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How To Cope Up With Chantix Side Effects?
Question: Taking Chantix to quit smoking; just started the higher dose pills yesterday and am having bad stomach cramps and bloating. Wondering if I should cut the pills in half and just take 1/2 the dose, as I had no bad symptoms on the lower dose.
Brief Answer:
Dose dependent adverse effects, lower the dose
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking!
Your question has answers in it. DOse dependent adverse effects or chantix / varenicline is all you are experiencing. Yes lower the dose and the symptoms will resolve.
Here is a list of all the adverse effects of chantix which are all dose dependent and keeping the dose to minimum would help avoid.
>10%
Nausea (15-40%; dose related)
Abnormal dreams
Headache
Insomnia / sleep disorder
1-10%
Appetite changes
Chest pain
Constipation
Dry mouth
Dyspepsia
Dyspnea
Flatulence
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Fatigue or lethargy
Pruritus / itching
Rash
Somnolence
Rhinorrhea / runny nose
Vomiting
Upper respiratory tract disorder
Frequency Not Defined (selected)
Abnormal liver function tests
Anemia
Anxiety
Arrhythmia
Arthralgia
Depression
Diarrhea
Dizziness
Epistaxis
Hypertension
Myocardial infarction (MI)
Polyuria
Respiratory disorder
Postmarketing Reports
Depression, mania, psychosis, hallucinations, paranoia, delusions, homicidal ideation, aggression, hostility, anxiety, and panic, as well as suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, and completed suicide
Serious skin reactions, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Cerebrovascular accident
MI
So i suggest you stay in touch with your addiction disease specialist and let him help you with your this with drawl symptoms and get you out of it smoothly.
Take care and dont forget to close the discussion please.
May the odds be ever in your favour.
S XXXXXXX
Dose dependent adverse effects, lower the dose
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking!
Your question has answers in it. DOse dependent adverse effects or chantix / varenicline is all you are experiencing. Yes lower the dose and the symptoms will resolve.
Here is a list of all the adverse effects of chantix which are all dose dependent and keeping the dose to minimum would help avoid.
>10%
Nausea (15-40%; dose related)
Abnormal dreams
Headache
Insomnia / sleep disorder
1-10%
Appetite changes
Chest pain
Constipation
Dry mouth
Dyspepsia
Dyspnea
Flatulence
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Fatigue or lethargy
Pruritus / itching
Rash
Somnolence
Rhinorrhea / runny nose
Vomiting
Upper respiratory tract disorder
Frequency Not Defined (selected)
Abnormal liver function tests
Anemia
Anxiety
Arrhythmia
Arthralgia
Depression
Diarrhea
Dizziness
Epistaxis
Hypertension
Myocardial infarction (MI)
Polyuria
Respiratory disorder
Postmarketing Reports
Depression, mania, psychosis, hallucinations, paranoia, delusions, homicidal ideation, aggression, hostility, anxiety, and panic, as well as suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, and completed suicide
Serious skin reactions, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Cerebrovascular accident
MI
So i suggest you stay in touch with your addiction disease specialist and let him help you with your this with drawl symptoms and get you out of it smoothly.
Take care and dont forget to close the discussion please.
May the odds be ever in your favour.
S XXXXXXX
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