Bupropion Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Wellbutrin XL, Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR (Show all)
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 | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Depression | 230 |
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| Other | 34 |
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| Anxiety | 25 |
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| Mood swings | 11 |
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| Fatigue | 10 |
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4 | ||
| Anxiety and frustration | 10 |
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See all 333 patients currently taking Bupropion
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Bupropion. See all 26 dosages ►
| 300mg/24hours as needed | daily | 15 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 40 mg daily | 300 mg weekly | 75 mg daily | 80 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 150 g daily | 150 mg/24 hours daily | 150 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 225 mg daily | 2 x 150 mg/24 hours daily | 300 daily | 300 mg/24 hours daily | 300 mg daily | 325 mg daily | 350 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 3 x 150 mg/24 hours daily | 450 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 4 x 150 mg/24 hours daily | 13500 mg daily | ||
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11
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1
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17
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1
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23
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1
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34
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45
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32
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2
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10
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3
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48
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75
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8
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14
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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15 | 33% |
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Other
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11 | 24% |
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Doctor's advice
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9 | 20% |
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Side effects too severe
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7 | 16% |
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Expense
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7 | 16% |
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Course of treatment ended
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4 | 9% |
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Personal research
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3 | 7% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 2% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 36 patient evaluations
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- dschipman
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- dschipman
- 150 mg/24 hours daily
- since Apr 03, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Other
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips This medicine has helped me curb my need for nicotine, but has caused major moodiness and dizziness. See full evaluation
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- Oneida
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- Oneida
- 100 mg daily
- since Mar 10, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Depression
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- NW native son
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- NW native son
- 300 mg daily
- since Mar 19, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Depression
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 36 patient evaluations
Report created on November 20, 2009.