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Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR, Zyban
Bupropion is used to treat people with depression and to aid in smoking cessation treatment.
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A 50-year-old woman who was unresponsive to traditional antidepressant therapy was reported to have a marked and persistent improvement in mood when yohimbine was added to her bupropion therapy.1 Further research is necessary to determine the significance of this finding.
Unlike most other antidepressant drugs, there is no evidence that alcohol causes significant changes in blood levels of bupropion.2 However, people taking bupropion who are also attempting to discontinue chronic alcohol consumption have been reported to sometimes experience convulsions.3
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