On this hub I'll tell you about how I quit a 20+ years smoking habit using Chantrix. But first, something about Chantix. You can buy Chantrix here.

CHANTIX is a non-nicotine pill.

CHANTIX is a non-nicotine prescription medicine specifically developed to help adults 18 and over quit smoking. Over 6 million people in the U.S. have already been prescribed CHANTIX.*

I’d heard about Chantix, a relatively new drug from Pfizer that blocks nicotine from attaching to your brain receptors. That way, you stop receiving any pleasure from cigarettes at all—even as the drug, snuggling up to those receptors the same way nicotine does, reduces withdrawal cravings and unleashes a happy little wash of dopamine to boot. Wonderful things they can do nowadays.

One user described the expected but missing dopamine "aaah" sensations as though "smoking a carrot." It is why Pfizer asserting to the world that its varenicline studies were "blind," claiming that varenicline users could not tell whether or not they had been assigned to the group receiving the real pill, instead of a group whose pill did not contain varenicline (the placebo group), would be laughable if such representations didn't reflect such a serious breach and betrayal of basic scientific integrity. It is not a matter of "guessing" whether or not a foreign chemical is present and at work inside their brain. They knew it was there and most realized it before ever quitting smoking.

How Does Chantix Work?

Basically, it takes any "fun" and pleasure out of smoking. Smokers often feel a sense of calm and relief when they light up. With chantix, they don't feel these sensations. Chantix also lessens the withdrawal symptoms, which often are very severe for some.

I was at the end of my second week taking Chantix, first week a nonsmoker when I realized how seriously depressed I had become. I was working, then going straight home to bed with piles of work left to be done. My emotions have been off the scale, from crying to yelling to feeling totally helpless. I have, twice before, quit smoking cold turkey (with the help of some supplements, such as glutamine) and NEVER felt so depressed.

Already, 48 hours without Chantix, and I am full of energy and ready to fulfill my responsibilities. I think, for me, that the depression must be a side-effect and not just the nicotine withdrawl... based on my cold-turkey experiences.

So, I will try again soon, but I think I need to pass on the Chantix. Maybe Wellbutrin, maybe just herbs and cold-turkey

I've been using Chantix for just a little over 2 months. It's the first time in 33 yrs that I've actually been able to put my cigarettes aside & not even think of them. I don't see any resistance building up at all. And I think your doctor is wise to recommend the 6m vs. 3m routine. Most of the heavy smokers I've interviewed have found that they weren't quite free of the habit at only 3m.

So please stop smoking, whether you use a quit smoking pill, quit smoking hypnosis or another of the many quit smoking aids available today.