WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it will hold a public meeting in October to review the risks of psychiatric and behavioral side effects with Pfizer’s anti-smoking ...

Scientists say the stop-smoking drug should not be a first-line treatment. Nov. 3, 2011— -- Scientists say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should take warnings about the stop-smoking ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a trial among people with a history of depression, those taking the quit-smoking aid varenicline - marketed in the U.S. as Chantix - were no more prone to depression or ...

The FDA is working to mitigate the national shortage of Pfizer’s smoking cessation drug Chantix, which was recalled after the drugmaker discovered some pills contain elevated levels of ...

WASHINGTON -- A new anti-smoking drug improves the odds of success threefold for people who want to quit, an independent research group reported Tuesday. The drug, called Chantix by its maker, Pfizer ...

Kicking the habit can be hard enough, but smokers with depression face a steeper challenge. Now there’s evidence that the drug varenincline (Chantix) can help. About half of smokers who try to quit ...

When approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006, the prescription drug Chantix was heralded as almost a silver bullet in the fight to help people stop smoking. Its ingredient, varenicline, ...

Pfizer chalked up a key win in its legal battle surrounding the now-recalled smoking cessation drug Chantix after a New York judge narrowed the scope of the arguments in play. The consolidated class ...

Tobacco is associated with immediate and long-term adverse clinical outcomes, including morbidity and mortality. Although Pfizer’s Chantix (varenicline tartrate) showed prominent efficacy for dry eye ...

Several consumer groups have petitioned the FDA to increase the warnings about the controversial Chantix smoking-cessation drug, which has been linked to risks of suicidal behavior and hostility, ...

Pfizer has recalled four more lots of the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix), according to an update on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website. In a new FDA MedWatch, the agency ...