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pfizer, smoking, smoke, chantix It just keeps getting worse. The critical mass has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ban pilots and air traffic controllers from taking Chantix. Last night, a non-profit watchdog group, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices issued this report...
Posted on Friday, May 23 @ 08:07:17 PDT by editor Pilots and air traffic controllers who are taking Chantix to stop smoking must discontinue using the medication in order to continue flying or controlling air traffic. The FAA on May 21 announced the withdrawal of Chantix from its allowed...
As if smokers don’t have it hard enough, it turns out that a new drug heavily advertised as a way to help smokers kick the habit poses serious health risks, ranging from aggressive behavior to suicide. And, as we reported... ... As if smokers don’t have it hard enough,...
by: Mike Huckman posted on: May 23, 2008 | about stocks: PFE It just keeps getting worse. The critical mass has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ban pilots and air traffic controllers from taking Chantix. Last night, a non-profit watchdog group, the Institute for Safe Medication...
Pfizer’s smoking-cessation drug Chantix has taken a few licks this week, with federal regulators limiting the drug’s use by pilots and air-traffic controllers. Just in time for the holiday weekend, GlaxoSmithKline has jumped into the fray, offering its own smoking cessation product — free of...
by Abhishek Garg - May 23, 2008 - 0 comments The Federal Aviation Administration has banned the pilots and air traffic controllers from using anti-smoking drug Chantix. This step has been taken after a study found that, the drug increased the risk of serious psychiatric problems in addition to...
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- In an unusual move, the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday banned the use of the Pfizer smoking-cessation product Chantix by airline pilots and air-traffic controllers, citing concerns that the drug could contribute to accidents. Late Wednesday, the FAA sent a...
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. federal trucking regulators have advised medical examiners not to qualify anyone using Chantix, an anti-smoking drug linked to possible health issues. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is the latest regulator to warn against certifying people using...
Submitted by admin_huliq on Fri, 2008-05-23 16:40. 52 reads GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare is Offering free Nicotine Lozenges to all licensed pilots after FAA banned Chantix anti-smoking drug usage due to side effects. This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it removed...
First pilots, now truckers. The feds said yesterday that people shouldn’t be qualified for trucking licenses while they’re taking Pfizer’s smoking cessation drug Chantix, the WSJ reports. The warning came from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which oversees the interstate trucking...
By Damian J. Troise The report and move by the FAA comes months after the Food and Drug Administration said the connection between Chantix and serious psychiatric problems is "increasingly likely." Pfizer had already added stronger warnings to the drug's label before that opinion was released in...
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