Posted by Mitch on August 4, 2001, at 11:07:40
In reply to Do Wellbutrin chest pains ever go away?, posted by Joe Schmoe on August 4, 2001, at 9:36:07
> Sorry if this is a repeat post but I seem to have posted it just as last period ended.
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> Hoping my chest pains were dosage-related I reduced from 300 mg a day, to 200. Well now I am down to one 100 SR Wellbutrin per day and still having chest pains. Can't go any lower, 100 is the smallest pill they make. I am also on Klonopin, I am surprised the Klonopin does not negate the chest pains (assuming they are an anxiety symptom).
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> I am wondering, do these Wellbutrin chest pains ever go away with time? Or does this pretty much mean I can't take this medicine and should give it up?
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> The non-SR version seems like too much of a hassle to deal with.I just checked the PDR for Wellbutrin and the incidence of chest pain is statistically significant: Placebo showed 1%, 300mg/day 3%, 450mg/day 4%. You could try dividing a 100mg SR tab into two roughly 50mg doses and try that. That makes it IR of course, but maybe the *size* of the dose is contributing somewhat. Does your chest pain get better or worse during the course of the day? i.e.-do you wake up without it and then after you take WB you notice it?
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