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Varenicline Tartrate is the formal English name of the active
ingredient in Chantix. CHANTIX is an FDA approved prescription medicine to help adults
stop smoking. It is marketed in Europe under the name CHAMPIX.
A rose by any other name
You may tend to wonder if the Internet has caused people to forget how to spell. After all,
you find so many things spelled so many different ways. In the case of generic medication names,
much of the answer lies in the native languate of the writer.
Varenicline Tartrate is the official English name of the active ingredient in this new
Quit Smoking prescription drug. In the intenational community, this is the most likely spelling you will encounter.
If you come across Vareniclin Tartrat, it's not a typo, even if
the rest of the page is in English, the author will likely be from Germany or many
other eastern European country. Same alphabet, different spelling rules.
Then there is Vareniclina. This one should be fairly obvious, it
is the spelling used in Mexico, Central and South America, Portugal, etc. Basically,
and spanish or portuguese country.
Last but not least, Vareniclinum is not a joke. Latin is still
the basis
for medical terminology in many if not most countries, and many scandinavian
and eastern Eurpoe countries commonly use this spelling.
Whether you spell it Varenicline Tartrate, Vareniclin Tartrat,
Vareniclina, or Vareniclinum, they are all referring
to a new prescription drug by Pfizer marketed under the name Chantix in the US and
Champix in Europe. This drug has been designed to help you quit smoking.
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