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 |
| 1 | smoking cessation | shakiness, sore eyes, photosensitivity, tingling in my limbs, anxiety, sleeplessness, and agitation | I took Zyban for 6 days and I am finished with it!! I'd rather go through quitting cold turkey than deal with the nasty side effects. I do have a friend who is doing great on it though so I suppose it depends on the patient. Definitely NOT FOR ME !!! | F | 26 | 6 days | 11/9/2006 | 1 | Yes | I have taking Zyban for 2 days, and I stopped today. I dont feel ok at all, I have difficulties to write even now, I dont feel like i dont want to live and i will never be happy again, my eyes are blurred, i cannot concentrate, i cant bearly remember my conversations with people yesterday. i feel extrimely depressed. I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS DRUG TO ANYBODY. I WISH I READ ALL THE REWIEWS BEFORE I TOOK THEM. I LEARNED ONE THINK ALWAYS RESEARCH BEFORE TAKING ANY MEDICATION. I FEEL VERY VERY BAD,AND I HOPE TO GET BACK TO NORMAL SOON. feel free to email me. [email protected] | Should be Banned forever! Its a very dangerous drug! | F | 26 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/6/2010 | 1 | Stop smoking | Doctor prescribed to help me stop smoking. Bt 3rd day was climbing the walls, unable to sleep, docotor gave me sleeping pills and increased zyban dose. That night my husband checked me into hotel as i was scaring our children. Next day I drove to a field and calmly put hose pipe from exhaust into car. A farmer saw me and i drove away. Went home to find rope to hang myself. My husband called ambulance and I was admitted to psychiatric ward. I have four children whom I love dearly and Before I took Zyban never had suicidal thoughts, or depression,panic, aggressiveness insomnia etc. Who would unless depressed which I wasn't? I took Zyban 7 years ago and from time to time I google the name and see the next lot of unsuspecting people the pharmacy company selfishly and knowingly make money from their misery, health and their family. A recent research study listed a well known and trusted journal examined in a randomised control study the effect of zyban on suicide and psychological impac | Don't risk it at your peril! | F | 42 | 5 days 75mg 2X day | 4/25/2010 | 1 | to quit smoking | PLEASE DO YOU HOMEWORK BEFORE TAKING THIS!!!!! DAY 2: DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SMOKING OR EATING - FEELING JITTERY A LITTLE ANXIOUS AND VERY SPACED OUT. DAY 3-9 COMPLETE LOSS OF APPETITE (COULDN'T FEEL HUNGER AT ALL) AND FEELING EXTREMELY FLAT, JITTERY AND ANXIOUS AND VERY DOWN. DAY 10: TASTED AN INKY TASTE IN MY MOUTH (VERY WEIRD AND SCARY) COULD NOT SLEEP AT ALL DAY 11: COULD NOT SLEEP AT ALL - AND MY THOUGHTS WERE JUST RACING ALL NIGHT - SO ODD. DAY 12: COULD NOT SLEEP ALL NIGHT LONG AND FELT VERY SCARED AT NIGHT. THIS IS DAY 13. IT IS 1:30 IN THE MORNING. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING MOVIES ALL NIGHT AND NOT EVEN A GLASS OF WINE CAN MAKE ME FEEL SLEEPY. I'M SO SCARED THAT THIS WILL CAUSE LONG TERM EFFECTS. | THIS IS SUCH A WEIRD AND COMPLEX DRUG I WISH MY DOCTOR AND PHARMACIST WARNED ME OF THESE HORRIFIC SIDE EFFECTS. THERE IS NO WAY I WILL PUT ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PILLS IN MY MOUTH. AND EVEN ONCE I ASKED MY DOCTOR IF THIS COULD CAUSE ANY LONG TERM HARM AND SHE SAID 'NO' I HAVE SINCE READ THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD MAJOR LONG TERM EFFECTS. PLEASE DO YOU HOMEWORK BEFORE TAKING THIS!!!!! | F | 27 | 13 days 150 2X day | 4/30/2010 | 1 | To quit smoking | Do not take this drug. I experience a change in personality, thankfully recognized by family members who recommended I stop taking the medication. I experienced clinical depression, which I believe was triggered by this medication for a period, immediately after taking this medication. It took 2 years to overcome the depression. If you want to quit smoking, make the decision, butt out and stick to your guns. Stay away from this "medication". Someone should seriously contact a lawyer about this stuff. | F | 28 | 10 days 30 mg 1X day | 5/12/2010 | 1 | stop smoking | unable to sleep stomach problems | I took Zyban 8 years ago - and I still have problems sleeping - so much so my Dr has prescribed a mild sleeping pill to enable me to have 5/6 hrs per night so I can still keep my job. | F | 62 | 14 days 2X day | 7/20/2010 | 1 | to quit smoking | I do not recommend this drug to anyone it should be illegal.I could not sleep at all i felt like a zombie i looked like shot.This drug is worse than p by far!!!! | I was only on zyban for 12 days i could not handle anymore.It did take away my cravings but now im off it im back smoking.I would rather smoke than take this drug,And the doctors should warn you about the side effects before you start but they dont. | F | 23 | 12 days 150mgx2 2X day | 8/18/2010 | 1 | To quit smoking | Severe nervousness, dry mouth, sleep deprivation, panic attacks (scary because I've never experienced that before) Severe mood changes...happy one moment and crying or screaming the next. Feeling of desperation (never had bouts of depression before)and heart palpitations | Stay away from this pill...it'll turn you into somebody that you're not! and you'll wake up during the night many times shaking like a leaf. | F | 41 | 8 days 2X day | 8/23/2010 | 1 | smoking cessation, anti-depressant | dizziness/ feeling lightheaded, paranoia, trouble with my vision (sight was jumpy and blurry), also increased eye sensitivity, paranoia, irritability, fatigue, persistent headache (constant throbbing, like my head was going to split open), complete inability to focus or become motivated, increased depressive tendencies (not wanting to talk to friends, not looking forward to the future) | in 5 short days i felt quite a whirlwind of side effects from this drug. by the third day i was completely off cigarettes, and i didn't have a single craving...although that could have been because i was so distracted by how miserable i felt. also, the second day i continued smoking cigarettes, and it literally felt as if the nicotine receptors in my brain had been entirely cut off. therefore, i no longer felt that "pleasurable" feeling from smoking, so i stopped that night. The terrifying part was feeling as if my brain were lacking oxygen...i felt that this attributed to the dizziness and fatigue, the pounding in my temples and occasionally in the back of my head, and my inability to concentrate. to be honest, i did come down with a minor sinus infection, and i didn't want to blame my symptoms on the pill because i was so eager to use it to quit smoking. the joke was on me, i was looking for a quick fix. there is no such thing when quitting, you just have to remain in the present and take it one day at a time. and don't always trust everything your doctor tells you...the majority of them are pill-pushers and sometimes more harm comes from the remedy than the illness itself. | F | 22 | 5 days 150 2X day | 8/25/2010 | 1 | Quit Smoking | Occasional uncontrollable shaking of legs, crying 2-3x's a day, paranoia, loss of appetite, insomnia, loss of energy, depression... | I haven't smoked in 8 weeks, but I'm pretty sure I'd rather smoke than feel miserable all the time. | F | 26 | 2 months 105 mg 2X day | 6/21/2010 | 1 | for smoking cessation | As mentioned by the others here: paranoia, anxiety, sleeping little and waking up at 5:00 AM, depression, "feeling like a caged wolf" as another person here put it, seriously impulsive acts, mania, feeling like I was talking too fast, feeling like I could literally jump out of my own skin, inability to think linearly or function at work, I could go on and on. | DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE. I have taken a number of anti-depressants in my life and have never had side effects like this. This stuff is dangerous to your mental health. Please don't take it. Just quit cold turkey. The nicotine withdrawal alone will teach you the lesson you need to learn: that smoking has control over your life. Don't let Zyban control your life as well!!!! | F | 33 | 10 days 150 mg 1X day | 4/5/2010 | 1 | Major Depression | Shocking - extremely labile emotionally, paranoid, ended up suicidal | My brief intro to this drug was a disaster. It's Australia's only way of getting "Wellbutrin" which is commonly used as an AD in the USA. It was hugely expensive as not covered by Govt for depression - and I lasted 5 days before realised I would not survive the experience. Jealous of those it works for, though, as there are no sexual side effects - in fact, improves things in that department. Would never touch again. | F | 50 | 5 days 150mg 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 1 | to quit smoking | DID NOT alter my desire to smoke. Matter of fact I felt obsessed about smoking, more than prior to meds. Severe anxiety, internal tremors, shaking, depersonalization, fear, paranoia, racing thoughts, insomnia, nausea, loss of appetite, feeling completely CRAZY and unstable , crying outbursts, anger and violent. Short term memory loss, severe. Headache, sore throat, got a sinus infection, chills. | note: took 1 x 150 mg for 3 days, then upped to 2 x 150 mg per day (not at same time). First day I felt a bit weird, my body started twitching and I could feel my pulse all over my body. I figured it was tolerable. Same symptoms for 3 days while on one pill/day, with added jitters, and some feeling of anxiety but was tolerable. After 3 days still not feeling any change in smoking desire. On day 4 I upped to 2 pills/day (one early, one later) and the anxiety became tenfold. I slept 3 hours in two days. The only way I can describe what came next was " a whole lot of crazy". I felt like I've lost my mind, unsure of everything. Feeling completely like I can't get through the next minute, exasperated. On the last day I took this med (day 6) I took only 1 pill as I thought it might lessen the effects, and it was not any less, I was still crazy crazy crazy. I was terrified like I was trapped in a bad place and could not get out. My whole body was twitching, shaking, headache, nausea. The thoughts would not slow down, just on overdrive for everything. Today being day 7 I am not taking any more of this medication and I feel a little better today but still feel some of the effects. I feel more rational of mind like my real true self. Yesterday I felt like it was someone else in control and it was SOO bad, oh so bad. I had a lot of struggle just getting through every moment of the day yesterday. Still craved cigs whole time. Will try patch next. | F | 42 | 6 days 150-/300 2X day | 8/5/2011 | 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 | 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 | Smoking cessation | Extreme bouts of rage,awful,frightening feeling. I do not recommend this drug. I am quitting smoking without any meds...5 weeks without so far | do not take this drug | F | 58 | 4 days dont know 1X day | 6/7/2011 | 1 | quit smoking | first day on Zyban and started in a couple of hours after taking it feeling very strange, would better describe it as "absent", lacking concentration and out of balance, mainly | not happy of the first day, no real change in the smoking pattern whatsoever. worried, but going on day 2 and see what happens next | F | 30 | 1 days 150 1X day | 9/17/2010 | 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 | 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 | 1 | quit smoking | Took Zyban in 2007 and it did wonders! This time around things are NOT going so well. I am completely paranoid (I think someone is trying to break into my home, watch me in the shower) I have a massive short fuse temper and I’m depressed. I did some research this evening and have noticed that most people who are using this for the second time have issues. I’m going off this right away I can’t live like this, I have never been like this. | Do not take it!!!! My husband took it for 7 days and felt like self harming himself, this stuff is BAD NEWS!!!! | F | 28 | 3 weeks 1 pill 1X day | 1/28/2012 |