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Varenicline and suicide
Risk of psychiatric side effects with varenicline
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b4964 (Published 01 December 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4964
- Thomas J Moore, senior scientist1,
- Curt D Furberg, professor2
- 1Institute For Safe Medication Practices, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA
- 2Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA
- tmoore{at}ismp.org
Gunnell and colleagues report “no clear evidence” that varenicline, a drug to aid smoking cessation, is associated with suicidal behaviours.1 This finding is directly contradicted by a strong signal seen in the most recent data from the UK’s yellow card system (table⇓).2
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