Posted by zmg on December 20, 2004, at 22:29:39
In reply to The weight gain can be a monster!, posted by cherylann on December 20, 2004, at 17:57:28
As someone pointed me to in another thread, Wellbutrin does not appear to cause weight gain (nor does it seem suffer from the negative sexual side-effects).
http://www.netnutritionist.com/fa12.htm
http://bupropion.com/wonderwell/index.htmlApparently (this is from the second link) Wellbutrin was associated with a higher incidence of seizure (0.4%) which was higher them most other antidepressants, however the manufacturer quickly came out with a SR formula (slow-release) reducing the risk to a much more acceptable 0.1% (compared to Zoloft's 0.2%, Luvox's 0.2% and Celexa's 0.3%).
I'm just quoting, pretty much verbatim from that second article. I don't have any experience with it myself (but I'm thinking I'll probably give it a go).
The first article there is a really good article about AD drugs in general and their impact on weight gain (including a mention Wellbutrin "Buproprion HCL (Wellbutrin®) has not been associated with weight gain and is commonly used with some success in smoking cessation." Who knew? I wish I had that when I quit smoking 5 years ago!).
Hope this helps.
-Zach
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