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| melaineperry
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:38 am |
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I am on my 10th day of taking Chantix. I am now taking 1 mg twice a day and I do think its helping with my urges.
I have been having sharp right sided0 chest pain since 6 pm last night and I am not sure if I should stop taking the pill or seek medical attention. I do not think its heart burn or reflux. I know that typically when women have chest pain they are told its heart burn. Could this just be an effect of not smoking as much or could this be a blood clot. I have done some research on this medication and I cannot find any information regarding chest pain or PE.
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| John Kenyon, CNA
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:19 pm |
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 Hi there --
While your chest pain, as described, does not sound at all cardiac-related (even for an otherwise healthy young woman, which is where so much of the confusion occurs due to atypical presentation), it's still not right, and may well be something else worthy of attention. While it could be related to smoking cessation (this is sometimes reported) and is almost certainly not due to Chantix, which can have some unwanted side effects, but this is not one of them. Most likely this is chest wall spasm, but it is worthy of evaluation, and one reason is the remote possibility of pulmonary embolism (PE) which can often occur without any remarkable warning symptoms (although there's usually significant warning) and almost always has other symptoms accompany it. I'd just prefer to be safe than sorry, and really doubt there's anything seriously wrong, but always will opt to err on the side of caution. Almost certain this is not heart-related nor Chantix-related, and probably muscular, but again, would prefer to err on the patient's behalf than to simply blow it off.
One thing you could do to rule out any of the above would be to do some manual pressing on the affected area, as well as some upper body twisting maneuvers and see if this aggravates the pains. If so, it's definitely musculoskeletal and over-the-counter pain meds should subdue it.
I hope this is helpful. Good luck to you. Please follow up here as needed.
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