Chantix and Nausea: What Users Say (Page 4)

• nnn...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 8, 2017

For Smoking Cessation "I was skeptical. I heard so many good things, and it sounded like a miracle drug. After learning I developed asthma, I got scared enough to take the plunge. It was free with my insurance (bonus!). After taking Chantix for two weeks, I started noticing a disgust for cigarettes. I would try smoking out of habit but would become nauseated. It smelled bad and tasted worse. From there, I pretty much didn't want to smoke anymore and didn't even have many cravings. There were days that I did crave, but I pushed through them easily. I also had two days of off-and-on headaches from, I presume, withdrawal. Now I can say I am two weeks cigarette-free thanks to Chantix, and I love being able to breathe, not to mention the extra money I save."

• Cyn...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 11, 2015

For Smoking Cessation "Amazing medication for smoking cessation. Always take with food to avoid the nausea. May need to take earlier in the evening to avoid the crazy dreams that affect your deep sleep. Other than that.....easiest way to quit smoking in the world!!!!! It's a miracle drug, and I'm super sensitive to meds. No troubles with Chantix if you know your body and make adjustments for it. I'm also a nurse, but not the meds for everyone!!!! Kind. Just have to look at risk/benefit and decide for yourself if it's for you. Everyone reacts differently to medications. I personally can't take most of them, the side effects are so bad, but I don't blame the drug. I'm just not passive about MY health care and my body. Speak up. Take responsibility for yourself."

• blr...
• April 24, 2015

For Smoking Cessation "I just started Chantix yesterday morning. As far as symptoms, I had a brief headache when taking it and nausea for about 10 minutes... nothing that wasn't tolerable. I was very hesitant about taking the med because I have heard so many horror stories, but honestly, it isn't that bad so far. I did have pretty vivid dreams last night that were just strange and didn't make much sense, but nothing terrifying. I normally smoked anywhere from slightly over half a pack to a pack per day. Yesterday, I smoked 6 in total, and today so far I have had less than half. I'm already starting to feel some withdrawal symptoms such as sore throat, sore tongue, slight headache, etc. I plan on sticking with this med and will update later in the process."

• Mis...
• February 11, 2015

For Smoking Cessation "I am amazed by Chantix! I've smoked a pack a day or more for five years, and it made my cravings nearly completely cease. Nausea and the bad, vivid (sometimes lucid) dreams were the only side effects I experienced. I stopped the nausea by eating and drinking water with the medication. Wonderful, wonderful product!"

• Kra...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 10, 2015

For Smoking Cessation "Started smoking at 14... now 37. I knew I couldn't quit without help, and Chantix did it! After two days, down to one smoke, just finished the second week and haven't smoked for 11 days!! No nausea (always take with food!!) and vivid, not bad dreams. I recommend it to everyone!!!"

• Kas...
• June 26, 2013

For Smoking Cessation "I started smoking around 10, and have smoked 1 pk/day since about 12. I am now 24. I am on 'Week 3, Day 1' of Chantix. The first day was horrible! I had my kids lay with me on the couch because I just had to lay down! Since then, I have had occasional nausea but felt fine. This medicine is a miracle for me! I have tried everything under the sun to stop smoking, and I felt helpless. I have not smoked in 8 days. I still want to, but it feels like Chantix gave me additional motivation to say no. It really amazes me! I went from helpless to counting days and dollars saved."

• TXg...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 8, 2015

For Smoking Cessation "I'm on day 7 of using Chantix. I'm using it to quit a smokeless tobacco habit. I was using about a tin a day and wanted to share my experience, as reading through the reviews, it seemed like they were all for smokers. On day 2, Copenhagen started to taste nasty and made me nauseous having one. I 'powered through' this for 3 more days, as I wasn't quite ready to give up my buddy. I'm now into day 2 without a 'dip,' and I really don't have the desire for one. I still have triggers, but I can rationalize and overcome with logic that these are just cravings and ignore them. As far as side effects, I do have some nausea after taking the pill, but with food and a glass of water, it's not bad. Like most very vivid dreams, but no nightmares."

• ACa...
• May 9, 2018

For Smoking Cessation "I wanted to give a review for a long-term result of using Chantix. You must absolutely want to quit or nothing will help you to. Chantix was advertised on TV, so I got the prescription. I have to admit that I didn't quit at the end of the first week as per the instructions but weaned myself off in the second week. The only side effect I experienced was the vivid dreams, only one of which was unpleasant. I made sure to have some food in my stomach when I took the pill, and that prevented nausea. Near the end of the 3 months, I gradually stepped down the dosage just as I had gradually built it up. It has now been almost 8 years without a cigarette. The unexpected benefit is how few cravings I have had. If you decide to quit, I wish you well. Such a feeling of freedom and the ability to breathe better."

• tak...
• May 2, 2016

For Smoking Cessation "Second time on Chantix after 3 years smoke-free. This drug is literally a life saver, completely makes smoking seem disgusting after a few days. Cravings disappear, and when you think you're gonna enjoy one of your last... you put it out in mortification, due to the gross smell and horrid taste. The nausea is a killer, along with an overall unpleasant feeling and crankiness that lasts the duration of Chantix use. The dreams are super vivid, borderline nightmares, but bearable. If these short-term effects are what I have to endure for deciding to pick up a nasty habit for the second time!!! So be it. Living to make sure there's a lighter in the car... is not living. And it only takes me the starter pack to quit - 2 pack-a-week smoker."

• Ste...
• May 14, 2013

For Smoking Cessation "I just started taking Chantix again. I tend to get vivid dreams (not bad dreams) and some nausea, but I found that if I take an anti-nausea pill around the same time, I don't have to worry about it. It really does work. One day I'm smoking, and the next I don't even want one!"

• pan...
• October 13, 2016

For Smoking Cessation "I quit on day 3 of Chantix 4 years ago, was dumb and started smoking again a year later!! :9 This time around, I am on week 2 and every time I take a dose, I get dizzy and want to puke. Oddly, my teeth hurt the other day? I am noticing that I can only take a puff or 2 before the nausea really gets bad (constantly nauseous for hours after the dose) and I can't even finish a smoke, so that's good? I smell cigarette smoke now, it smells stale and awful. I have gotten a little more aggressive, but I think that it is more irritation than anything, but I think it's because I want to puke all the time! BUT I am constantly hungry... yet, can't eat!!"

• Efr...
• February 21, 2018

For Smoking Cessation "I used Chantix to quit smoking 3.5 years ago. Smoke-free ever since. However, I got 'stuck' on nicotine gum and never was able to kick it. Using this time around to give up the gum once and for all. Some advice: First, be careful not to confuse the effects of quitting smoking with Chantix side effects. Quitting is a cow, and there is no way around that. You won't feel good at first. Second, the first time around I DID have moderate side effects, nausea mostly, and that spaced-out bubble head feeling. To the point of wanting to stop using it. But I worked with my doctor to find the right dosage. It's what doctors call a titration dosing, and they do it all the time with drugs. If you find yourself with intolerable side effects, don't give up on Chantix. Adjust the dosage yourself before throwing it in the garbage pail, or better yet, ask your doctor if they can help titrate your dose. Good luck!"

• Anonymous
• August 30, 2008

For Smoking Cessation "I was a pack-a-day smoker for 30 years, have COPD, and was using oxygen at night and at exertion. I used Chantix for 6 months per my pulmonary doctor and have been smoke-free for 1 year in October. No longer use oxygen, was able to give that up after about 7 months of no smoking, and have never felt better in my life. I am 52 and wish I had known about Chantix long ago. I had tried to quit so many times, my husband and I, and now we're both smoke/nicotine-free. The nausea was very bothersome, lasted about 4 months for me. Well worth all the bother and sickness."

• Smo...
• April 29, 2015

For Smoking Cessation "I started smoking the second time around for about 7 years now. I am 43 years old with high blood pressure. Cholesterol is fine. So I talked with my doctor, and I am on week two, day three of taking Chantix. I have experienced bouts of nausea. I have been reading the reviews, and I am going to take it with milk. I used to smoke at least 10 cigs a day. Today I only had one, tried smoking another one. Nah, it was awful! I'm glad because I don't want to stroke out from high blood pressure. I now have to take blood pressure medicine. I've only had one crazy dream. I do feel tired at times. Cried a few times, but I'm gonna tough it out! Thank you for your reviews and suggestions. I'll keep you posted. Be blessed, all!"

• ivy...
• September 19, 2013

For Smoking Cessation "This is the Michael Jordan of smoking cessation. I tried every single thing, and nothing worked except Chantix. Smoke-free for 4 years now. If it is giving you side effects like occasional nausea and vomiting for a short amount of time after taking it, ask the Dr for Phenergan. If you want to stop taking it because the dreams are too hard to handle, then you really do not want to quit."

• Sty...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 26, 2016

For Smoking Cessation "I smoked for over 25 years. Doc wrote me a script for Chantix. In less than a week, I was sickened by nicotine. I was completely smoke-free within two weeks of using it. That was 3 1/2 years ago. I was lucky, no dreams, no loss of sleep, no suicidal thoughts, nothing but minor nausea about an hour after consuming the daily pill. I didn't even have to use it for more than a month. I don't know if it matters, but I have always responded favorably to any kind of anti-depressant. I wonder if that is why this worked so well for me and not for others? Who knows. I'm just a happy ex-smoker."

• boo...
• February 14, 2008

For Smoking Cessation "Starting 4th week, Sat. Only smoke when I drink alcohol. Even then, don't crave, doing it out of habit. Am going to stop consuming alcohol for a while. It makes me feel weird on the meds anyway. Also, when I smoke, I get a headache and sometimes nausea/dizzy. I am amazed at the lack of withdrawal symptoms. Constipation, some gas, vivid dreams, sleep a lot sometimes. I think that has a lot to do with no more nicotine. Overall, feeling great. Breathing better, more relaxed, will continue the program."

• Lis...
• July 26, 2017

For Smoking Cessation "This is just an update. I would like to encourage those who have just begun Champix. I began taking the medication on the 26th of December, and I am now 7 months smoke-free. The medication is amazing. The first few weeks required an incredible amount of willpower, the dreams and nausea I experienced were worth every second. Now, 7 months smoke-free after 14 years and feeling amazing. I cannot recommend Champix enough. Stick with it!"

• Jul...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 6, 2016

For Smoking Cessation "I have been quit for one year and 4 months after smoking for 35 years. I took Chantix for 6 months. I didn't even set a quit date. I just started taking Chantix and let my quit date happen naturally. After cutting down drastically for 3 or so weeks, I just lost all desire for cigarettes, so I just stopped smoking them. It was Chantix and a list I created of things to do instead of smoking that was the key for me. I had tried many other times to quit, so I had a good idea of what worked for me and what didn't. I think that quitting a habit is a very personal experience and what works for some may not work for others. As for side effects, I had weird dreams and nausea, but eating with the pill helped. I truly believe Chantix saved my life."

• ker...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 5, 2015

For Smoking Cessation "I smoked for 15 years. Chantix is a godsend. However, I had two rounds of it before I quit. It helps with the cravings, and after a week on this medicine, it makes the cigarettes taste awful. This was my mistake, I kept smoking and got used to the change. Well, fast forward another 6 months after I was off Chantix for a while, I started again and stopped after about 2 weeks when the cigarettes started tasting funny again. And that was 7 years ago. I literally owe this medicine my life. My life that I can now spend more time with my daughter, and she will not grow up around secondhand smoke. It did give me nausea when I took it, but it only lasted from 20 minutes to an hour. But what is a little nausea compared to being able to stop smoking."

• Cou...
• May 31, 2018

For Smoking Cessation "I have been a smoker for 10 years. I am at the end of my 4th week on Chantix and have been nicotine-free for 6 days! I still have the urge to smoke when I initially get in my car to go somewhere or after I eat, but the craving subsides surprisingly easily and rather quickly. I take one tablet in the morning and at night (be sure to eat and let your food settle before you take the morning dose to prevent the nausea!). I do feel more tired than usual and cranky during week 2, but not unmanageable. I've been having vivid dreams, but good ones! I'm dreaming in color and wanting to go back to sleep to find out what happens next! I've tried everything before Chantix. I haven't had any depression episodes, though it is a known side effect. No medicine is a one size fits all, so if you do take it or don't, understand that the reactions aren't the same for everyone. I would suggest if you try it to take it exactly as prescribed and visit your doctor regularly to monitor how it affects you."

• mag...
• November 15, 2007

For Smoking Cessation "My husband and I started Chantix on Oct 12. We both smoked a pack per day for over 45 years. On Oct 30, we both stopped smoking. We took the last week's pills once a day. We both had crazy dreams. I had nausea, anxiety, heart racing, depression, and/or mood swings, just felt funny. I have COPD, so I needed to quit. I stopped taking the last pill, but now I am having cravings, and they last a while. I am going to get a new script. All of the side effects are worth it. I am going to quit."

• JCA...
• November 16, 2017

For Smoking Cessation "I smoked for over 40 years. This is my 2nd time doing Chantix. The 1st time I was able to quit after the first week but really got nauseous. So nauseous I had to stop Chantix. I started smoking a few weeks later. I've tried everything before. Chantix really does take the craving away. I started Chantix again 28 days ago. I'm down to maybe 1 or 2 hits off a cig a day and to the point I will have my quit date by the weekend. I'm not picking a quit date, just going off my craving. Once I take a hit, it tastes so bad. I made myself overcome the nausea by having a full stomach and drinking liquids. It really helped. I'm determined to finally quit!!"

• mam...
• September 5, 2007

For Smoking Cessation "I smoked for 45 years and tried every way you could think of to quit. I smoked the first week of using the Chantix and I have not had a cigarette in 4 weeks. I get an urge once in a while but I am able to fight it. I gained weight and had some mild nausea. Chantix is great and I'm going to stay on it for the 12 weeks."

• tet...
• August 27, 2013

For Smoking Cessation "Started smoking when I was 16 years old. Since taking Chantix for about 3 months, I haven't smoked at all. The first week I cut down from a pack a day to maybe 7 a day. Since then, I have not smoked at all. Chantix worked great for me. Sometimes it makes me sick to my stomach after I take it. And I have had very weird, vivid dreams. But I will take the side effects over smoking!"