Researchers warn of hazards of smoking and need for wider use of varenicline to quit
Monday, March 27, 2017 - 21:22
in Health & Medicine
More than 35 million Americans are trying to quit smoking. Researchers reassure clinicians and their patients that varenicline, whose brand name is Chantix, is a safe and effective way to achieve smoking cessation and that failure to use this drug has caused preventable heart attacks and deaths from cardiovascular disease. Just a few months ago, the FDA removed the black box warning from varenicline.