Posted by Mitch on August 4, 2001, at 23:35:32
In reply to Re: Do Wellbutrin chest pains ever go away?, posted by Joe Schmoe on August 4, 2001, at 17:52:50
> > 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%.
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> Yeah a lot of people online have complained about chest pains on Wellbutrin. What I can't seem to find out is whether they go away with time, or whether people who get them have to quit the medicine if the pains don't go away with a reduced dosage.
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> >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.
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> I don't like the idea of slicing an SR tablet.
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> >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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> Definitely, seems to come and go starting maybe three hours after I have taken my morning dose and continues throughout the day and night. Wake up without it.Joe,
I think the manufacturer ought to see that there are other uses for Wellbutrin besides depression/nicotine withdrawal and offer some lower dose tabs (hey, what about some 25mg tabs?) But, you know their PATENT is going down the crapper anytime soon (if not already), so forget that idea. I took 2.5mg/day of Prozac for several years (uh...didn't see any 2.5 mg tabs out there...). I would reconsider chopping some tabs Joe.
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