Posted by sjeng on January 30, 2005, at 20:37:01
In reply to Re: Moving to The Netherlands -- what about Wellbutrin » sjeng, posted by ed_uk on January 29, 2005, at 19:35:01
I did some more research by myself, so I figured I'd post back to the
list. Thanks to all of you for your responses!> As far as I know, neither Zyban nor Wellbutrin are available in the
> Netherlands. Zyban is available in Belgium, France and Germany. It
> is also available in several other European countries.Zyban _is_ available in the Netherlands now. You can check through
www.epharma.nl, which is a biggish on-line pharmacy there. It's not
slow-release, and the price (EUR 43 for 30x150mg) is not covered by
insurance. (That is, it's not covered by the subsidized "ziekenfonds"
plan, which everyone else always follows.) I suppose if I get someone
to prescribe that, I could cough up the money from somewhere.> Adderall isn't available anywhere in Europe. The closest drug is
> dextroamphetamine (called dexamfetamine in Europe). Dexamfetamine
> is certainly available in the UK. It is also used in Switzerland
> but doesn't seem to be used anywhere else in Europe. In most
> countries amphetamines are prohibited entirely.
>
> Methylphenidate (Ritalin) is the only amphetamine-like drug
> available in the Netherlands. Have you ever tried it?No, I imagine it would probably work about as well. Originally my
doctor just wanted to increase the Wellbutrin, which supposedly works
for ADD too. It doesn't for me, and >150mg of Wellbutrin gives me
headaches. I then tried some of a friend's Adderall, which worked
better, and got her to prescribe that instead -- there was no other
deep underlying meaning to using Adderall rather than Ritalin.According to some national institute, the Dutch gov't allows Ritalin,
Dextro-amphetamine, and (of all things) imipramine for ADD treatment.
/jaap
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