Everybody is aware of the ill effects of smoking and smokers know them the best.
The sad irony is that though they know it is a bad habit but they do not quit rather they are happy continuing it.
Some people boast of their smoking, some admit that it will take them to the grave while others don't want to talk about it.
What is common in them is that they all are smokers and they all are scared.
Deep down inside they are scared of death, they know all the sickness associated with smoking but still they can't stop smoking.
They are addicted to nicotine and it is very hard to give up.
They might have tried at least once to quit smoking but it relapses back.
It is for these people that Pfizer Inc.
had come up with a new drug which will help them in kicking the butt.
The medicine is none-other than Chantix; which is the first drug to be approved after the introduction of Zyban ten years ago.
It was approved by the U.
S.
FDA on May 11, 2006, as a treatment for anti-smoking in adults.
The main component of chantix is Varenicline.
The pill is white to off white in color and comes in 0.
5mg and 1mg capsular biconvex.
Chantix works by blocking the entrance of nicotine in the nicotine receptor of the brain known as Alpha4beta2 and prevents the neurotransmitter dopamine from activation.
So, even if a person smokes it doesn't taste as good as before and it stops their craving for smoke too.
Chantix, slowly but effectively works in decreasing the urge to smoke which further leads to complete quit smoking.
Millions of people have used Chantix with positive results.
Even people who had been addicted to nicotine for more than 20 - 30 years could quit smoking through the sole help of Chantix.
It is considered to be a new hope, a new life giver.
Therefore, before it is too late quit smoking today.