BUPROPION HCL Reviews (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.5 (91 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BUPROPION HCL with similar:
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| 4 | depression | anxiety, shaky hands, jaw clenching, weight loss, more energy | Got this to help deal with grief and chronic pain, and it's working for that, but the more amazing thing is that it has completely halted my lifetime of food cravings. No more feeling a jolt when I even think of food. Down 7 lbs in two weeks. Hope it doesn't fade. (Taking with alpha liopic acid, so that could be affecting blood sugar levels, too.) | F | 47 | 14 days 100 MG 3X day | 2/19/2014 | 1 | Depression | This is a review comparing Eon Labs generic Bupropion vs. Mylan Labs generic Bupropion. Mylan manufactures a blue pill. The Eon is purple. After over ten years of success on the Mylan Lab generic, my insurance switched me to the Eon Lab generic to save costs. I felt like I'd been hit by a truck. Allegedly the exact same medication, but with disastrous results: vivid nightmares, getting up in the morning felt like I was coming out of a coma, bloating, terrible sugar cravings that prompted bingeing. I was on it for four days and my life ground to a halt. Literally couldn't function. I'll pay the additional $20 for the Mylan generic. Don't believe what they say about all generics being the same. | F | 40 | 1 days 450MG | 2/18/2014 | 2 | Bupropion sr | Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Will this side effect go away?? | F | 34 | 1 weeks 150 mg | 11/5/2013 | 4 | Depression | The first weeks you start taking Wellbutrin/Bupropion HCl you will feel dizzy,nauseated, tired, and loss of appetite. Once you get used to it you won't feel any of those things except loss of appetite. I am so glad I'm taking this drug. I've lost 2 pant sizes, smoke a lot less, and just happy and energetic all the time. Side effects are different for everyone. | F | 19 | 2 months 300 2X day | 4/1/2013 | 3 | stop smoking | This medicine makes me sick...literally...loss of appetite...nausea...vomiting..dizziness...lightheaded almost feel high....the only thing about it is...It makes me too sick to smoke! | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 1/18/2013 | 5 | Severe Depression; Bipolar | 1) Euphoria, 2) Some energy, 3) Zero appetite (resulting dramatic weight loss), 4) Slow return of absent sex drive, 5) Alcohol cessation, 6) Eliminated suicidal thinking and racing thoughts, 7) Increased tremors | Dr. Drew shouldn't have apologized for taking a bribe to advertise this as the "happy, horny, skinny pill," because it's true. | F | 22 | 6 months 300 1X day | 1/11/2013 | 2 | depression | EXTREME sweating, paranoia, weight gain (22lbs!!!!) | F | 29 | 4 months 150mg | 12/1/2012 | 2 | Depression | The first three days I had a slight headache and increased energy.. By day four, I was hungry, hungry, hungry! I've been the same weight --122 lbs for five years and usually limit sweets. Now, I have gained five lbs. after a month of bupropion and am constantly drawn to carbohydrates! Plus, i have zero sex drive. Typically, I'm pretty interested in sex, but since starting this drug, i have trouble even reaching the big "o". Reduced sensitivity or something, I'm going off this drug ASAP! The only pro has been a slightly increased energy level, but not enough to justify the cons. | F | 41 | 30 days 100 1X day | 7/12/2012 | 3 | ADHD/mood stabilizer | Extreme shakiness over my entire body. It messed with my throat and caused me to stutter my speech. Occasional headaches. Nausea. | It really helped with my concentration and anxiety. The shaky thing (which is actually happening as I am typing this) was extreme. I feel like Dr. Katz. | M | 28 | 3 months 2X day | 5/16/2012 | 2 | Stress | Less problematic than Lexapro...... | Other than greatly diminished road rage, I can't really tell if its doing anything. | M | 64 | 1 years 2X day | 5/11/2012 | 5 | Buproprion SR HCL Blue pill | This is best!!!! This is the best blue Eon 415 printed on capsule and it is round and bupropion is blue. It is the best. Even XL does not work as good as the blue one | Buy the BLUE ONE! ITS BLUE PILL WITH E-415 PRINT ON THE PILL. The company that makes it is EON Sandoz Pharmaceuticals. It the best. | M | 24 | 6 months SR150 2X day | 10/22/2011 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Anxiety, binge eating, racing toughts. | After being on the brand name Wellbutrin XL for 3 years I decided to change to the generic. Slowly over the course of that month I had extreme anxiety return, depression and wild binge eating issues. I did not realize that the generic would be so different but it was....argh! I will never go back to generic for any of my anxiety/depression related symptoms. The money is worth it. | F | 40 | 30 days 300 mg 1X day | 10/5/2011 | 3 | fatigue, anxiety | Severe abdominal cramping and bloating, constipation, lack of appetite, and teeth sensitivity. | F | 23 | 2 weeks 150 mg 1X day | 7/20/2011 | 4 | Depression, SAD | Agitation, weight loss, dry mouth, constipation, headaches, insomnia (at first), decreased appetite | Felt awesome for the first few days, then was depressed/agitated for two weeks. It really started to kick in a month later and the effects were subtle. I have to say that this medicine made me very very habitual all of a sudden. I was eating *perfectly* as religiously reading food labels and never eating anything unhealthy. I started all sorts of good habits on a daily basis, and I think this can help people get out of depression as long as it doesn't turn into OCD. I had cotton mouth for the first couple weeks, and for the whole rest of the time I had to carry a water bottle everywhere I went. I was also severely constipated, and even with those magnesium drinks that are supposed to empty you out within minutes didn't do anything. It got easier with time, but then the effects started dying out and it was like I was taking nothing (maybe six months?) I had to increase my dose to 450mg total...it helped, but I think I just became more agitated. I think this medicine is only made for short term so you can build healthy habits. One more thing -- whenever I drank alcohol, even just one drink, it would make me extremely tired and quiet. I wouldn't get any sense of well being or sociability at all. If I drank two drinks then I would be really depressed for 2-3 days. Couldn't feel alcohol until I fully came off. | F | 22 | 10 months 150mg 2X day | 6/20/2011 | 1 | depression | The generic worked ok for my mood. However, I did go down 1 pill (normally 3), and I lost all treatment affects. I went back up a week later, and my mood improved. However, I gained 20 lbs while I was taking the generic, and I had HORRIBLE food and refined carbohydrate cravings the entire time I took this. The generic also made my chest breakout in tons of whiteheads. I've been off the generic for 3 weeks now. The cravings subsided about 72 hours after I stopped it, and my skin is finally getting back to normal. The cravings were really surprising because I've never had that problem on Glaxo Wellbutrin. I do not know what lab made the generic I took. | Terrible drug. AWFUL! If you have any trouble with your weight, beware. | F | 35 | 2 months 450 1X day | 5/4/2011 | 1 | depression | DOES NOT WORK!!!!! | I tried the generic twice on 2 different occassions... XL then 100 mg twice a day. IT DID NOT WORK!!! I know several people who have this same complaint. The generic should be taken off the market until its corrected and stop misleading the FDA into believing its the same drug.. IT IS NOT!!!!!!! | F | 53 | 30 days 150mg XL 1X day | 3/5/2011 | 3 | depression, anxiety | Significant and ongoing abdominal bloating and frequent cramping. | I haven't been on it long enough to realize the benefits in full but I've noticed increased energy levels and being more focused on tasks both of which I like but the abdominal bloating and cramps are too inconvenient for me. | F | 43 | 3 weeks 150mg 1X day | 3/3/2011 | 4 | depression | decreased libido | This drug was given to me as a generic for Welbutrin xl and I don't notice any difference between the two. It works and has the least amount of side effects of the many other ssri's I have tried. | M | 61 | 3 years 150 1X day | 8/13/2010 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety | Insomnia. Only get about 4-6 hours sleep a night, but it does not seem to affect my performance during the day. | Now I just have insomnia. It does help to boost your energy and improve mood. I take the Actavis generic brand. | M | 47 | 1 months 150 mg XL 1X day | 6/25/2010 Patient History | 1 | Yes | HORRIBLE sweating, weight loss, slight improvement in outlook on life | I WAS on Bupropion CHL XL, 150mg, 1x per day made by Watson Pharma for about three or four months. The weight loss/slight lack of appetite was nice but the sweating was unbearable. Before this drug, I RARELY sweated, even in hot weather or when working out hard. Now, walking around in 40 degree weather leaves my sweaty. I'm not heavy, so weight is not the reason for the sweating. Here's the thing - I’ve been 100% OFF this horrible medication for about 10 months and the sweating seems to be permanent, which is awful! HAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THIS?!? HeLp!!! | F | 40 | 4 months 150 1X day | 3/20/2010 |