| For smokers, Champix is like an anchor, which | | | | anti-smoking drug. The safety and efficacy profile of |
| supports them in smoking cessation process. It is very | | | | Champix established in the clinical trials was indeed |
| difficult to quit smoking and smokers and their relatives | | | | remarkable. It increases the chances of a smoker to |
| and friends are quite aware of that. Champix helps | | | | quit smoking successfully by four times as compared |
| people to quit smoking easily, relieving them of all the | | | | to quitting cold turkey. It is also twice more effective |
| pleasures and pains of smoking cessation. | | | | than Zyban bupropion. Efficacy of Champix was not |
| So what exactly is Champix? Is it a miracle pill or | | | | measured against nicotine replacement therapies as it |
| magic bullet, which helps smokers to quit? Do smokers | | | | already has an edge over them. This revolutionary |
| quit smoking with Champix without any self-control on | | | | drug does not contain nicotine and this is a reason |
| their side? | | | | enough for people to prefer Champix to nicotine |
| Well, the answer is quite simple. Champix is just a | | | | replacement therapies. |
| prescription medication and helps smokers to quit | | | | Its safety |
| smoking only if they practice self-control. It is not | | | | Apart from few mild to moderate side effects, this |
| miracle pill and does no help smokers to quit magically. | | | | drug is comparatively safer than bupropion, which |
| Only if a smoker makes a firm decision, he can quit | | | | causes depression in people. The side effects caused |
| smoking with Champix. | | | | by varenicline (active ingredient of Champix) are also |
| Its working | | | | treatable and reversible. Once your body adjusts to |
| Champix works by attaching itself to the nicotine | | | | the medication or you stop the medication, you |
| receptors in the brain. By doing so, it nullifies the effects | | | | experience no side effects. |
| of nicotine when a person smokes. This makes | | | | Some of the side effects that you might experience |
| smoking displeasing and smoker gets no sense of | | | | on taking varenicline are nausea, vomiting, stomach |
| calm that he gets out of smoking. Champix also | | | | pain, dizziness, changes in appetite, vivid dreams, |
| reduces nicotine cravings and withdrawal symptoms | | | | fatigue, and sleeping problems. These are not all the |
| as the brain is tricked into believing that it is getting its | | | | side effects that you experience because of |
| dose of nicotine. | | | | varenicline. Also, you will not experience any or all |
| Its efficacy | | | | these side effects as different people react differently |
| Apart from people who swear by Champix, there are | | | | too the medication. If your symptoms become acute |
| clinical records that reveal the efficacy of this | | | | and unbearable, you should contact a doctor. |