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Generic Wellbutrin SR, Zyban(Generic name: Bupropion)
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Wellbutrin SR, Zyban (generic name Bupropion) is anti-depressant medicine. It is also used to help people stop smoking.
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brand names: Buproban , Zyban
generic names: Bupropion, Bupropion hydrochloride, Nicotine, Bupropion Sustained-Release
How does it work? Zyban tablets contain the active ingredient bupropion hydrochloride, which is a medicine used to help people who are dependant on nicotine to give up smoking. It acts in the brain but is not the same as nicotine replacement therapy.
It is not fully understood how this medicine works to help people give up smoking, but it is known that bupropion affects neurotransmitters in the brain. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are stored in nerve cells and are involved in transmitting messages between the nerve cells.
Neurotransmitters are released from nerve cells as a message is transmitted. Once the message has been transmitted, the nerve cells then reabsorb the neurotransmitter.
Bupropion prevents two of these neurotransmitters, noradrenaline and dopamine, from being reabsorbed back into the nerve cells. Noradrenaline and dopamine are responsible for moderating mood and various other processes in the brain. It is thought that bupropion helps people to quit smoking by increasing the amount of noradrenaline and dopamine free to act in the brain.
Bupropion is used in combination with motivational support techniques. You should seek help and support as much as possible while giving up smoking, even while taking this medicine, as this will increase your chance of success.
You should start taking this medicine while you are still smoking and set a 'target stop date' for within the first two weeks of treatment, preferably in the second week. This is because the medicine needs time to start working.
The starting dose is one tablet once a day for six days, increasing on day seven to one tablet twice a day. There should be an interval of at least eight hours between doses. It is best to take your first dose when you get up in the morning and your second dose at least eight hours later. Try to avoid taking your second dose at bedtime, as difficulty sleeping (insomnia) is a common side effect of the medicine.
If you have not managed to stop smoking by the seventh week of treatment, your doctor will ask you to stop taking this medicine.
How should I take this medicine?
NOTE: You should schedule to stop smoking during the second week of taking bupropion. You may smoke up until that day, bupropion takes about 1 week before it starts to control nicotine cravings. Choose your "quit date" and tell your prescriber. Stick to your plan; ask your prescriber about support groups or other ways to help you remain a "quitter".
Take bupropion tablets by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Swallow the tablets whole with a drink of water. Do not crush or chew these tablets. Do not cut these tablets in half unless instructed to do so by your health care prescriber. It is important to take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking the tablets except on your prescriber's advice.
If you take more than one dose of bupropion daily: To limit difficulty in sleeping, the second dose of the day should not be taken at bedtime; take it earlier in the day but at least 8 hours after your morning dose.
Contact your pediatrician or health care professional regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What happens if I overdose? Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have used too much of this medicine. Symptoms of a bupropion overdose may include seizures, heart failure, shallow breathing, fast or uneven heartbeat, fainting, hallucinations, muscle stiffness, or coma.
Special warnings about Zyban (Bupropion) In clinical studies, antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children and adolescents with depression and other psychiatric disorders. Because Zyban (Bupropion) contains the same ingredient as the antidepressant Wellbutrin, anyone considering the use of Zyban (Wellbutrin) or any other antidepressant in a child or adolescent must balance this risk with the clinical need. Zyban has not been studied in children or adolescents and is not approved for treating anyone less than 18 years old. Additionally, the progression of major depression is associated with a worsening of symptoms and/or the emergence of suicidal thinking or behavior in both adults and children, whether or not they are taking antidepressants. Individuals being treated with Zyban (Bupropion) and their caregivers should watch for any change in symptoms or any new symptoms that appear suddenly--especially agitation, extreme hyperactivity, restlessness, panic, hostility, anxiety, and suicidal thinking or behavior--and report them to the doctor immediately. Be especially observant at the beginning of treatment or whenever there is a change in dose.
Warning! - Certain medicines should not be taken with Zyban (Bupropion). Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any other medicines before you start Zyban (Wellbutrin). It is also important to tell your doctor or pharmacist that you are taking Zyban before you take any new medicines, including those bought without a prescription. See below for more details.
- Consult your doctor before using nicotine replacement therapy, such as nicotine patches or gum, in combination with this medicine. If you do use nicotine replacement therapy at the same time, your blood pressure should be monitored every week.
- Your blood pressure should be monitored while you are taking this medicine.
- If you have a fit (seizure) while taking this medicine, treatment should be stopped and not restarted.
- Do not exceed the prescribed dose of this medicine. Doing so increases the risk of fits (seizures), which is a rare side effect of this medicine.
- Stop taking this medicine and inform your doctor if you get any of the following symptoms during treatment: skin rash, swelling of any part of the body, collapse, chest pain, fever, itching, blistering of the skin, shortness of breath or pain in the muscles or joints. These are symptoms of allergy to this medicine.
- You should minimise your consumption of alcohol or avoid it entirely while you are taking this medicine. This is because there have been rare reports of reduced tolerance to alcohol, or adverse psychiatric reactions in people who drank alcohol while taking this medicine.
- This medicine may reduce your ability to drive or operate machinery safely. Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how this medicine affects you and you are sure it won't affect your performance.
- Zyban (Bupropion) tablets should be swallowed whole with water - do not chew, crush or break them.
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