Anti-Smoking Suicides Linked to Chantix, Zyban
The FDA is warning smokers that anti-smoking pills Chantix and Zyban can make you want to freakin’ kill yourself and they have no idea why.
F.D.A. safety officials have now received 98 reports of completed suicides and 188 reports of attempted suicides among those taking Chantix. ... Zyban has similar associated risks. The agency received 14 reports of suicides and 17 reports of attempted suicides among those taking Zyban.
Now, smoking kills tens of thousands of Americans a year and a handful of suicides is obviously worth the public good of anti-smoking drugs. But just look at the weirdo symptoms: it’s like something out of an M. Night Shyamalan flick.
“European officials first alerted the F.D.A. in 2007 to problems associated with Chantix. In September of that year, Carter Albrecht, a keyboard player from the pop-music group Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, was killed by a neighbor who complained that Mr. Albrecht was banging on his door, ranting. Mr. Albrecht’s girlfriend blamed Chantix, which she said had made him hostile.”
There are likely dozens more whacko deaths related to the mysterious properties of brain-altering anti-depressants. We are just beginning to find out.
