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Old Mar 01, 2013, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by cocoabeans View Post
Yea, Wellbutrin helps with quitting smoking. They used to market it as a smoking cessation drug and called it Zyban. Zyban is the exact drug as Wellbutrin but I guess telling smokers their going on an antidepressant may have risked sales. Also lots of insurance won't pay for quitting smoking so getting prescribed Zyban means more profit (you know when you have insurance the insurance company doesn't always pay the ridiculous high drug costs and pay less even without increasing your co-pay). It doesn't work in the same way that Champix does and may be less effective over the long term but stabilizing the dopamine in a smokers brain makes em crave cigarettes a lot less.
This is very interesting. I wonder if she was everyon this one. She's had bipolar for about 16 years and I know she complains about a AD that she was on which caused her to gain weight, thus being less depressed....

She has no Rx coverage, though... so just something to think about for when she can get meds again.
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