Posted by mrporter1 on February 25, 2004, at 11:36:54
In reply to Re: WELLBUTRIN;...Cutting XL pills? » mrporter1, posted by NG on February 23, 2004, at 17:39:09
Not sure about SR - speaking of XL.
> Well, I also must also politely ask if you have a source of information which contradicts or amends the information given by Viridis, who spoke to one of Wellbutrin SR's developers.
>
> Thanks for your response!
>
> mrporter1:
> > It won't hurt you to divide XL tablets. But
> >(big but) you'll lose the "XL-ness".
>
> Me:
> >> Viridis mentioned that the developer of Wellbutrin SR said that cutting the pills did
> >>not really affect the absorbtion rate.
>
> Vidridis' Original Post:
> (at http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030912/msgs/260546.html)
>
> EXERPTS:
>
> >>> I called the company and spoke to one of the people who actually developed the SR
> >>> version...
>
> >>> He then faxed me graphs of uptake rates of cut vs. uncut pills, which showed a very
> >>> slight increase in absorption rate in the first 15 minutes, then almost identical
> >>> rates.
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