I have been taking it and stopped smoking about a month after starting it. You have to want to quit or its not going to work and after about a month of taking it, it loses its potency, so it probably wont work if you havent quit within the first month. The best thing to do is just throw the cigarettes away sometime during the second week of treatment. Good Luck.
We have had good success with Chantix. It must be used in conjunction with a stop smoking program however. Simply giving you a medication and wishing you good luck in quitting smoking is rarely successful. Pfizer pharmaceuticals offers a free program that I would encourage you to take advantage of if you decide to use Chantix. The key is, you have to be ready to quit. These medications “help you over the hump, “but they do not keep you from doing something stupid like lighting up a cigarette six weeks, six months, or six years down the road.
Sincerely,
Kirk G. Voelker MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Founder Quit Doc Smoking Treatment Network
http://www.QuitDoc.com
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My mom took the pill, and has not had a smoke in 3-4 months. Shes doing great and feels so much better!
Hi Nellie
I tried it, but didn´t work. I still smoking.
I wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR. Kisses
I’ve heard pretty good things about Chantix. A lot of my friends quit using it but the one thing that really stands out is that most of them relapsed after a few months or more. Almost nobody I know who quit on Chantix stayed off cigarettes. Its weird because the withdrawal should be completely over within 2-4 weeks so they really had no reason to go back other than the fact that they just didn’t psychologically get over it.