Bupropion XL (bupropion) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Bupropion
What is Bupropion XL?
Bupropion XL is an extended-release version of bupropion, a norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor (NDRI) used for the treatment of depression. It is also approved for the prevention of seasonal affective disorder.
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) | 23 |
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10 | |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 9 |
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4 | ||
| Depression | 9 |
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3 | |||
| Problems concentrating | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| counter sexual side effects of Fluvox | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Bupropion XL. See all 11 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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6 | 43% |
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 36% |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 21% |
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Personal research
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2 | 14% |
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Other
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1 | 7% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- MissSwan
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Moderate
- 55 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- MissSwan
- 300 mg/24 hours daily
- since Dec 05, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Major Depressive Disorder
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips Hard withdrawl See full evaluation
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- GoldThreads
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Moderate
- 50 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- GoldThreads
- 150 mg daily
- since Nov 06, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips 150 mg. is usually too much for me. 100 mg. was too little. I read that treatments for overdosing include ventilation (so I get out in fresh air), activated ... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 23, 2009.