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CORNYN LETTER TO VA on Chantix (PDF) 

I request your prompt attention to a troubling report released this morning by ABC News and the Washington Times. According to press accounts, Department of Veterans Affairs medical personnel have been subjecting some of our returning warriors to potentially dangerous clinical trials involving the anti-smoking drug Chantix. Specifically, this report alleges that VA doctors learned of possible serious side effects of this drug, including suicide and erratic behavior, but waited more than three months before warning veterans who had been a part of these studies.

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