A temporary Independence Day celebration in Watch Dogs 2 was suspended early on July 4 because it was enraging too many people who still play Ubisofts late 2016. Pfizers Chantix Continues Killing Quitters. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2. Charleston, South Carolina. Contact John R. Polito 8. Marketed in the U. S. as Chantix and other nations as Champix, another bomb just fell on Pfizers quit smoking pill varenicline. According to a just released report by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices ISMP, a non profit medication watchdog, In the first quarter of 2. The report indicates that the U. S. Food and Drug Administration FDA received serious adverse event reports on 7. Chantix again topped the list. Watch Quitters Download' title='Watch Quitters Download' />During the 1st quarter there were 1,0. By comparison, varenicline users accounted for 9. The ISMP report notes that there were only 1. This important quitting method risk data, when combined with results from the only head to head study pitting varenicline against NRT, should allow FDA officials to engaged in informed risk benefit analysis. A Pfizer smoking cessation study published in February 2. Even after Pfizer gifted varenicline a two week treatment advantage, varenicline failed to prove superior in 7 day point prevalence findings. Participants were asked at both 6 months and 1 year whether or not they had smoked a cigarette in the past 7 days. Pfizers researchers, which included four Pfizer employees, were forced to report that there were no significant differences between nicotine patch and Chantix smoking abstinence rates at either 6 months or a year. According to the ISMP report, varenicline again recorded the highest number of suicideself harm events of any medication with 2. The combined total for the next two closest drugs reporting suicide attempts was 2. The ISMP report contends that broader warnings are needed. It encourages the FDA and Pfizer to add a prominent warning about accident risks to both the patient Medication Guide and prescribing information sheet for doctors, a warning similar to the new warnings about psychiatric side effects. The report also flags additional kinds of side effects, including. It highlights traffic accidents and concerns that varenicline induced seizures, disturbances in vision, panic attacks or impaired judgment may be playing a role. It encourages further investigation of possible varenicline links to diabetes, potentially life threatening interruption of the heart rhythm, heart attacks, strokes, and moderate to severe allergic reactions. The ISMPs earlier May 2. In response, the Federal Aviation Administration banned the use of Chantix by airline pilots, the Department of Transportation limited its use among truck drivers, and the Department of Defense prohibited its use by aircraft and missile crews. This time the bomb dropped on varenicline may prove fatal. If varenicline is not more effective than NRT, while causing nearly 5,8. NRT, then why is it still on the market If the FDA has difficulty answering this question, it may well be that our nations medication system has far greater concerns than just varenicline. No Copyright This Article is Public Domain. John R. Polito is solely responsible for the content of this article. Any factual error will be immediately corrected upon receipt of credible authority in support of the writers contention. E mail comments to johnwhyquit. Related Links and Articles. Nicotine cessation lost in the deserts of Abu Dhabi, Polito, JR, 0. Polito, JR, 0. 10. 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