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FDA Warning: Smoking Cessation Meds

Posted on July 01, 2009

The stop-smoking market is huge, from the do-it-yourself treatments to alternative medicine to pharmaceutical medicines. Over the past few years, medications like Chantix (varenicline) and Zyban and Wellbutrin (buproprion) have been used by many people, some successfully, some not.One problem with these medications is that they seem to have an adverse effect on some people who take them and these can be quite serious. According to a press release issued by the FDA:These symptoms include changes in behavior, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts and behavior, and attempted sui...

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