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Bupropion Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Bupropion XL, Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin XL (Show all)
Generic Name: Bupropion
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 taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression | 36 |
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4 | ||
| Other | 7 |
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3 | |||
| Fatigue | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Anxiety | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Depression with anxiety | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Smoking Cessation | 1 | 0 |
See all 48 patients currently taking Bupropion
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Bupropion. See all 11 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 38% |
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 38% |
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Other
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3 | 38% |
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Personal research
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1 | 13% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 13% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 13% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- Excclussive
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: unreported
- Physical Symptoms: unreported
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: unreported
- 540
- VL < 50
- See profile
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- Excclussive
- 2 x 150 mg/24 hours daily
- since Jun 01, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Depression
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- hopeful_taurian81
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: mild
- Physical Symptoms: none
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
- 727
- VL < 50
- See profile
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- hopeful_taurian81
- since Mar 13, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips It works. Just give it time. See full evaluation
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- toyotaas
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: mild
- Physical Symptoms: mild
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: mild
- 684
- VL < 50
- See profile
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- toyotaas
- 100 mg daily
- since Feb 11, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 8 patient evaluations
Report created on March 16, 2010.