. thinks I need to, to make sure I don't start smoking again. So good luck in which ever method you choose

I started taking Chantix 25 days ago and today I have been smoke free for 17 days. I did have some problems with the meds at first but they went away quickly. My doctor told me that I could chew nicotine gum along with these meds and this seems to have helped somewhat. It is working but I do seem tired and depressed but I think maybe these are things that would have happened with the meds or not.

I will be starting my third week on Chantix tomorrow. While I have not quit smoking, I have gone from smoking a little over a pack to less than half a pack. I am now going to try to stop altogether and see what happens. I do experience nausea after the morning dose, but it usually goes away.

Does anyone know if Chantix can be purchased in Canada, I ve never heard of it until now!!

I need to ask a question and hope someone can help me I am on Chantix and this is my 6th day, tomorrow is my quit day, Has anyone used the patch along with Chantix, and if so were there any side effects.... I am so scared, cause even though I have cut way down, I still have a strong desire to smoke, and I thought that maybe using the patch with chantix might help me even more. Could someone please help me here?? Thanks!!