Chantix, anyone have info?

[finn]

The hypnosis worked for me with just one session. I have never felt the craving for a cigarette since. It was as if a switch went off in my brain from "smoker" to "non". Can't stand the smell whereas, before when I tried to quit, I loved it. I never had any physical withdrawal symptoms and I was a pack a day smoker for over 30 years. I know of 3 other people who have gone to see her. Two still don't smoke. Unfortunately, my brother-in-law still does.

[RgrF]

Thanks for the responses. She has to put up with me so she's naturally irritable anyway but lately there been a decided shortening of temper and noticeable increase in irritability. I suspect the meds are the cause. We'll talk with the doc about it and maybe look for alternatives.

[sekker]

Chantix works for about half the patients that try to quit.

Some docs are trying combination therapy with Chantix and other drugs like wellbutrin/buprorpion. That combination seems to help some patients where Chantix alone does not.

Keep at it, even if she's the unlucky half. It's worth it in the long-run to get off the nicotine train.