ZYBAN Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (580 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ZYBAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYBAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Quit smoking | Sleeplessness first few weeks. Loss of sex drive, erectial dysfunction, anxiousness, dry mouth. | It will decrease nicotine cravings, but you have to put up with a load of crap. Beats smoking however. I'm just glad I'm off the stuff now and my life is back to normal. | M | 46 | 55 days | 5/18/2005 | 3 | quit smoking | the 1st couple days were great: i felt good and found myself 'forgetting' to smoke. But then i followed directions and smoked 'normally': there was a tightness in my head and confusion as the quit date approached: but i was determined to stay with it. But on about day seven i awoke, looked in the mirror and had blood in the white of one eye. Scared, i quit the pills and never made it to the 2nd stage. | I'm about to try again. All the doctors i've spoken to say there is no connection. But after research, i'm not so sure. Thanks to all who've posted: i will definitely NOT be increasing the dosage to 2 pills a day!!! Like condoms i think zyban should be free. ps: in my opinion, light headedness, vertigo,dizzyness,etc. are NOT due to nicotine withdrawl, but due to the sudden rush of oxygen that the brain has been deprived of from smoking!!! Doctors (gp's in particular) are dumb (selfish): 19th century: age of reason, 20th century: age of analysis,21st century: age of UNCERTAINTY: USE YOUR COMMON SENSE! | M | 46 | 7 days | 5/9/2005 | 3 | Stop Smoking | Hives, stomach aches, severe chest pains. | This is the second time that I have been on Zyban, the first time I quit for almost a year (364 days), that was almost four years ago. Side effects are a little different this time. First time had bad stomach aches, panic attacks, rapid and irregular heartbeat. I have not smoked in almost two months. Upon my doctors recommendation I was going to take the meds for a year, unfortunately I have changed my mind. Within the last week I have experienced severe symptons which I thought were unrelated to the Zyban, I was wrong, the hives are driving me absolutely bonkers and the severe chest and arm pain scared the heck out of me, I thought that I was having a heart attack. Once I found this web page I realized that it was the meds. I'm done now, I'm not taking it any more. There are a couple of good things that came out of taking it, I'm sleeping better and I have an increased libido. I'm going to do my best to stick with quitting because I don't ever want to take Zyban ever again. | F | 37 | 9 weeks | 5/7/2005 | 3 | To Quit Smoking | I feel like I am wired and tired at the same time. Just started my 2 pills a day a couple of days ago, and haven't slept more than 3 or 4 hours a night. I am very moody, with anger (especially at drivers) on the top of the mood list. I am very forgetful, and find myself having migraine type headaches. | This may sound odd, and I'd appreciate some feedback from anyone. I seem to have an increased desire to smoke, I don't know if it's the light headedness, or the fact that time seems to not move. Has this, or is this happening to anyone else? | M | 37 | 6 days | 5/4/2005 | 1 | Stop smoking | Hives Hives Itchy Hives-Didn't feel it was doing anything to help me stop smoking. | I took Zyban for 7 days and then broke out in hives from head to toe. Went to ER for adrenaline shot and steroids which I will be on for a week. I have never ever had an allergic reaction to any drug--this is a first. Hives seem so subide and then the itching starts and they return--awful. | M | 30 | 7 days | 4/30/2005 | 4 | Quit smoking | Hives ... starting on hands and feet ... then EVERYWHERE. Benedryl helped some. Ended up having to have Dr. prescribe steriods. | It definitly helped me quit smoking. Within 1st week ... before start date ... stopped craving cigarettes. Then the cigs didn't give me much pleasure. By my quit date, had last cig without withdrawl. Stopped zyban day after quit smoking due to itchy hives. Worth the hives to quit. | F | 39 | 10 days | 4/25/2005 | 3 | To Quit Smoking | Dry mouth, agitation, crying, hysteria, reduced depression | Zyban helped me to stop smoking and lessened depression. I haven't had a cigarette in 3+ months. But lately I'm much more agitated, cry easily, and work myself into hysteria when life stress feels overwhelming. I am tapering down and will stop taking the drug next week. | F | 54 | 3 months | 4/16/2005 | 5 | quit smoking | In the first 2 days I felt 'out of it'. kinda floaty, but after that I feel great. It hasn't effected my sleep at all, actually sleeping better (Had bad sleeping habits before). No side effects really. | This is the best way to quit smoking. I have been taking it for 4 weeks and quit after day 7. I can be around friends that smoke and don't crave it. every now and then I get a little craving but that subsides, as per normal of quitting. You really do have to set a quit day and stick to it. I spose not for everybody but if you can take it, then do it. | F | 23 | 4 weeks | 4/11/2005 | 5 | To quit smoking | The only side effect I've experienced is a bit of trouble sleeping and vivid dreams. | Eliminates cravings. In eight days, I've gone from smoking a pack a day to 10 cigarettes a day. Zyban has given me the confidence to KNOW I will be able to quit. Wish I'd started on Zyban years ago. | F | 49 | 8 days | 4/10/2005 | 5 | Quit Smoking | At first I was tired and had a mild headache- for the first two days or so, but then these side-effects subsided and I experienced insomnia- waking up during the night a lot. | It's been eleven days of being a non-smoker. I have much more energy. I feel alot better all the way around because I'm not depressed anymore. I am exercising every day too, which is a good side effect! Over all, I find the drug to be a godsend. | F | 36 | 6 weeks | 4/9/2005 | 3 | Quit Smoking | It's only my 2nd day on this stuff and already I don't like it. I have been getting a loud ringing in my ears, headaches, I'm really tired and off in another world aswell as having the shakes. | If my smoking doesn't decrease soon and I can't see any beneficial effects from this drug then I will stop taking it. So far not so good. | F | 28 | 2 days | 4/8/2005 | 1 | To Quit Smoking | I have started to go nuts! I feel as if everyone is out to get me, I shake, have a constant mild headache, feel as if I am in a haze. All the sudden want to cry, and I NEVER cry! I do not recommend this drug. | F | 27 | 7 days | 4/8/2005 | 5 | quit smoking | I felt very high and energetic, curbed this energy with increasing my exercise resume, which assisted with weight management whilst quitting smoking. Was unable to wind down easily at night, but eventually developed short sleep cycles awakening 2 x 3 times a night. Digestive problems, relating to difficulty with bowels but not necessarily constipated. Symptoms were quite tolerable in making the goal ahead of quitting smoke achievable. Have not smoked now for 6 months, do not feel like having a cigarette, can now be around other smokers and really cannot remember being a smoker. Concentrated on my health and weight have lost 5 kgs in the process of changing my whole lifestyle with being a non smoker, eating very healthy and nutritional meals and regularly exercising. Never felt better. | F | 12 weeks | 4/6/2005 | 1 | Quit smoking | Once I hit two tabs a day: shakiness, nervousness, anger, irrationality, depression. Very mood-altering and not for the good. Side-effects were completely beyond my ability to handle. | Couldn't last more than a week on this due to aweful side-effects and it never seemed to have an effect on my urge to smoke. | M | 44 | 7 days | 4/5/2005 | 2 | to quit smoking | 03/2005 Irritable, depression, diarrhea, vivid dreams. Depression started 3 days into taking this so I found this site by looking up the side effects. I don't think I ever experience the | Couldn't tell a difference in cravings. Read alot of these posts and it scares the hell out of me. I'm not taking it anymore because I'd like to keep my sanity. I hope the damage isn't already done and the depression leaves as quickly as it came. | F | 38 | 5 days | 3/31/2005 | 2 | to quit smoking | 03/2005 Irritable, depression, diarrhea, vivid dreams. Depression started 3 days into taking this so I found this site by looking up the side effects. Never experienced the | Couldn't tell a difference in cravings. Read alot of these posts and it scares the hell out of me. I'm not taking it anymore because I'd like to keep my sanity. I hope the damage isn't already done and the depression leaves as quickly as it came. | F | 38 | 5 days | 3/31/2005 | 5 | To Quit Smoking | Occasional ringing in the ears. Diarrhea, sour stomach, slight shakiness. | Absolutely stops the craving. The side effects that other people are describing i.e. suicidal thoughts, anger, headache are all signs of nicotine withdrawal not Zyban side effects! Haven't smoked for 3 weeks and have no desire to! | M | 3 weeks | 3/29/2005 | 1 | smoking | All I have to say is that Zyban is very bad to the human mind. I got them to quit smoking and started to trip out on them (Not intentionaly). Then I learned my friends would purchase them to take like it was cheap XTC. I could not sleep, I was very dehydrated and had vivid dreams for four nights. I could not function well at work. | Zyban is an Anti Depressant, everybody knows that. What people don't know is what it will do to your mind and how it will make you feel. The first doctor told me nothing of this so I went to another doctor just to see what he would say. Nothing of the effects. In fact The Zyban company pays these Doctors to prescribe this drug, so they hand it out like candy and do not inform the public to the affects. If I want to trip I will do XTC, LSD or Mushrooms, atleast then I know what will happen | M | 24 | 4 days | 3/29/2005 | 1 | Quit Smoking | Only been taking the drug for about a week. At first it was fine, didn't want to smoke and felt it was quite easy to go without smokes even before my quit date. However on days6-7 started to feel edgy, experiencing poor sleep and feel like I am about to have a panic attack at any time. VERY short tempered, headaches, anxiety and snapping at people for no reason. | Wasn't warned about these side effect before I started taking the medicine. I wouls reccomend other forms of quitting and if you have ever had Mental Health issues I would NOT reccomend this drug. I really feel that the problems listed here should be taken into account more when this drug is being prescribed. | M | 28 | 10 days | 3/26/2005 | 5 | Quit smoking | I took one pill a day for 6 days and now am on 2 a day. Since day one I have had MAJOR insomnia (wide awake at 3am every night) and a little bit of shaking in the afternoons. | I'm recently married and starting a family soon. Quitting smoking before I even begin to try to get pregnant is really important to me. From day 1 of Zyban I have smoked fewer and fewer cigarettes. Since starting I just | F | 33 | 9 days | 3/17/2005 |