FDA requires Chantix, Zyban to have warning

The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effects including depression and suicidal thoughts.

[sheri]

GOOD

[Gator Girl]

sheri wrote:

GOOD

Did you take Chantix?

[mike]

My psychiatrist wants to put me on Welbrutin for depression.I have tried many other antidepressants
and could not tolerate any of them.
What kind of side effects should I expect from this drug and withdrawl if I have to go off of it?
Thjis forum seems to be mostly for smokers trying to quit.Am I in the wrong forum?
And what are anyone of your thoughts about the claims that the antidepressants are no more efective than placebos?
Good luck to you all.
Mike

[Sheri]

mike wrote:

My psychiatrist wants to put me on Welbrutin for depression.I have tried many other antidepressants
and could not tolerate any of them.
What kind of side effects should I expect from this drug and withdrawl if I have to go off of it?
Thjis forum seems to be mostly for smokers trying to quit.Am I in the wrong forum?
And what are anyone of your thoughts about the claims that the antidepressants are no more efective than placebos?
Good luck to you all.
Mike

It's a tough call IMO, Mike. I have struggled with depression myself a couple of times and know how nice it is to take a pill and have it work. I took Effexor a few years ago, and it worked wonderfully. THEN, I decided to get off it. What a friggin nightmare: brain zaps, insomnia, worsened deptression, etc etc...plus I had gained 30 lbs. I knew that if I just took another Effexor it would all be good again, but I just could not do that to myself, so I stuck it out. Years later, I am still dulled emotionally, don't really feel any strong emotions often. Chantix works on the pleasure centers, so I guess that's how it makes people quit smoking. However, that also means that it destroys other pleasures as well. Research all of your options before deciding on an antidepressant if you must have one. Check out patient reviews of Wellbutrin to see what people say about it. God bless you.

[amazed]

They should also be forced to put graphic pictures of people hanging themselves and slitting their wrists on the packages. There should be a class-action suit against Johnson & Johnson since it has been proven that they falsified their study results to gain FDA approval...oh that's right, they are protected.