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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ZYBAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | To quit smoking | Side effects, yes it was there. could not sleep at night, after every hour I was wide awake, it felt like an alarm that trigger my brain to be awake every hour.was a bit dizzy, mouth dry, but at least it does not increase my appetite(a bonus) there! | I am clean now for 22 days, and I was smoking for 22 years! I feel great, my kids was the driven source, they was scared I will die. Sometimes the cravings is there, if I only could have one puff, but it only last for 5min, and the craving is gone. I must say, my skin look healthier, I breath easier, smell fresh at least, and now I can kiss my children on the mouth, without even feeling quilty!So for all my partners in crime, be strong...If you cannot sleep at night, try to reduce the intake of pills for only one a day, that works wonders for me!Now i sleep peacefully, after reducing the pills. There is no side effects after that. Decrease it, iso INCREASE it!!! | F | 39 | 22 days | 5/14/2009 | 5 | Quit Smoking | Having Chest tightness daily. At first was real scared...thinking heart attack, but now reading all of the other comments, it appears this is a side effect. | I have been smoke free for 7 days now. No desire to have a cigarette, and will never go back to smoking. I feel 100 percent better and am very proud of myself! I do wonder though when I can stop taking the Zyban? Will I get cravings back for cigarettes? I stopped smoking the first day I started Zyban, but only because I wanted to know I had the desire to do it and not just the drug working. Day 1-3 were tough, but by day 4 when taking 2 pills per day........no desire at all! | F | 39 | 7 days | 1/15/2007 | 5 | smoking censation | Not many and most wear off with in one week. Here's a list, but remember, when you smoke cigarettes, you get symptoms. decrease appetite, decrease sensitivity of your taste buds, lightheadedness, Coughing, nausea, yellow teeth & fingers. The Zyban side effects> dry mouth, very slight dizziness, decreased appetite. all decreased after one week. Good luck! Remember NOT to drink any ALCOHOL when taking Zyban or Wellbutrin. Really works folks!! | And the most scary is CANCER! Believe me! I work in the hospital and i see so many die from it or need portable oxygen where ever they go. Zyban is an amazing drug!! I quit smoking on the 10 day. It's been 3 weeks since i had a cigarette and i don't miss it at all! I mean that! I'm so happy! After all, it is an antidepressant. Zyban for me, started to work on the 7 day. The taste of the cigarette was like smoking the most stale cigarette i ever tasted! In an hour i tried another Newport and it was more stale then the previous one. I stated rating the cigarettes on a rating scale > 0-10. 10 being the most enjoyment from the cigarette or 0 enjoying it the least. I guarantee you'll rate the cigs less and less. When i got to a {2 out 10}, I said to myself no need to smoke anymore. Not enjoying it. Zyban is beginning to work with the taste. after 3 weeks or so, the medicine boosts your mood and helps with OCD{Obsessive Compulsive Disorder} See, smoking is a form of OCD. Now your no | M | 39 | 18 days | 9/14/2005 | 4 | STOP SMOKING | Dry mouth, tremors, cant sleep,irritable, on edge, headaches, | Have stopped smoking on day 9,dont know if I can carry on due to the side effects,I am snapping at the least little thing. Have got to stop and think even when doing simple things like making tea.I am only sleeping for an hour or two at a time. I would like to carry on with the course and will give it my best shot if my partner doesnt loss it with me before then!!! | F | 39 | 11 days | 12/16/2006 | 4 | To stop smoking | No discenible side effects until after about two weeks when I began to get itches primarily on my hands on feet. The itch then moved to other parts of my body. My doctor I found the itching to be more of a nuisance than anything else. My doctor warned me about a possible side effect of itching/hives. He examined me and offered me a choice of coming off Zyban or staying with it for the recommended 7 - 12 weeks and taking Benadryl for the itching. I had smoked a pack a day for 23 years and have managed to remain completely smoke free since I quit smoking two weeks ago. I haven't had any cravings, the most difficult part of giving up for me is getting out of the "habit" of smoking. | The side effects were worth it versus the damage caused by continuing to smoke. I would recommend it with regular check ups with the doc. | M | 39 | 3 weeks | 11/5/2005 | 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 | 4 | To help quit smoking | Insomnia,not getting much sleep feel tired in the afternoon when I am at work. Seem to have slightly higher energy levels, got through a one hour session of football without stopping, this was quite amazing considering I had not played for 2 years. Felt like I was not all there, when i moved up to two tablets per day, I did not beleive it was a good idea to drive. My nurse advised me to take one per day. They have helped me to stop smoking. | M | 39 | 15 days | 11/30/2007 | 3 | quit smoking | little bit "outer body", vary between energetic and enthusiastic, to a bit down. | Day 4 - will have 2 today. only slept 4 hour's last night. Have been mod. drinking - Definitely decreases tolerance level. Haven't really notice any "bad" side effects that would make me want to stop taking zyban. Craving for smoking decreased - not as much as I'd hoped, but find I am smoking just because that's what I have done for last 20yrs. Smoking much less and think I will be able to stop on day 10 as agreed with Dr. | F | 39 | 5 days 150mg 2X day | 9/4/2010 | 1 | Smoking Cessation | I took Zyban (bupropion) over six months ago to quit smoking. I relapsed about six weeks ago after some significant stress in my life. About two weeks into this last round my throat became sore to the point that I saw the Dr. Negative throat culture but Doctor felt something going on-extremely swollen glands, small lesions on tonsils. Gave me Z-pac-no help. It never dawned on me until 2 days ago that my sore throat coincided with starting this drug. My throat was constantly, excruciatingly sore for 6 weeks!! I quit the Zyban and within 24 hours my sore throat was gone | I also had vague symptoms such as sexual dysfunction, short term memory loss, chills, cough, headaches | F | 39 | 6 weeks 75mg 2X day | 9/4/2011 | 1 | Quit Smoking | Hives VERY badley, worse on my back,neck and hands then eventually breaking out on my face above my eyes............very scarey. Also a tightening round my chest, like someone had tied a belt around me, difficulty sleeping .........and swallowing, needed Steriods after a trip to A & E cos my partner thought I was having a heart attack NOT NICE | Took several months to get right after stopping taking this | F | 39 | 14 days | 7/14/2005 | 1 | Smoking Cessation | Took as prescribed by doctor, for smoking cessation. On it for 3 weeks then began to experience very strong, bizarre impulsive thoughts of self-harm which were very scary. Am an RN and was very familiar with this med, this side effect scared the crap out of me. Also, the entire 3 weeks I was on it, no other side effects - slept well, no dry mouth - but absolutely no desire to quit smoking, still craved cigs like always. WARNING: I personally wouldn't recommend it - the impulsive thoughts and strong anxious feelings that accompanied them were so "not me" - not what I would have expected at all - thank God I discontinued it! | F | 39 | 3 days | 10/18/2006 | 1 | quit smoking | severe depression | 150 mg tablets, 1 tablet once daily for 3 days and then 1 tablet twice a day thereafter. after 2 weeks I had to quit taking this medication because it caused severe depression. I was agitated, I couldn't sleep, I had nightmares when I did manage to doze off. I felt disconnected from myself. a friend of mine also took this with little effects but she advised me to take it every other day, not daily and certainly not twice a day. I decided my life was more important and didn't continue with it at all. however, I did quit smoking. I would not recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 39 | 2 weeks | 2/4/2009 | 1 | to stop smoking | HIVES!!!!!, crazy dreams, constipation, insomnia, serious indigestion and a feeling of not being able to swallow, vertigo | do not take this drug...go cold turkey! after 3 weeks i broke out in hives..it started with itching on the palms of my hands and on the bottoms of my feet, now i am trying benadryl just to calm the hives so i can go back to work | F | 39 | 3 weeks | 1/13/2005 | 5 | Stop Smoking | Sleep interruptions - waking up every few hours for first two weeks. One day of mouth blisters. | Had smoked for last 18 years. Began pills. Quit smoking on the 6th day. Did not feel the need to have that next cigarette. Continued with medication for 5 more weeks. Was afraid of cravings upon stopping drug, but they are basically non-existent. Have now been smoke free for over 7 weeks and counting! My difficulty is association - certain activities go with a cig. Really need to talk myself through the want ! | F | 38 | 6 weeks | 7/23/2006 | 5 | Quit Smoking | none for the first two weeks, then anxiety attacks started and mild depressive feelings every now and then. After three weeks i couldnt manage to sleep longer then 0500 every morning, that is in my case 4 to 5 hours. | So, i am f***ing tired but cant sleep , slightly to moderately depressed and i have had some anxiety attacks. These side effects will probably stick with me as long as i take the drug. BUT: I quit smoking as easy as can be, even before the stopdate i had no use for smoking, the Zyban takes off the enjoyability that is in the cig normally. And because you dont get the little "kick" from the nicotine you actually start wondering what on earth you are doing with that cigarette anyway. So. i have been off cigs for 4 weeks now, 6 weeks of Zyban, and the side effects are quite annoying yet hardly a problem compared to my addiction :) Dr told me that the side effects will go away a week after quitting Zyban so i dont really care anymore about the side eff, it will pass and i will be off the smoking addiction forgood :) After smoking more then 2 packs a day for more then 25 years and 6 attempts to quit with or without help and never lasting longer then a day or even an hour or two I | F | 38 | 4 weeks | 5/24/2006 | 5 | quitting smoking | See below the one with the toedith2000 mail adress is mine, all i want is to correct the "time taken" number because that is the amount of weeks i have been smokefree, the amount of weeks i have been taking the Zyban is 4 plus 2= six weeks | F | 38 | 6 weeks | 5/24/2006 | 5 | To stop the smoking | Fuzzy feeling in me head, dry mouth, lower mojo... a bit of loss of sleep. | on day 3 quite smoking, started taking 2 pills a day, had a few problems sleeping, Dr. told me to take it around 5 in the afternoon for the second pill, have not had any sleep problems since... the best part, no smoking and food tastes great, even water tastes good. | M | 38 | 21 days | 8/29/2006 | 5 | quit smoking | Some insomnia the first week but nothing once my body adjusted to the medication. | Having read a lot of the comments, I wonder how many people were using nicotine replacement therapy as well? Some of the symptoms that people are attributing to Zyban are actually symptoms of nicotine withdrawal (tiredness, lightheadedness, etc). You also have to remember that your body is cleansing itself. Skin problems are common to quitting smoking (e.g., oily skin,acne, etc.) These symptoms will disappear in time. | M | 38 | 14 days | 5/3/2007 | 5 | Quit Smoking | Mild irritability for the first couple of days, but I once I recognised the signs of it coming, it was manageable. | Been smoking 18 years between 15 - 30 a day. Tried stopping before a few times but unsuccessful. This stuff is a miracle! Stopped smoking on day 9 and haven't felt the urge for one since. It's just been a matter of breaking the routine of smoking. Felt no cravings at all and absolutely no desire to smoke. I feel like a non-smoker already! | M | 38 | 22 days | 4/5/2007 | 5 | To quit smoking | The side effects I experienced are... dry mouth, mild insomnia and decrease in libido.. | I decided to try this medication because everytime I tried to quit I failed.. I've been smoking on and off for 20 years. In the last 5 years quite a lot. I didn't understand how this medication could all of a sudden make you not WANT to smoke. By the 3rd day I noticed all of a sudden I didn't get the hit from the nicotine.. The cigarette starting not giving me the satisfaction it use to.. But I continued to smoke, I started to think I wasn't going to get rid of the desire to smoke. I couldn't believe that on my 11th day of taking Zyban I woke up and knew I didn't WANT a cigarette !!!! I couldn't explain it , it still amazes me how one day in my head ... I WAS DONE!!! It didn't bother me to not smoke, I could be around people smoking and still didn't want one. I wasn't grumpy or irritable. I'm on my 14th day and have no desire to ever pick up a cigarette again. I'm completely amazed and couldn't be happier !!!! This possibly could save my life from getting lung cancer !! Good luck to a | F | 38 | 14 days | 6/13/2006 |