Pfizer admits to the adverse side effects of Chantix
06/05/2008
Episode Description
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 period
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