Chantix is one the hottest new stop smoking aids out on the market today. This medication, manufactured by Pfizer, is a prescription medicine designed to help adults quit smoking. Chantix is something that can be taken even if you have a slip. The developers realize that you are human and the quitting smoking is not easy.
Chantix (varenicline) is a prescription medication that unlike many other smoking cessation products does not contain nicotine. This medicine works by targeting the receptors in the brain that nicotine affects. Chantix is said to block these receptors making different than any other medicine on the market.
This medicine is said to reduce the urge to smoke, allowing a higher success rate than many other stop smoking aids. Studies are showing a success rate as high as 44% after the initial 12 weeks. The makers of the drug also combine its use with a 52-week support program.
This program works like this: You choose a quit date and you begin taking the medication from the “Starter Pack.”
Week 1
• Inside the Starting Month box there are four single packages. One green Starter Package for the first week and three blue Continuing Week Packages for the next three weeks
• Inside the green Starter Package, there is a single row of white tablets. Begin by taking one white tablet each morning for 3 days, as directed
• Starting on Day 4, you’ll begin taking two white tablets a day. You will take one in the morning and one at night
• You should finish the Starter Package at the end of your first week of taking Chantix. The next day will be your quit date
• Get support. Chantix offers a good plan
Weeks 2–12
• On your quit date, you’ll try to stop smoking totally. And you’ll start using the blue Continuing Week packages, which contain blue tablets. If you slip up and smoke, it’s okay. Just keep taking Chantix and keep trying to quit
• For the next 12 weeks, you’ll be taking two blue tablets a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, or follow the instruction from your doctor
People that are successful at quitting smoking have willingness and are persistent. There are many people that have quit before you and you can do it too. Chantix can help you reach your goal of being a nonsmoker.
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