Posted by SLS on August 27, 2005, at 15:47:50
In reply to Re: I Having Sexual Side Effects on Wellbutrin XL!!!!! » SLS, posted by theo on August 27, 2005, at 15:05:26
They still don't know how Wellbutrin works. However, it is a potent antidepressant that demonstrates efficacy equivalent to the others. I used the word "potent" not to characterize its ability to alter synaptic monoamine concentrations, but rather to reinforce the concept that whatever these drugs do in the CNS, their pharmacological effects are powerful.
I would not want to characterize Wellbutrin as a "fast-acting" antidepressant. It still takes a minimium of two weeks for the therapeutic biological responses to its pharmacology to *begin* to appear. You might not feel perceptably better for a month or so. You might not reach remission for 4-6 months. Prozac takes a little longer to begin to work simply because it takes so long for the drug to build up in the body and reach steady state.
- Scott
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