Posted by JohnX on February 18, 2001, at 19:37:55
In reply to Is there anything else like WellbutrinSR?, posted by Lynne on February 18, 2001, at 18:36:28
> I love Wellbutrin SR it has been the only drug that has worked for me. But I am allergic to it. It makes my face and eyes swell. Is there anything like it ? Some one suggested Reboxitine but I haven't read any good posts about it.So I am hesitant to try it.Thanks in advance for your ideas.
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> LynneLynne,
From the typical set of meds I believe Effexor XR
is the closest wrt dopamine action, although it
is weaker. At high dosage Effexor does re-uptake
norepinephrine like Wellbutrin. Both meds treat
ADD as well as depression for example.The fringe medications that have specific
dopaminergic action that are ofter discussed on
this ng are options, but I'm not an expert
in this arena. Help from the peanut gallery....Wellbutrin has an amphetamine like kick to it
when it works for me. I was thinking that
selegiline (deprynl) will also have this kick
because it prevents the breakdown of dopamine via
mao-b inhibition + one of its metabolites is
methampehtamine. Anyone have comments on this?
Because I also have been wondering what is a good
Wellbutrin replacement.-John
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