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What is Bupropion?

Bupropion, a norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI) antidepressant is used for the treatment of major depressive disorder, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and as an adjunct in smoking cessation. Off label used for Attention-deficit/hyperactivity and bipolar disorders.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Depression 612 131
Treat my mood condition(s) 333 66
Other 93 22
Anxiety 49 11
Major Depressive Disorder 44 17
Bipolar Disorder 30 9

See all 1240 patients currently taking Bupropion


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
25 10%
Moderate
43 17%
Mild
72 29%
None
110 44%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth
25 10%
Dry mouth (xerostomia)
24 10%
Agitation
24 10%
Insomnia
23 9%
Shakiness
19 8%
Difficulty sleeping through night
18 7%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Bupropion. See all 49 dosages ►

  150mg as needed 300mg/24hours as needed 350 mg all the time (24/7) daily 0.5 mg daily 1 daily 1 mg daily 3 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 40 mg daily 300 mg weekly 45 mg daily 50 mg daily 55 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 g daily 150 mcg daily 150 mg/24 hours daily 150 mg daily 200 mcg daily 200 mg daily 1.5 x 150 mg/24 hours daily 225 mg daily 250 mg daily 2 x 150 mg/24 hours daily 2 x 150 mg/24 hours one time 300 daily 300 mg/24 hours daily 300 mg daily 325 mg daily 348 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 1.5 x 300 mg/24 hours daily 3 x 150 mg/24 hours daily 450 mg daily 500 mg daily hydrobromide 522 mg/24 hours daily 2 x 300 mg/24 hours daily 4 x 150 mg/24 hours daily 600 mg daily 1000 mg daily 13500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 35 Number of Patients: 35 1 Number of Patients: 1 78 Number of Patients: 78 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 104 Number of Patients: 104 206 Number of Patients: 206 1 Number of Patients: 1 97 Number of Patients: 97 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 204 Number of Patients: 204 288 Number of Patients: 288 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 43 Number of Patients: 43 1 Number of Patients: 1 22 Number of Patients: 22 63 Number of Patients: 63 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Bupropion (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
77 31% Did not seem to work: 31%
Side effects too severe
77 31% Side effects too severe: 31%
Doctor's advice
68 27% Doctor's advice: 27%
Other
59 24% Other: 24%
Expense
22 9% Expense: 9%
Personal research
12 5% Personal research: 5%
Course of treatment ended
11 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%
Not indicated
7 3% Not indicated: 3%

See all 240 patients who’ve stopped taking Bupropion

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Bupropion

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
16
30
64
137
140
263

Stopped Taking Bupropion

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
48
37
45
35
31
47

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
200 80%
Usually
41 16%
Sometimes
3 1%
Never
6 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
20 8%
Somewhat
18 7%
A little
52 21%
Not at all
160 64%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
5 2%
$100-199
5 2%
$50-99
16 6%
$25-49
22 9%
< $25
127 51%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.