GP doctors don't seem to know the serious problems this drug can cause, my own GP recomended it to me and when I told him about all the cases I have read about people having seriously bad reactions to the drug he kinda looked at me like "huh? are you serious?". I told him to spend a few minutes online doing his own research into to the many adverse reactions this drug has already caused in it's short time on the market and he said he would. When I go in to see him next time I am going to ask him if he's done that yet.
I've decided to stop seeing psychiatrist and just get whatever meds I do feel are worth trying thru my GP because when I do tell him that X Y or Z drug has some bad effects that he may not be aware of he says he'll look into it, whereas any Pdoc I have been to see always tells me "that drug could never cause that problem" and would rather try to find ways to make me feel like shit so I'll give up and say "okay, fine I'll take the drug anyways" then to believe that thier precious medications aren't perfect. I'm sick of the pressure. I'm sick of knowing as much as my Pdoc does about meds and having that piss them off. At least with a GP if you know more than they do about psych meds they respect that because it's not thier specialty. ANd they still treat you like a human being mental illness or not.

Well you know that I took this medication Philip and when you told me about what I should look out for I was very concerned.

However, I've finish my regiment of the stuff and been pretty much smoke free for (outside the occassion drunken "fuck-it" moments) for a past two months, and so far I haven't experienced any depression and I'm still the pervert I've always been.

But the proliferation of such stories from people is very troubling, at least to the point where a serious look from a non-bias scientific body should look into these cases. But know the "hot product" status of Chantix, I wonder how much rocking the boat will people do in this case.

Yeah the stories I've heard about the drug were pretty horiffic too. Glad you're sorted now

Well, as this is an earlier post I doubt this will make a huge impact. I too have been suffering the side effects everyone else has. I have done sooo much research in an effort to find a solution to my issues. Of course, it has almost been a year since I last took this drug, my spirits are getting weaker and weaker trying to find a solution to my problem. I wish I would have never taken this drug. I still feel out of body, can't concentrate, can't sleep, feel down and out, night vision is horrible and I have had every doctor in all of N.C. check me out. I have had an MRI, EEG, tried random drugs like anti anxiety and antidepressants, bipolar, and anti psychotic drugs.. trying to feel better. My next outlet to try is going to be electric shock therapy if I don't feel better by Oct. If anyone runs accross this and has a better suggestion feel free to send me an email at brandon r campbell at gmail dot com