Tag Archives: Smoking

Upgrading the Chantix Black Box Warning

Upgrading the Chantix Black Box Warning In response to a request from drug giant Pfizer to remove the “black box” warning on the smoking-cessation drug Chantix (varenicline – an addictive benzodiazepine-based psychotropic anti-anxiety drug), the FDA has decided to not … Continue reading

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Knacking

Recently I read this marvelous wordsmithing in the book Kraken by China MiĆ©ville: “You have to persuade the universe that things make sense a certain way. That’s what knacking is.” So, having a knack for something means, in this sense, … Continue reading

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Anti-Smoking Drugs Can Cause You to Commit Suicide

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning July 1 that two stop-smoking drugs can have serious side effects, namely suicide. Chantix, made by Pfizer, and Zyban, made by GlaxoSmithKline, will now carry the FDA’s most serious black … Continue reading

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