Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Tartrato de vareniclina
Varenicline tartrate (vuh-REN-ih-klin TAR-trayt)
A drug used to help people stop smoking by acting the same way nicotine acts in the brain. It is a type of nicotine receptor partial agonist. Also called Chantix.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.