Chantix, Pfizer's Popular Anti-Smoking Drug, Recalled After High Levels of Carcinogens Found Multiple lots of Chantix have been recalled "due to the presence of a nitrosamine, N-nitroso ...

VIDEO: Study: Chantix increases heart disease risk "It's causing the problem that we need to prevent among smokers," study co-author Dr. Sonal Singh, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins ...

Chantix was recalled for higher than FDA-approved levels of the chemical N-nitrosamine. The FDA warns that long-term use of nitrosamines may be associated with an increased risk of developing some ...

Pfizer on Thursday said it's expanding its Chantix recall to the consumer level to include all batches of the drug at the 0.5-mg and 1-mg doses.

Chantix Tablets, 1 mg NDC: 0069-0469-56 in the 56 tablets bottle size with expiration dates of September 2021 to December 2023.

I'd take my chances with Chantix (varenicline)"Sorry Dr Walton-Shirley. I went to the grocery, bought a pack of cigarettes, and threw it at him. I don't care. I can't live with that/" —From a ...

The drug Chantix may be linked to suicidal thoughts and depression in some people, but the risk of smoking is far worse, according to some physicians. The health risks of smoking, including lung ...

Tragedy has plagued Chantix since it was approved in 2006, even as the drug has helped some smokers kick the habit. By mid-2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had received reports of ...

Regulators have said NMDA, a type of nitrosamine, can be carcinogenic after long-term exposure. Pfizer's Chantix generated $919 million last year. The drug lost U.S. patent protections in November.

Furberg said Chantix should be used only as a last resort - after other smoking attempts at smoking cessation have failed, Time reported. The FDA has more on smoking cessation products.

Chantix Tablets, 1 mg NDC: 0069-0469-56 in the 56 tablets bottle size with expiration dates of September 2021 to December 2023.