Side effect information takes up 41 seconds of the advertisement, with about 20 seconds devoted to a warning that patients taking Chantix shouldstoptaking it if they experience agitation, suicidal thoughts or suicidal behavior.
Doctors caution that no patient should just stoptaking any cholesterol drug, because the life-saving benefits of the pills have been proven in large, well-designed studies.
Despite the fact that Tredaptive had not shown a benefit, the recommendation at that time was that patients should not start the drug but that those who were taking it did not need to stop.