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Smokers or Pfizer: Who Really Needs Chantix to Succeed?
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
The Pfizer public relations machine has been running at full speed lately, ever since widespread reports of suicidal thoughts, aggressive behavior and other serious adverse reactions in users of the pharmaceutical giant’s popular Chantix anti-smoking drug intensified. Chantix users have been experiencing angry, irrational behavior, terrifying dreams and a host of other problems, prompting a non-profit pharmaceutical watch dog group to recently publish a report detailing at least 988 “serious adverse events” relating to the drug filed with FDA during the last 3 months of 2007 – more reports than for any other medication received by FDA during the same…
Does the FDA Take Suicide As Seriously as Other Side Effects?
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Increasing reports of pharmaceutical-related suicidality have sparked a great deal of concern among patients and doctors. While the FDA has encouraged, and in some cases forced, drug companies to warn doctors and patients about the potential risk of suicidal behavior, critics argue that the warnings are insufficient and have come too late. They believe that the FDA acts more quickly and more aggressively when warning patients about other serious side effects than it does for suicidal and violent behavior. SSRIs - Popular Depression and Mental Illness Drugs No debate over the risk of suicidality has been greater than for SSRIs…
Adverse Effects of Chantix
Monday, February 04, 2008
Chantix is a prescription anti-smoking drug manufactured by Pfizer, one of the biggest pharmaceutical giants in our society today. Smoking has been referred to as a silent killer in our society. It has claimed the lives of countless people, and over the years there have been a variety of different techniques developed and used to try and help people kick their smoking habit. Pfizer has been very aggressive in their attempts to promote Chantix. They have come out with commercials on television that try to reach out to the consumer and persuade them to use Chantix. Their message however does…
With Blockbusters Coming Off Patent Pfizer Needs Chantix’s Revenue
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Pfizer, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, finds itself in a precarious financial situation as many of its best selling drugs have either already come off patent or will come off patent over the next few years. “Coming off patent” is a term used to describe when a drug company’s patent for a pharmaceutical expires. This allows generic versions of the drug to be produced and then usually sold for a fraction of the drug’s original price. Typically, if a generic version of a drug exists, insurance providers will not pay for the brand name version of…
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