It was launched as a wonder drug. A tablet to take the pain out of kicking the killer weed.
Since it appeared on the market two years ago in the UK, almost 400,000 prescriptions for Champix have been written.
Across the world, that figure is currently sitting at nine million.
It’s a life-saver for thousands - but the side-effects can be devastating.
A year after he’d undergone treatment for cancer of the tonsils, Richard Wayman felt a painful tingling in his legs. Within weeks, the 59-year- old shopkeeper was struggling to walk. He was admitted to hospital, where doctors carried out scans, X-rays and tests.
A volunteer testing a new treatment died after doctors ‘missed’ a side effect, his wife tells our correspondent
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