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 | to stop smoking | Spaced out feeling, headaches & sleeplessness. Feel irritable or manic! | Was prescribed this approx 7 years ago & stopped completely on DAY 12 - for 11MONTHS. This time I have to stop for good- GP orders. My mind seems much more altered than the previous time & am finding it hard going. My stop day is 4 days away | F | 47 | 8 days 150mg 2X day | 5/4/2011 | 1 | Depression/Smoking Cessation | Insomnia, no appetite, horrific anxiety, vivid disturbing dreams, paranoia, zombie-like feeling. | I will never recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 29 | 6 days 150mg 1X day | 4/27/2011 | 1 | quitting cigarettes | Day 1 - Slight jumpiness during the day and at night trouble settling down. Day 2 - No desire to smoke. Had diahorrea. Could not sleep for hours. Day 3 - Diahorrea again. Began to twitch in bed again little sleep. Day 4 - Itchy anus, moderate rectal bleeding, again in bed very unpleasant twitching all night no sleep at all, spastic like twitching with arms and hands. | After these experiences I stopped immediately. Can't imagine anyone accepting these side effects is it me that is allergic? I am not allergic to anything else and tolerate new things easily. Other meds include multi vitamins and slow release tramadol for pain. | M | 59 | 4 days 150 1X day | 4/9/2011 | 3 | Stop Smoking & Depression | Trouble concentrating, not able to follow conversations, hallucinations, very long and vivid nightmares, upset stomach. | When I first started taking Zyban, I could barely speak, my speech was jumbled and I couldn't follow a conversation. I was also hallucinating, seeing mice, ghosts, bugs.. no joke. I'd have very long dreams, wake up feeling rested and realize I only slept for 1 hour. Extreme trouble falling asleep. I'd have one day where I was ok, and one day where I was miserable and crying the whole day. I also had a 'laughing attack' where I couldn't stop laughing for 5 mins, I thought I was going crazy!! So far, I've had one day of upset stomach (not the best thing when you're at work). But my mood has been a lot better lately. The cigarettes are getting cut down slowly each day, I went from a full pack to half a pack to about 8 a day now. I still need to set a quit date though. | F | 26 | 6 days 150mg 2X day | 4/6/2011 | 5 | To stop smoking | In the middle of week 3 started getting HIVES and literally havent stopped, - just in severity from really itchy head to one or two on my body, to all day long, going beserk at night, covering myself with calamine lotion which helps. Feel like ripping my skin off | Not sure if I should stop taking them. Gave up smoking on 4th day of week 2 and dont feel like one at all. This has worked for me although cant handle the hives. | F | 40 | 28 days 150mg 2X day | 3/24/2011 | 1 | Stopping Smoking | Agitation, memory loss, complete change of personality, angry and depressed most of the time. Constantly arguing with my husband, tired all the time. Nausea, loss of appetite. | This is a dangerous drug. I have stopped taking it after only 5 days and will look for other ways to stop smoking. The possible seriousness of side effects are not properly explained. This drug should not be on the market!!! | F | 65 | 5 days 150mg 2X day | 3/18/2011 | 3 | Stop Smoking | Pain in the right side of abdominal area. | If all I get is this pain, and I quit smoking I'll be happy. | M | 33 | 3 days 150mg 2X day | 3/5/2011 | 5 | Quit smoking | Dry mouth, heightend sex drive, slightly "trippy", blured vision if looking at a computer screen too much - but I think that may have to do with withdrawl | I started with one 150mg a day for 7 days while still smoking and was wondering what effect this drug was supposed to be having as I didn't feel any different whatsoever and was still smoking a pack of 25 a day. When I stepped up to two a day per instructions I immediately noticed that I wasn't particularly interested in smoking. When I did, it had no real effect and actually gave me a slight nausia. Having tried NRT products which just change the delivery mode for nicotine, Zyban has really worked for me. I have absolutely no desire to smoke, and on the odd occasion when I have been offered one socially, it did absolutely nothing for me, apart from make me feel slightly ill. | M | 42 | 30 days 150mg 2X day | 2/7/2011 | 4 | Quit smoking | Day 15 and still taking the Zyban. | Some of the side effects have gone but I think these were related to the nicotine withdrawl not the Zyban. The worst side effect for me has been a skin rash and not being able to sleep | M | 54 | 15 days 150 1X day | 2/1/2011 Patient History | 1 | quit smoking | blank mind, lost, scared, suicidal,bad dreams, wanted to give my wife and kids up, | on the 1st day it was great, i have ADHD so for me to concentrait was great, i did 10 hours of course work, but on the 2nd day things changed even tho i felt focused, i felt absent, like i had nothing to focus on, day 3 well thats when the aggression started, i was just angry about anything and everything, day 4, i hated my life questioned why i was with my wife, and why i put up with my 3 adhd kids, and just wanted to walk away, i felt like i just wanted to die, day 5 i woke up and just wanted to die, that day was the hardest, i was not a nice person to be around, and i realy beleive that if i had carried on taken them i would have taken my own life, if not something worse......i have been off them now for 4 days and now feel ok again, still feel a little agitated but nothing like i was, juat glad i realised what it was, and had the right mind to stop taking them, would not recomend them to anyone that lives alone, could be deadly. | F | 30 | 5 days 150mg 1X day | 1/29/2011 | 1 | Stop Smoking | Extreme blurred vision, Skin felt like I was covered in ants, Couldn't sit down, couldn't sleep, depressed, Start a sentence and forget, Couldn't remember 2 minutes before. | Totally felt like I was tripping. Walk out of a room and couldn't remember why. Dial a number forgot who I had called or why. Vision stayed tunnel vision,blurred for weeks after stopping. Unexplained depression, walk from room to room and stare as I couldn't sit more than a couple of minutes. Sent home from work, eyes dilated, shortness of breath. Needless to say, the rest went down the toilet, As I felt this was a very dangerous drug. | M | 48 | 2 days 2X day | 1/27/2011 | 4 | to stop smoking | Hot flushes. Think there could be hair loss. Dry mouth. | F | 53 | 56 days 150mg 2X day | 1/16/2011 | 4 | smoking cesstation | Mild headache just kicking in and some nausea. On day 13 I had blurred vision but it passed. Vivid dreams but sleep relatively OK. | From day 3 was happy to throw away cigarettes after 27 years of smoking! Hoping side effects don't get worse but will tough it out for a couple more weeks because I desperately want to be and remain a non-smoker - a few weeks of side effects seem small price compared to side effects of smoking or the drama of going cold turkey. That said I have been fearful of developing the depression/spacey side effects and if I do I would stop immediately (rather die happy with lung cancer!) | F | 41 | 2 weeks 2X day | 1/13/2011 | 1 | smoking cessation | Anxiety nervousness blurred vision nausea. Bad taste in mouth burning throat when smoking cold sweat tingling skin. Feeling "somewhere else" in my head... loopy. Doesn't make me want to quit smoking. Makes me want to stop the medication. Side effects not worth it and I'm afraid they could worsen. I have 4 children and prefer to be in a normal state of mind and being while I am caring for them which is always. I'm surprised I was even prescribed this mind altering medication when I have kids. | Don't like it. Don't reccommend it. | F | 28 | 2 days 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 3 | to quit smoking | anxiety, short attention span, thoughts all jumbled up, forgetfulness, blurred vision, jittery, ear and neck pain | I have not quit yet, but I figured out what helps immensely to cut down symptoms and wanted to share with everyone: avoid caffeine and drink lots of water. I was going nuts and didn't think I could take this anymore. I realized sometimes they were really bad and sometimes not so bad and thought it was my morning coffee. So one of the times it wasn't so bad, I grabbed a caffeine soda, and symptoms came back full blown in no time. I choked down several glasses of water and was much better in a short while. Your body is going through withdrawal because it THINKS it's not getting the nicotine even if you are still smoking. Drinking water clears the nicotine out quicker. Also, zyban effects the fluids in your body somehow, especially the sinuses, so caffeine basically makes you dehydrate really bad. That dehydration is probably causing the worse of the symptoms. | F | 40 | 8 days 150mg 1X day | 1/3/2011 | 3 | To quit smoking | The need to smoke and the cravings have decreased, but i do find that im moody, i snap at people (especially my boyfriend) without even thinking about it, tingling and shaky hands, dry mouth, constipation, shifty eyes, nervousness,feelng a bit disoriantated, zoning off. Ive noticed the dry mouth and nausea have decreased somewhat. Yesterday, the sleepless nights started, woke up at 2am this morning. dont really feel tired but i had a restless night, feels like my thoughts are just whirling through my mind. I feel like crying all the time, actually cried the whole night yesterday, only slept for about 2 hours and that was at 4am. Not much of an appetite. The metal taste in my mouth is really starting to get to me. I feel like crying for no given reason and have depressive moments during the day. i have quit before on zyban for about 2 months or so two years ago and i didnt experience these side effects. my mood swings and deressive stances are taking a toll on my relationship, my boyfr | F | 26 | 5 days 150mg 2X day | 12/6/2010 | 2 | To quit smoking | Sleeplessness, nightmares, sweats, feelings of apathy, unable to feel emotions, some feelings of worthlessness, aches and pains, bad taste in mouth, stomach pain. | Took it for 3 days before putting the remaining 6 weeks worth of pills down the sink. Zyban did reduce the urge to smoke, granted, but for what it was worth the side effects were too unpleasant. | M | 21 | 3 days 150mg 1X day | 12/1/2010 | 4 | Quit Smoking | Not sleeping, and something that people never had, a lot of energy. Apart from the energy, all is good. | So it is working out, and will still take for the next week. but slowly losing cravings, and the taste of a smoke is starting to become awful, so slowly cutting down. Dont feel Depressed. Very good drug to have. | M | 28 | 6 days 150mg 2X day | 11/27/2010 | 5 | Smoking cessation | No side effects that I was able to ascertain, aside from maybe not falling asleep as quickly after being woken in the middle of the night. | I was astonished at how effective this drug was (or perhaps it was placebo effect?), as it takes a week for it to reach saturation level in the body, and yet within 8 hours of the first dose I was not feeling withdrawal. It has been over a week thus far and still feel the same...uninterested. After 20 years of one pack/day. No other behavioral changes (aside from perhaps not being as quick to be annoyed by life!) can be noted. I will continue for the full three months just in case, but this is a more sensible option for quitting, since it doesn't involve continuing to put nicotine into your alreadt addicted system. That, and since it's now generic, much more afforable under insurance. | M | 38 | 3 months 150 2X day | 11/5/2010 | 4 | Quit smoking | Very effective in diminishing craving; have noticed slow increase in time each day, before I need to take it. | Exacerbated slight hand tremor, to point where whole arm shaking. And a marked loss of power to throw. Dr recommended back on to beta blocker, when shaking is bad. | M | 72 | 7 days 150mg 2X day | 10/28/2010 |