ZYBAN Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.2 (580 Ratings)

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ZYBAN  (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is used in combination with a stop-smoking program (e.g., support group, counseling) to help you quit smoking. Bupropion can decrease your nicotine withdrawal symptoms (e.g., irritability, anxiety, restlessness) and your urge to smoke. Quitting smoking decreases your risk of heart and lung disease, as well as cancer. This medication belongs to a class of medications known as antidepressants. It is not known exactly how bupropion works to reduce smoking urges. It may work by restoring the balance of certain natural chemicals (neurotransmitters) in the brain. Discuss the risks and benefits of this medication, as well as other ways to quit smoking (such as nicotine replacement treatment), with your doctor.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-05-14 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYBANCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  Depression None F 34 5 months
150mg 1X day
11/18/2023
 1   Horrible. Terrifying in fact. Left me with hectically worse depression, anger, depersonalisation. Be careful with this medication. If you can fight without it, a better option. Worsened my depression and anxiety tenfold still suffering 2 months off. M 53 2 months
1X day
5/24/2023
 1  My husband took to stop smoking Zyban send my husband into psychosis. In and out for a week then he finally snapped . He stabbed me multiple times in a psychotic rage . Three months later he committed suicide. So please don't put your family through the hell that I went through. M 43 5 months
1X day
2/20/2023
 2  Depression I originally took Prozac as an anti-depressant, as I had stopped, smoking, drinking, drugs, the whole lot.. I knew there would be withdrawals from these things, but the Prozac didn't work and made me feel weird.. My specialist then suggested I try Zyban bupropion in other words as an alternative I was very hesitant because I have trained my brain to be anti-drugs, but I gave it a go.. I was okay for about a week, but by about day eight or nine, I started to have very dry mouth, no appetite and extremely hard to sleep, and when I did sleep crazy, violent nightmares, extremely violent!!! I've been feeling vague and surreal, wandering around the house like a zombie.. Today is day 16 and I'm coming off them. I don't know if it's just me with antidepressants but this stuff didn't agree with me. M 59 15 days
150mg 1X day
1/5/2023
 3  Depression No side effects at all Came to find out about Bupropion (Wellbutrin/zyban) myself while scrolling through the internet for an antidepressant that did not cause weight gain. I started on Sertraline in 2019 and it was fantastic, turned my life around within a week. Slowly increased the dose over 3 years until I was on 150mg, the low sex drive and weight gain of 18lbs was really getting me down. I asked the GP about bupropion he said it was only prescribed here in the UK off label but he was happy to let me give it a go. No side effects at all while coming off Sertraline and starting Zyban so much so I felt as though it was not working, 4 months in I am now taking 150mg twice a day, I still just do not feel like it is cutting the mustard, GP said I can increase to 3 times a day but I'm just not sure, I have lost no weight at all which was the main reason I started this pill, was hoping for a miracle I suppose… F 32 4 months
150mg 2X day
7/31/2022
 1  Stop smoking Anger, depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, restless Don't put yourself through it, it's not worth your mental health! Dr assured me I'd be fine, I am NOT fine, serious outbursts of severe anger, mental breakdown at day 12, stopped the tablets immediately. F 44 12 days
2X day
6/10/2022
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 4  Nerve pain Dry mouth , headache , sleeplessness lasted about 2wks Read about on net for nerve damage and spoke to doc as was on to many painkillers , took pain down 50% and now manageable with a lot less codine M 57 100 days
150 1X day
12/29/2021
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 4  Stop smoking Severe Anxiety and depression, crying fits, hard to sleep, decreased appetite, restlessness and pacing, lack of focus and motivation, suicidal thoughts. Felt like I was going insane. Scared myself enough to wean off and stop the pills. I wanted to quit smoking and I did. Easily, and I couldn't be happier. I was aware of the side effects going in and had support when I was experiencing my artificial reality. When it got more than I could handle I went back to 1 pill a day for a couple of days then I stopped. Feeling confident with not smoking because it felt easy and I also am not going thru the emotional roller coaster ever again. I would recommend for smoking only if you are fully aware of the side effects AND have a support system to talk you thru them, realizing you are experiencing an "artificial reality". F 50 54 days
150mg 2X day
8/17/2020
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 5  Quit smoking Twenty years ago. A four week prescription followed by an other4 week prescription. I stopped smoking instantly, maybe because I really wanted to . The side effects were waking up at 4.20 most mornings and I became paranoid and my wife threw the last 2 weeks tablets away. The job was done by then. I have had absolutely no cravings since giving up. M 67 8 weeks
?? 1X day
8/10/2020
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 1  Anxiety My doctor put me onto Zyban as the escitalopram that I had been of for 6 years seemed to be not working. I was gaining weight and struggling to lose it. I started zyban 3 weeks ago. I stopped my escitalopram tapering it off in 4 days and adding zyban in once a day at first then two a day. The first week I noticed I wasn't as hungry and had Wicked dry mouth..so i was drinking lots of water..doesnt sound so bad does it. By the second week..i started having panic attacks..started to lose my personality..and became depressed. I lost 7 kgs in 3 weeks The third week..this past week...has quite literally been a nightmare. I had derealisation..feeling like you are in a world that isn't real...and it was scary. I couldn't sleep..when I did I had vivid dreams. I went to my dr 5 times in the 3 weeks and she was adamant this drug was the right one for me..i just had to ride the side effects out. The day after a drs visit I called the ambulance. I felt like i was going to pass out..probably from lack of food.. or pure fear. I went to the dr again the next day (yep should probably have a mug with my name on it by now) and she said to keep taking lorazepam to squash the side effects and assured me again..this too shall pass. That night ( last night) I hit rock bottom. I felt like i was a burden to my family. I would never hurt myself im too scared of dying..but i just felt like a massive burden and a complete mess. I emailed the drs and told them to ring me immediately in the morning. F 29 3 weeks
300mg 2X day
8/5/2020
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 3  To stop smoking Dizzy surreal shaky blurred existence. Couldn't drive anymore, couldn't sleep. Felt mentally vacant, docile, slurred speech. Had to have ambulance for suspected stroke ECG and MRI scan and hours in hospital. Not a stroke just physically shaken drained and a complete mess. Felt on the verge of seizure constantly. Was a struggle to hold on to consciousness and reality. Works for stopping smoking but the side effects are immensely dangerous to the very life you're trying to save from smoke. Just seems a guarantee of a quicker death. Was advised by every doctor I saw in the past 5 days (because of the side effects) to stop taking. Started smoking again immediately. F 49 14 days
150
5/27/2020
 1  To stop smoking Extreme debilitating panic attacks I am sure this drug is good for some people but it ruined my life for 3 years or so, from a position of having no mental health issues at all. Looking back I think I was experiencing work anxiety and occasional panic attacks - as such, I should never had really started taking them but I thought it was super important to stop smoking. Upon taking my tablet on day 6 I felt extremely ill and thought I was going to have a heart attack. It turned out to be a panic attack and these continued for 3 years, sometimes up to 30 or so times a day. Very slowly due to counselling and a short period of medication my panics grew less and less. I do not think Zyban was in itself the cause of my panic attacks but I believe it triggered them. I have never smoked since but it was a heavy price to pay - I simply can't recommend it for anyone as it truly ruined my life for 3 years. I was about 32 at time of treatment. M 50 7 days
1X day
5/20/2020
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 2  Stop smoking Severe anxiety (I had to be put on anxiety medications), depression symptoms (difficult to find the motivation to do anything), and general feeling of going insane. This absolutely works to help you quit smoking. I’m a 1 pack/ day smoker and over the past week I have smoked less than half of a pack 38 8 days
300mg
9/24/2019
 5  smoking cessation woke up 2 separate nights and had trouble falling alseep but it passed. No side effects. if anything its a great mood stabilizer while trying to quit took 150 mg one a day X 3 days. increased to 150 mg twice a day. cut down to 2-3 cigs a day after day 3 and completely by day 9. No increased food cravings. Wonderful medicaiton! F 34 14 days
150 mg 2X day
1/18/2019
 5  Smoking Cessation Insomnia, vivid dreams, increased ability to focus, euphoric sensation. After four days of using Zyban I've gone from smoking 15+ per day to 2 or 3 out of habit. I've lost the sense of enjoyment completely. Side effects are strong, but honestly I would rather deal with them than with the constant realization that I'm killing myself by smoking. F 22 21 days
150Mg 2X day
9/2/2017
 5  stop smoking A little spacy for a week. Unemotional feeling. Loss of appetite. Dry mouth . Smoker for 35 years.20 a day. Gave up second week. Easy feel great. Sleep well. Take first tablet early 7.30 second tab 2.30 afternoon. No later or you don't sleep. F 50 4 weeks
150 2X day
6/2/2017
 5  Quit smoking Insomnia homicidal suicidal sex crazed weird dreams drymouth Works great M 41 5 weeks
150mg
5/8/2016
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 5  Stop Smoking Headache, kind of like a dizzy-spacey feeling in the head, trouble staying asleep, anxiety I gave Zyban a rating of 5 because it helped me to stop smoking, but I would not recommend Zyban. The side effects are just too many and too strong. I took 1 tablet a day for 3 days and then started 2x a day, that was the day I quit. I had 3 cigarettes and the last one tasted so foul, so metallic, I just put it out and haven't smoked since. I can't say I don't have an occasional urge, but the urge is small and I can basically just say no to the urge, and it simply goes away. I guess it gives different people different side effects, but it did work for me. M 48 7 days
150 MG 2X day
3/18/2016
 3  to quit smoking Agitated, can't sleep yawning alot moody Have only 3cigg since my quit date September 15,15 F 58 1 months
10/17/2015
 5  to quit smoking vertigo, dry mouth, constipation, anxiety, weird dreams Zyban was a miracle. I used it to quit smoking 13+ years ago on the recommendation of my doc. the first week I experienced a lot of side effects, including anxiety around those side effects, but a friend who had taken Wellbutrin previous to my treatment assured me that the side effects would lessen once my body became acclimated to the drug, and convinced me to give it a week to 10 days. My directions had been to set a Quit Date but to continue smoking, and begin taking the medication. At around Day 3 or 4, my cigs started tasting strange... kind of like when you smoke a brand that isn't your own brand. I started smoking less and less as the cigarettes didn't really appear to be doing anything... they tasted bland and flat. By Day 10 (my Quit Day), I basically had lost interest in smoking. That was in March of 2002, and I haven't smoked since. I should add here that I had a very strong intention to quit smoking. I wanted to become a non-smoker after watching my father die of emphysema and my mother several years earlier die of acute pulmonary disease and pneumonia which she did not recover from because of her smoking. I had smoked for 32 years. This drug saved my life. F 61 30 days
150mg 2X day
10/3/2015
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ZYBAN  (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is used in combination with a stop-smoking program (e.g., support group, counseling) to help you quit smoking. Bupropion can decrease your nicotine withdrawal symptoms (e.g., irritability, anxiety, restlessness) and your urge to smoke. Quitting smoking decreases your risk of heart and lung disease, as well as cancer. This medication belongs to a class of medications known as antidepressants. It is not known exactly how bupropion works to reduce smoking urges. It may work by restoring the balance of certain natural chemicals (neurotransmitters) in the brain. Discuss the risks and benefits of this medication, as well as other ways to quit smoking (such as nicotine replacement treatment), with your doctor.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-05-14 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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