May 22, 2008

Truckers Banned From Chantix Use

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which regulates commercial trucking and bus driver licenses interstate, today issued a warning about Chantix, the stop smoking drug which yesterday was the subject of a ban by the FAA. The warning advised medical examiners for the agency "to not qualify anyone currently using this medication for commercial motor vehicle licenses."

Looks like I wasn't wrong when I guessed yesterday that bus drivers could be next for a ban.

Tough week for Pfizer. I bet you they are hard at work on another version of this drug.

Posted by Philip Dawdy at May 22, 2008 05:13 PM
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Oh wow! you get the award for seeing this trainwreck coming a long time ago! awesome reporting there.

This is quite alarming, and after nearly being side swiped by a wild driving trucker today, I would hope the driver wasn't on this shit! (or pilots, bus drivers, school bus drivers, any one who drives/ flies. Sounds like this stuff just needs to come OFF of the market and NOW.

Posted by: Stephany at May 22, 2008 07:39 PM

55 suicides reported?
:o)


FDA releases over 5,000 Chantix complaints

" After an initial report on Albrecht's death, News 8 requested, through the Freedom of Information Act, all the complaints filed with the FDA about Chantix. A computer disc was sent with 5,157 complaints, which were all filed in just one week after the News 8 report aired.

Suicide was reported 55 times. Suicidal thoughts were mentioned in 199 cases and 417 people complained of depression.

There were hundreds of mentions of anger, aggression, amnesia, hallucination and homicidal thoughts. "

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa071128_mo_chantix.4b4d129d.html

Posted by: Ana at May 25, 2008 08:00 AM

If you don't do a end of the year round up of posts, I hope people at least see that your warnings about Chantix were the first to arrive "on the scene".

There is something about this drug and it is not good.

Posted by: Stephany at December 30, 2008 08:41 PM
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