Pfizer, a world famous pharmaceutical company has come out with a new quit smoking prescription drug that goes by the name of Chantix and which is in fact a drug that also enjoys FDA approval. Most people must already be aware of this excellent and new quit smoking prescription drug because it is being heavily advertised and the message that comes across is that it is a good idea to ask your doctor about how this new quit smoking prescription drug will help you quit the smoking habit.

Generic Name Of Varenicline

This new quit smoking prescription drug has the generic name of Varenicline though at present Pfizer’s drug is not available in its generic form and therefore when you go out to buy Chantix you will be forced into paying a somewhat higher price. Nevertheless, Varenicline contains a compound that is toxic by nature and which is known as Cystine and in its previous quit smoking drugs, Pfizer was selling products that contained ingredients that were similar to but not the same as Cystine.

It is not possible for pharmaceutical companies to produce Cystine that is a compound that occurs naturally; these companies are therefore forced into producing what are known as ‘derivatives’ which need to be produced in laboratories. This in turn means that new quit smoking prescriptions cannot contain Cystine and instead contain Varenicline which is Pfizer’s patented synthetic compound that tries to mimic Cystine.

The main benefit of using Cystine is that in a proper dosage it can help block your body’s response to the presence of nicotine. This is also however witnessed in the new quit smoking prescription drug called Zyban that contains a compound that essentially does what Cystine does and that is reduces the amount of pleasure felt by smokers when they draw on their cigarettes. Even Chantix that is yet another new quit smoking prescription drug can do the same and so, both these new quit smoking prescription drugs help lower a smoker’s desire to smoke.

It must however be stressed that neither Zyban nor Chantix are any kind of magic pills and that they will be most effective only when used as part of a counseled quit smoking plan. Pfizer of course touts its Chantix to be superior to Zyban though there is no conclusive evidence to back up these claims.

There is a lot of merit in regard to using Chantix that is certainly one of the better prescription quit smoking pills available on the market today. At the very least, Chantix uses a novel means of getting smokers to give their habit by limiting the smoker’s urge to light up.