What is Wellbutrin SR?
Wellbutrin SR®, a brand name of bupropion SR, is a sustained release version of bupropion, a norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI) used to treat major depressive disorder, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Treat my mood condition(s) | 30 |
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2 | |||
| Depression | 20 |
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5 | ||
| Major Depressive Disorder | 8 |
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3 | ||
| Other | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| low energy | 5 |
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2 | |||
| Problems concentrating | 3 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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5 | 36% |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 29% |
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 21% |
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Expense
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3 | 21% |
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 14% |
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Personal research
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1 | 7% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 7% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Cloe
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 3
- External Stress: Severe
- 47 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- Cloe
- since May 28, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Major Depressive Disorder
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Side Effects
Severe
- See full evaluation
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- rain or shine
- Sex: F
- Depression: 4
- Emotional: 4
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Low
- 46 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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- rain or shine
- 150 mg daily
- since Jan 01, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips When I first began treatment with Wellbutrin the side effects were anxiety and paranoia. After a few weeks the side effects went away. I began to feel better... See full evaluation
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- alans1957
- Sex: M
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 3
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Severe
- 52 M
- Function: Low
- Distress: High
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- alans1957
- 200 mg daily
- since Jan 07, 2009
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Efficacy
None
for Major Depressive Disorder
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips try it. keep it if it works.if not stop treatment See full evaluation
See all 13 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.