Ever since Chantix was introduced in 2006, it has been hailed as a wonderful way to stop smoking. Quitting smoking is, of course, one of the most important steps a person can take to improve health, but Chantix may not be right for every smoker.
Starting in 2007, people began to report troubling side effects. If you search Chantix on this Web site you will learn about suicidal thoughts, domestic violence and other aggressive behavior. This comment is the first one on our site that has linked Chantix to seizures, although the drug reference Epocrates does list seizures as a potential adverse reaction to Chantix. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has also noted that this drug “may cause blackouts, convulsions and interruption of motor control or vision.”
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D. Merritt made this comment on March 15, 2010:
All I can say to all potential users of Chantix is consider a different solution.
I took Chantix for about three weeks until I suffered my first seizure in my whole life. I fell and broke my jaw.
Since that time I stopped taking Chantix but have continued to have seizures. I have had about 6 now. I went 6 months seizure free before getting behind the wheel. I was on the highway driving 75 mph when I had a seizure. I swerved and hit two other cars and my car flipped about 5 times before stopping.
I suffered a brain contusion and have been recovering ever since. Will these ever end? Is there a cure?
