bupropion
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bupropion (uncountable)
(pharmacology) An antidepressant drug which is also given to relieve the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.
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According to NIMH, there have been reports that adding Wellbutrin (bupropion) or Viagra (sidenafil) to ongoing treatment has improved antidepressant associated sexual dysfunction in men.
Additional data accumulated for bupropion immediate-release suggests that the estimated seizure incidence increases almost tenfold between 450 and 600 mg/day.
A decade earlier, I’d taken Wellbutrin, a brand name for bupropion, which doesn’t target serotonin, and it hadn’t affected my writing; my depression, however, had persisted (and my weight had held steady).
A longer-term, placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal trial demonstrated the efficacy of bupropion HCl sustained-release in the maintenance treatment of MDD.
By contrast, among men there were no differences in the likelihood of successfully quitting smoking when given varenicline, bupropion or nicotine patch.
During a chronic dosing study with bupropion in 14 depressed patients with left dysfunction (history of CHF or an ), there was no apparent effect on the pharmacokinetics of bupropion or its metabolites, compared to healthy volunteers.