Posted by Iansf on September 7, 2004, at 0:43:35
In reply to Note about wellbutrin and Soc Anx » mxrider, posted by mattw84 on September 6, 2004, at 14:08:56
I've been taking Wellbutrin, 450mg/d, for a long time. I find it moderately helpful for depression but absolutely useless in regard to social phobia. I have a friend who takes it for generalized anxiety disorder, with fair success, but I've never encountered anyone with social phobia who was helped by it. My one doctor even prescribed it for me at 600mg/d - still no help for social phobia. I wish.
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> I know everyone here seems to think that wellbutrin is useless in SP.... Just thought I would share this.
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> Bupropion-SR in treatment of social phobia.
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> Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
> Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
> Emmanuel NP, Brawman-Mintzer O, Morton WA, Book SW, Johnson MR, Lorberbaum JP, Ballenger JC, Lydiard RB.
> Depress Anxiety. 2000;12(2):111-3.
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> ABSTRACT
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> A 12-week, open label flexible dosing study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of bupropion-SR in the treatment of generalized social phobia. The primary outcome measures include the Clinical Global Impression of Improvement (CGI-I) and the Brief Social Phobia Rating Scale (BSPS). A total of 18 subjects were enrolled. Five of the ten subjects who completed all 12 weeks were considered as responders. Response to treatment was defined as a CGI-I score of 1 or 2, ("much improved" or "very much improved," respectively) and a > 50% decrease in BSPS score. The final doses for the completers ranged between 200 and 400 mg/day (mean 366 +/- 68 mg/day). The medication was generally well tolerated. Findings from this open-label trial suggest that bupropion-SR may be useful in treating generalized social phobia.
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