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 |
| 3 | To Stop Smoking | I feel like a zombie, or something with out any emotion. I am agitated very easily. I have some depression and thoughts of lonlieness even though I am not. Feel "zoned" out, out of it. | I have stopped smoking for 2 days though I still am out of sorts. I would reccomend to quit another way. It is to messed up on these pills. | M | 25 | 14 days | 12/15/2006 | 3 | For the sake of my health & wallet | Dry mouth is a biggie - and oddly the ability to concentrate more, i've always been the type to have a thousand things going on at once and never get anything done! In the last week i've finished 3 projects that have been in the works for months. Hmmm. The other odd thing is the cravings (i haven't hit my quit date yet) have become stronger! I've been smoking more! and my quit date is in 2 days! I hope this works! | Optimistic | M | 25 | 7 days | 6/19/2006 | 2 | to quit smoking | It felt like zyban may have decreased my appetite, but that is not saying much because I still ate a lot. Other than that I felt nothing from it. | I started taking one pill a day for the first 3 days and on the fourth day I started taking one pill in the morning and one pill 8 hours later. I have been on Zyban now for 8 days and I feel like having a cigarette like I always do. This drug has not helped me at all. I feel totally normal and I am thankful I did not get those bad side effects, but I would have taken a few minor ones for Zyban to help me, but no such luck. This wasn't for me, but it may be for someone else. Cold Turkey here I come! | F | 25 | 8 days | 9/30/2005 | 2 | Smoking Cessation | Light headedness, insomnia, horrible hangovers with alcohol(blackouts as well), headaches | Stopped desire for cigarettes but not worth the side effects. Did not feel like myself. | M | 25 | 2 weeks | 1/9/2006 | 2 | Quit Smoking | Constant headache. Runny/Irritated Nose & Sinuses. Insomnia. Moody. Dry Mouth. Change in Appetite. Lack of Concentration. | Agh! Am just finishing my first week, and i cant carry on!! Admittedly the desire to smoke has gone down, but the side effects are horrendous! I cant sleep! Have a headache that feels like severe pressure on my sinuses, my nose is blocked...then runny...then blocked! I cant concentrate on anything for more than 10min, which impacts my work! I want to quit, but this is not worth it! There has to be another way!! | F | 25 | 7 days | 11/26/2009 | 1 | smoking cessation | mood swings, worth less, crying A LOT, depressed, dry mouth & throat, tightness of chest, shaking, MORE CRYING | I have been taking ZYBAN for 8 days. For the first 2-3 days I was ok, had a few cravings here and there but was able to tolerate the craving. After the first three 1xday pills, I started on my 2xdays per day. WORST MISTAKE.. I suddenly notice I was sad. When I was registering for classes, I started to feel hopeless and unworthy. That I was dumb & stupid. Upon registering, I started to cry REALLY BAD to my husband. Afterwards, after taking the stupid 2nd pill, things did not feel right. FINALLY, on my 8th day. Took the usual 1st pill.. I started to feel a bit shaky but did not think much of it. When I took the 2nd pill, after an hour, I started to shake a little harder, I couldn't breathe, I was slurring in my speech. I cried so much that I kept telling my husband things like I am stupid, I am a bad mother, bad wife, bad daughter, etc... but after talking to my parents, they found that people who discontinued this medication was the same systoms I was feeling. It's really not worth it. My life is worth it. I know smoking decreases your life span, but I see both worlds now. It's either I die from smoking or die from something else. SO MY SOLUTION IS: JUST ELIMINATE EVERYTHING. | F | 25 | 8 days | 11/25/2009 | 1 | To quit smoking | Dizziness, lightheadedness, difficulty sleeping, severe headaches, SEIZURE! I started taking this medication and quit smoking. I couldn't even stand the smell of cigarettes. Started having horrible headaches, trouble sleeping, and lightheadedness. Almost one year later, I still get headaches and lightheaded at times. After taking the medication for about 2 weeks, I had a seizure at work! I have never suffer from side effects from any other medication. | Obviously I quit immediately after the seizure. I have not had another seizure since but the experience was absolutely horrifying. This medication worked for my mother-in-law but not for me. I am not sure its worth the risk. I have since started smoking again and will try cold turkey this time! I would never recommend this medication to ANYONE! | F | 25 | 14 days | 8/23/2005 | 5 | stop smoking | im returning to this msg bored to tell you my side effects have all gone, im no longer feeling drunk or dizzy & im not smoking & havent scince day 6, i feel like maybe 1 of the lucky one's i spose, but not everyone has bad effects from this drug & it does work, ive been smoking 10 years & i can now taste things its great, i feel amazing my skin is great as ive been suffering from slite acne it has all cleared up. | im a happy bunny thanx to zyban, im no longer feeling down & im not smoking!! i also have a mad sex drive right now too!! im feeling good... | F | 24 | 3 weeks | 3/28/2007 | 5 | bye-bye ciggies | More energy, waking up and being wide awake (without any coffee) but also being on extreme edge... can snap at the smallest thing. More anxiety than normal. EXTREMELY VIVID dreams. Dreamnt all night long, felt like I dreamed for days and days, woke up remembering 30 diff adventures I went on while sleeping. (TO ME THAT IS AN AMAZING, AND GREAT side effect, I love dreaming) Dreams were not bad... were either good, or neutral. Having certain moments of doubt, paranoia and sadness... thought for a split second (after reading this site and reading how it causes extreme rage) that my bf might kill me in my sleep. (he's on it too). I wouldn't advise to get drunk... I had 3 drinks and threw up, whereas in normal cercumstances, 3 drinks is nothing. | 7th day, no desire to smoke. Still had same urge to smoke until day 5, when they started to become less sastifying. Quit day is 3 days away, going to bed and only had 1.5 smokes today, without effort. | F | 24 | 7 days | 11/18/2006 | 5 | To stop smoking | Insomnia | Why are you guys in the U.S being made to stay on the drug for so long they are just trying to make more money out of you..Here in the UK its free and you only have to take it for 6 weeks and then you come of it, i think it would course alot less side effects if you didnt stay on it for so long | F | 24 | 5 days | 6/26/2006 | 5 | To Stop Smoking | I have been taking zyban for the last 3 weeks stopped smoking on day 8 was very impressed that my cravings were not too bad. Sleeping was a nightmare woke up every morning at 3am wide awake took hours to get back to sleep, i got very nervous if i was going anywhere like to get my hair done or someone else was driving and im not normally like that if i had not of been taking the medication i would of been worried about myself !! Then on the 10th day of not smoking i had an itcy arm in the morning then by 5pm i was covered in an itchy sore rash from head to toe i have not normally got sensitive skin. I rang the doctor he told me to stop taking the medication immediatly. | So today is my first day without zyban just patches but feel confident enough that i am over the worst part hopefully, i hope so much that i can do it i feel so much healthier and the smell of other people smoking really annoys me. Not sure if the doc will let me take them again but fingers crossed i stay smoke free. | F | 24 | 3 weeks | 2/2/2006 | 4 | Cocaine addiction | Muscle spasms in my eye; eye twitch. | M | 24 | 4 months | 9/7/2005 | 4 | to quit smoking | I have been having a loud ringing in my head, feels like pressure in my head. Bad insomnia is driving me crazy! Wake up everynight since I started at 3am and dont go back to sleep. Feel in a better mood though. | Its seems to be a good drug other than the ear ringing. I havent craved a cig since the 2nd day | F | 24 | 7 days | 9/15/2005 | 3 | to quite smoking | the first day i started to feel paranoid, nervess, weird like not right in the head, a feel of dumness. did want to talk to anyone and easly set off. couldn't stand loud noise or unhappy people. had to go home from work at a call center because i couldn't handle customers problems. stop taking the pills the 4th day because i feel like i can function or think or really do anything at all. | with in the second day i really don't like the smell of cig. smoke. can really smoke a full cig with out feeling sick. | M | 24 | 4 days | 12/11/2004 | 1 | DONT TAKE ZYBAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | I didnt experience the side effects but I witnessed the over-powering drug first hand. My sister was on it. She never had too much troubles sleeping until she started taking Zyban. She wasnt a suicidal person but Zyban made her feel crazy, with extremely low lows and rarely even an inbetween or high. She was irritable, grumpy, mopey, became drug induced bi-polar. I wanted to write this on her behalf as the effects of Zyban and NOT niccotine withdrawl made her take her own life. She said everyday that she wasnt able to function like she used to since having taken Zyban. She went from super happy and positive to deep, dark and so depressed she couldnt cope anymore. THe doctor that prescribed this HORRIBLE HORRIBLE drug said that there were little to no side effects. After she started taking Zyban she looked up side effects online as she was starting to feel different. Almost all the posts we saw online were negative towards this drug. DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE were amongst the list of side | PLEASE DO NOT take this drug. It may seem too good to be true and that is the correct assumption. I am not going to stop until this drug is REMOVED FROM THE MARKET in all countries. I dont wanna see anyone else go through what me and my family are going through. My sister was an incredible person. She will be greatly missed. I have to resay this so you remember ... she NEVER had depression like this, nor any suicidal thoughts EVER. | F | 24 | 2 months | 9/29/2006 | 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 | To stop smoking | Severe nausea, shaking, insomnia, extreamly emotional - uncontrollable crying out bursts! Spaced out. | Ive been taking Zyban for 5 days and although it obviously doesnt agree with me, it does for some people. I cannot put up with the side effects as it will either get me sacked or will ailienate me from everyone inc. my son. Back to doctors tomorrow. Good Luck to everyone though! | F | 24 | 6 days | 8/16/2007 | 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 | Stop Smoking | Nothing | I have had a great experience with this drug! I enjoy how I can go about 3-4 hours without even thinking about a cigarette. It has made me happier and more goofy, I guess that's the word. I recommend this to anyone and everyone who wants to quit smoking. | F | 23 | 7 days | 1/31/2005 | 5 | Quit Smoking | None. | I was able to quit smoking within 10 days of taking the pill. Sometimes I have cravings but they are few and far between. Once when I thought that I wouldn't be able to get my prescription filled before work I freaked out and felt cravings coming on, don't know if it was just in my head. Works so far. Good luck! | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 5/31/2005 |