Zyban (Bupropion) Review

Zyban – Sustained Release Oral Smoking Deterrent

Zyban is a powerful drug that has several uses. The primary use of Zyban is to be an oral medicine that is taken on a strictly controlled schedule as part of a complete program to stop smoking. A complete program also includes counseling and group support meetings to help assist the patient and monitor progress. The manufacturer claims Zyban decreases a patients nicotine withdrawal symptoms, especially irritability, restlessness and anxiety. They also claim it markedly reduces the urge to smoke.

Along with the claims of the good this drug can reportedly do, come repeated warnings about how, when and under what specific conditions the drug can be used to help a patient stop smoking. This drug should never be taken outside the constant supervision of qualified medical personnel. Those personnel must have experience administering and supervising patients taking this drug.

Zyban Product Details

Zyban is the common name for the powerful anti-depressant drug Bupropion, which is the key and active ingredient in Zyban. Zyban is medication, which falls into the classification of antidepressants. Rather worrisome is the fact that to date, medical science does not know how or why this drug works to reduce smoking urge. Medical research facilities believe that Zyban works by restoring a balance of specific chemicals used as neurotransmitters within the patient’s brain.

Zyban is an expensive medication. Online from a U.K. drug seller Zyban sells for a range of prices / gram of £12.11 to £9.22 per gram depending on how many 150 mg tablets are purchased at a time. That converts to almost £ 2 per tablet. Online from USA, sold under the drug name Bupropion the price is $1.90 per tablet. Claims from Canadian generic drug sellers offer Bupropion at 40% off the U.S. online price.

Reasons to Consider, Under Close Supervision to Use Zyban

• For many patients, this is a medication that works to greatly reduce the urges and craving for a smoke. This ability was discovered repeatedly as Bupropion was being used to treat various forms of depression and bi-polar disorder.

• In addition to the ability to reduce urges and craving, this medication lessens side effects of sudden nicotine withdrawal symptoms and problems.

Reasons to Consider not using Zyban to Quit Smoking

• This medication can be, for some people, a very dangerous medication.

• Zyban, (Bupropion) is used, often effectively, to treat depression, mood and mental disorders as well as cessation of smoking. This type of drug is meant to reduce and eventually assist in eliminating a patient’s thoughts about hurting themselves. The problem is that for an unknown percentage of patients, Bupropion has made these symptoms and suicidal thoughts increase instead of decrease.

• Zyban has also been shown to cause seizures in some patients if the medication is not administered properly. This medication is so powerful and concentrated, even crushing or cutting a tablet in half can result in too much medication entering the bloodstream at one time.

• This is the reason that Zyban (Bupropion) should never be taken outside the environment of 24-hour control and supervision by experienced medical personnel having specific experience in dealing with patients using this medication.

Conclusion

The medical community worries that, as these warnings about Zyban (Bupropion) center on uses of the medication for mental, depression and mood disorders, patients wanting to use Zyban for help to quit smoking will misunderstand. The danger is cessation of smoking patients might think the warnings do not apply to them. This is why it is of the upmost importance that, even if not taken for mental or mood condition problems, Zyban only be used under direct supervision of a doctor. The fact that this medication is available online, without prescription, is very disturbing because of the reasons outlined above.