The most common adverse effects of Chantix are nausea, abdominal pain, headache, and insomnia. A medication guide, with detailed information about the medication, will be given to you with a new or refill prescription of Zyban or Chantix.
Consult your healthcare provider for a complete list of side effects. Zyban has a significant amount of drug interactions, detailed in the chart below. Some examples are seizure medications as well as Digoxin , a heart medication.
Alcohol should be avoided while on Zyban. Based on the characteristics of the drug, Chantix has no significant drug interactions. Chantix has not been studied for safety in combination with Zyban. When Chantix was studied in combination with nicotine replacement therapy, the incidence of side effects such as nausea, headache, vomiting, dizziness, indigestion, and fatigue, was much higher than with nicotine alone.
Chantix should not be used in combination with alcohol , at least until you know how Chantix affects your ability to tolerate alcohol. Consult your healthcare provider for more information. The list of drug interactions for Zyban is too long to list here; consult your healthcare provider for more information. Zyban comes with a black box warning the strongest warning as required by the FDA, indicating a risk of serious or life-threatening events of suicidality.
Zyban contains bupropion, an antidepressant, and antidepressants may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in patients 24 years of age and younger. Patients and their caregivers should be aware of any mood changes, hallucinations, paranoia, delusions, homicidal ideation, aggression, hostility, agitation, anxiety, and panic. Any patient taking Zyban, regardless of age, should be closely monitored. Here are more warnings:. Zyban should only be used during pregnancy if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.
Pregnant smokers should be encouraged to stop smoking through behavioral techniques before using Zyban. The Zyban package insert states that because of the risk to the baby, nursing mothers should either stop breastfeeding or stop Zyban. Consult your healthcare provider for advice. You should not take Zyban if you:. It is best not to drink alcohol while taking Zyban. If you drink alcohol and suddenly stop, you may increase your chance of having a seizure. It is very important to talk about this with your doctor.
You may get dry mouth and have trouble sleeping. These effects should be mild and often disappear after a few weeks. If you have trouble sleeping, avoid Zyban too close to bedtime. For prices, visit the PBS website at www. While you are taking Zyban, try to work on your stress management and strategies for beating the habit.
Getting support from an expert such as a Quitline counsellor can also be helpful — call 13 78 Zyban helps many people to quit smoking, but may not work for everyone. Research has found that Zyban can more than double the chance of successfully quitting if combined with support like free Quitline counselling — 13 Quitline counsellors can give you tips and strategies for dealing with triggers and cues to smoke, while the medication helps to manage feelings of nicotine withdrawal and cravings.
As with all medicines, side effects can occur. Talk to your health professional about possible side effects. An uncommon, but serious side effect is seizures. A small number of people can have fever, joint and muscle pain with skin rash.
It alters the level of some chemicals in the brain neurotransmitters. This seems to relieve the withdrawal symptoms that you experience when you stop smoking such as craving, feeling anxious, restlessness, headaches, irritability, hunger, difficulty concentrating, or just feeling awful. Find a range of services to suit you, from medication through to managed programs. Taking bupropion does increase the chance of quitting smoking.
Various studies have looked at this issue. The studies compared bupropion to a similar dummy placebo tablet in people who were keen to stop smoking. The results from the studies showed that, on average, about 19 in people who took bupropion stopped smoking successfully.
This compared to about 10 in who took the dummy tablet. In other words, about twice the number of smokers who take bupropion stop smoking compared to those who don't take bupropion. About 1 in 5 smokers who want to stop will do it with the help of bupropion.
Bupropion does not 'make' you stop smoking. You still need determination to succeed and to break the smoking habit. A combination of bupropion with counselling from a nurse, doctor, pharmacist or other health professional increases your chance of successfully stopping smoking.
Therefore, most doctors will only prescribe bupropion to people who really want to stop smoking as part of a 'stopping smoking' programme.
Most people take bupropion without any problem. Read the packet leaflet for a full list of possible side-effects and cautions. The most common are a dry mouth which occurs in about 1 in 10 users and some difficulty in sleeping which occurs in about 1 in 3 users. Less common but more serious possible side-effects include the following:. This occurs in about 1 in 1, people who take bupropion. Therefore, although this is uncommon, it can be serious, particularly if it occurs when you are operating machinery or driving.
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