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| Medicine | Qty | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Champix starter pack 0.5mg/1mg Tablets | 25 | £42.99 |
| Champix starter pack 0.5mg/1mg Tablets | 53 | £77.99 |
This medicine is a starter pack that is effective in helping patients to quit and stop smoking.
Champix works in the brain to reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms. The medication also decreases the pleasure that people get from smoking. It blocks the nicotine’s effects in your body.
What is Champix?
Champix, which contains the active ingredient varenicline is a member of a group of medications known as smoking cessation therapies. It helps people quit smoking when nicotine replacement therapy proved to be ineffective or is found to be inappropriate. Champix is intended to be used by adults in combination with counselling and quit-smoking education.
How does Champix work?
Champix works in the brain to reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms. The medication also decreases the pleasure that people get from smoking. It blocks the nicotine’s effects in your body. The brain has receptors for nicotine. When cigarette smoke is inhaled, the nicotine binds with the receptors to trigger a release of a feel-good chemical called dopamine.
Shortly after your smoking is done, the levels of nicotine and dopamine begin to drop, setting your craving and feelings of withdrawal, making you crave for another cigarette. Champix is believed to work at the receptors that are affected by the nicotine from cigarettes. It is not clear how Champix exactly works.
What are the benefits of using Champix?
The main benefit of Champix is the help it provides in quitting smoking when nicotine replacement therapy proved to be ineffective or is found to be inappropriate.
When using Champix you must decide on a ‘Quit date’ where you will give up cigarettes completely. This should normally be between Day 8 and Day 14 of treatment, however it can be up to five weeks after starting treatment if you feel you are not ready to give up at an earlier date.
The usual dose regimen for Champix is:
Week 1
Day 1 - 3: From day 1 to 3, you should take one white Champix 0.5 mg tablet once a day.
Day 4 - 7: From day 4 to 7, you should take one white Champix 0.5 mg tablet twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening, at about the same time each day.
Week 2 - Week 12
Day 8 until the end of treatment (end of Week 12): From day 8 (Quit date) to the end of treatment, you should take one light blue Champix 1 mg tablet twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening, at about the same time each day.
Side effects from Champix may include:
gastro-intestinal disturbances, appetite changes, dry mouth, taste disturbance, headache, drowsiness, dizziness, sleep disorders, abnormal dreams. Champix has a small risk of nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and skin rash.
Active ingredients
The active ingredient in Champix is varenicline tartrate.
Inactive ingredients
The inactive ingredients in Champix are: microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, croscarmellose sodium, colloidal silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate.
Champix 0.5mg/1mg starter pack
