If someone unknowingly took Chantix would they have success at quiting smoking?
I just started a smoking cessation program and am taking Chantix. One of the guys in the class, said he was going to unknowingly give it to his wife since she will not willingly take it. He believes it will remove her niccotine addiction. I never heard of anything like that and wondered if there were any medical folks out there that would have an opinion. Would he be successful at getting her to cut back on smoking? Isn't this illegal?
It is illegal. to answer the question, it would probably be successful at making her not want to smoke. Chantix work on the receptors in the brain, and prevent nicotine from reaching the receptors. Chantix also makes cigarettes taste terrible, and every person I have ever known to use it loses their desire to smoke.
Yes!!! That is illegal! He can't give a person medication against their will or without their knowledge. Answering your first question though…it won't help her. half of the addiction to cigarettes is not the nicotine…it is the habit. A stop-smoking aid can never work unless the participant believes that it will and is willing to do it. but he better not give his wife Chantix. He can't possibly predict what it might do to her…what if she has a terrible reaction?
I dont know if that would be illegal or if it would help HER. I do know that Chantix will make you DOG sick if you take it and keep smoking. My grandfather took it and smoked while he was taking it, it made him sick for days, which made him quit BUT he knew that he was taking it. If this woman doesnt know shes taking it, it could turn out to be perilous and maybe even deadly.
Yes, it is illegal to do this…technically. Also makes you wonder where he's getting the script. Anyways…it doesn't have much in the way of drug interactions. it has a relatively high success rate compared to the usual methods of quitting. it can make you sick with our without continuation of smoking so she might wonder why she's feeling nauseated and visit her gp leading to another can of worms. she should just give it a go and try to quit the habit. I know simpler said than done.
If someone unknowingly took Chantix would they have success at quiting smoking?