Pfizer Champix

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74 of 74 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Secre

Member since 23/04/2003

Reviews written: 206

Take with great care. 01/07/2011

Advantages It works
Disadvantages Side effects - see review

Many of you here will have read my previous review on NiQuitin and will know that I am currently giving up smoking. Well, needless to say considering I’m writing another review on a different stop smoking aid things hadn’t been going too well. Granted, they hadn’t been going too badly, but I seemed to be incapable of having a cigarette free day if I was not using the lozenges or some other nicotine product. I was absolutely fine if I had the nicotine, and atrocious as soon as I tried to move off them. So, my nurse suggested Champix. What is it? Champix is a prescription only drug in the UK ... more
15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful

DerMusso

I believe in miracles! Hurray for Evil Champix! 08/11/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages cheap efficient...and it's saving my life!
Disadvantages can have side effects, I didn't really get them myself so far, except for crazy dreams!

I'm French. Therefore I was a smoker. For 17 years non stop. And god knows I've enjoyed every minute of it. "Meat and Potatoes" as Bill Hicks so truly said. But he's gone now and I got scared it would happen to me too if I wasn't doing something about this last remaining vice from my troubled teenage years. What got me thinking? My husband. I love him so much I could barely convey 1% of how I feel for him with words. Sadly he got very ill this year. The doctor said he would carry his ailment until the end. Which means he will need me until the end and it was now my responsibility to be healthy ... more
4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful

leasinliverpool

Highly Recommend Champix 09/01/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages life, health, wealth, happiness, future, less cravings
Disadvantages nausea

Champix is a non-nicotine medication to aid with quiting smoking and are only available on prescription from your doctors. Champix is a 12 week course which has to be completed Champix tablets are taken once a day for the first week and twice a day for the next 11 weeks. For the first two weeks the tablets taken are 0.5mg (white) and the further 10 weeks are 1mg (blue) The first tablet is to be taken in the morning and the second is to be taken in the evening. The intructions state that Champix can be taken with or without food but after experience I would suggest that you dont take Champix on ... more
41 of 41 Ciao users found the following review helpful

kineticspade

Member since 07/12/2005

Reviews written: 467

Sickly tablets 09/02/2008

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages none
Disadvantages Side effects

Well I have smoked since I was 12 years old, now 29. I did actually stop for 2 years on the Zyban brand, but on a night out drinking I stupidly had a cigarette, that set me off to starting smoking again. So eventually I decided to stop again. So off I went to the doctors and they told be about a new brand had come out that worked just like Zyban, just cheaper for them to make, but was told it worked exactly the same. So I thought well why not try them, the new brand was called Chimpax. So I picked up my prescription, these are only available on prescription you cannot buy them over the counter ... more
3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful

homebrewstress

CHAMPIX, Worked like a charm, except for it made me suicidal. 01/06/2011

User recommends the product

Advantages I'm smokefree , 3 months and going strong
Disadvantages I alienated everyone i know, I was suicidal , this is a dangerous product.

Reading the reviews, i wasn't a bit put off, everyone was raving about champix, said that it worked great, these people didn't even want a cigarette anymore i thought fantastic. Of course i also read about the side effects, depression, nausea, suicidal thoughta. I figured giving ups going to be rough these people would probably be a bit depressed even without champix, and suicidal thoughts, bah thats only a tiny minority, it wont happen to me, well it did. Anyway giving up was a doddle, on the day before my planned give up date i double dosed, not a great idea i felt seriously rough, vomiting ... more
35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful

MarkKerr

Champix - My Drug of Choice 15/06/2007

User recommends the product

Advantages It worked for me
Disadvantages None that I can think of

I had been a smoker for well over 20 years - I knew the damage it could do but I actually enjoyed the smoking sensation. I'd tried to give up on several occasions before, although somewhat half-heartedly it has to be said. As a result of an accident at home (sounds ominous doesn't it? - I cut my hand on a rusty nail - not very exciting I know!) and went to my GPs for a tetanus. While I was there, the nurse mentioned a brand new drug that literally had just become available for smokers via the NHS. My GP was keen to see if the claims made by the manufacturer were anywhere near true - I also ... more
15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful

nickgilbert183

Champix - It Worked For Me 06/05/2008

User recommends the product

Advantages Fools your brain into thinking it's had a cigarette. Makes cigarettes taste foul.
Disadvantages A few side effects but nothing that can't be dealt with

I stared taking Champix in June 2007 having smoked 20 a day for around 20 years. I'd heard they were coming onto the market and was desperate to give but knew that there was no chance of doing cold turkey, so I waited for the pills to become available on the NHS. The procedure works as follows: you go to your GP surgery where usually they have a nurse who is qualified to dispense prescriptions for Champix. After a few preliminary questions to determine your level of motivation, I was given a prescription for two weeks' worth of Champix (£6.95) and told that if I hadn't given up within 14 days ... more
9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Sonia_x

Champix 31/08/2007

User recommends the product

Advantages Really helps with cravings, lessons the enjoyment of smoking
Disadvantages Side Effects

Having smoked for about 15 years I decided to try quitting. I had tried before using patches but these didnt work. So I decided to do it properly this time and go to the doctors. I asked about Champix and was very suprised they prescribed it. At this moment not many surgeries are prescribing it as the Health Trust still think its too expensive to prescribe on the NHS. Still, I was allowed some and started the course. There are known side effects (read the packet!) and I was really hoping I wouldnt have any. But I did. After taking the tablet (even the lower dose you take at the beginning) I ... more
1 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful

derekm1973

Side Effects of Champix??? 21/07/2009

User recommends the product

Advantages Stops you smoking without replacing the nicotine with nicotine
Disadvantages A few side effects to be aware of.

This is the second attempt I have made to stop smoking using Champix. The first time I never finished the 3 month course as I thought I had conquered the nicotine demons. Unfortunately after 4 months of being stopped I found myself back on the fags so this is the first tip I can strongly give you. FINISH THE COURSE- even if you think you have beaten the craven for a puff- you probably have not. This is the whole reason the course is conducted over a 3 month period. The side effects I had were pretty much what is said in the leaflet for the 1 in 100 - drowsiness and slight nausea. But if I had ... more
2 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Bartrum1978

Champix by Pfizer 02/07/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages easy to use,They work
Disadvantages Cost,Length of use

I have being Smoking for over 17 years, Over 25 Cigarettes a day. I have tried to Quit using Gum,Patches and Will power. I Went NHS Smoke-free website last year and did not do anything about. They is a walk in New leaf where i live and 6 Months ago, I went in to talk about giving up and talked about different products to aid stop smoking. I got a referral for my doctors for Champix and started to take it. No side effects apart from some restless nights,Next time i visited New leaf I found out that i should take second Tablet at 5pm and that fixed Restless night. I tried to stop smoking on day ... more