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In response to "I had no idea. I figured the drug was some sort of low-dose nicotine replacement or something" by ty97

Basically, people taking it for depression noticed that their nicotine cravings went away. Surprise side effect. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jul 1 '09, 18:56

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Not the first drug where that's happened. - Tim Jul 1, 18:59 5
- Viagra was first planned as a heart pill. When they went to get the samples back from the participants, they wouldn't give them up. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 19:03 1
  - There is a drug called Revatio that is the same thing as Viagra and indicated for pulmonary hypertension. - Tim Jul 1, 19:07
- I can sorta see this one -- nm - ty97 Jul 1, 19:00
- I was hoping you'd pop up here. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 18:59 1
  - Oh man I missed pharmacy discussion in the day! (when I was working, obvie) (nm) - Tim Jul 1, 19:52
odd, but fair enough - ty97 Jul 1, 18:57 5
- Actually it makes a lot of sense, chemically. Nicotine affects the same neurotransmitters as Wellbutrin. - loosilu Jul 1, 18:59
- oh, they were thrilled. Not sure how they found Chantix. might be similar. -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 18:58 3
  - Chantix is a new compound, not related to anti-depressants. -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 19:00 2
    - was it developed specifically for this purpose? -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 19:00 1
      - Looks like they were mucking around with a product used only in europe for smoking cessation and Chantix was derived from it. -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 19:02

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