Chantix Side Effects Lawsuits Slam Popular Drug

The smoking cessation drug Chantix looked like it was poised to be a success when it was first introduced to the market. Unlike many smoking cessation products, it proved extremely successful against a placebo during early clinical trials. However, for some Chantix patients, they are getting more than they bargain for—while making a desperate attempt to improve their health, some of these patients might accidentally be sentencing themselves to Chantix attempted suicide death. Chantix attempted suicide for them while they want to quit smoking.

Chantix was not tested during initial clinical trials on patients with a history of mental illness, although there are statistics that show that people with psychological problems or a history of psychological problems are more likely to be smokers than people without psychological problems. It is the former category that is more likely to experience psychological Chantix side effects. Depression, violent rages, sudden mood swings, aggression, and suicidal thoughts or Chantix suicide ideations.

The latter two are the most serious, as many Chantix patients have attempted to take their own lives—some have succeeded. A few Chantix patients have unfortunately also assaulted their loved ones—in the case of Sean M. Wain, the patient began taking Chantix just before he murdered his wife and then killed himself. The grandparents of the four Wain children are filing a Chantix lawsuit to help gain damages for the children. The drug started out strong, selling well to people looking to improve their health and cut down on the risks of cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Smoking is one of the greatest dangers to a patient’s health that there is.

More and more Chantix users are seeing the appeal in filing a Chantix lawsuit. Damages from such a lawsuit can help cover costs ranging from attorneys fees to medical bills to lost wages from time away from work. They can also begin to compensate for a loss of quality of life or cover funeral costs for a loved one. No matter how it is looked at, Chantix is a potentially dangerous drug—dangerous enough to have received the Food and Drug Administration’s strictest “black box” warning after links between Chantix and suicide started to become more obvious.