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Varenicline for Smoking Cessation

Varenicline tartrate tablets (Chantix, Pfizer) have been approved to help cigarette smokers stop smoking. The active ingredient is a new molecular entity that received a priority FDA review. The drug acts at sites in the brain affected by nicotine by providing some nicotine effects to ease withdrawal symptoms; it also blocks the effects of nicotine [...]

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