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Posted by Cindy Eggleston on April 23, 2007, at 13:47:31
I just got my prescription of Wellbutrin XL in the mail and was totally confused by the different bottle, even the pills themselves are huge and yellow instead of white and small. After going online to see what the heck Budeprion XL was I found out it is the generic for Wellbutrin XL. I have been taking this medication for several years and this is the first time it has been switched to a generic. By looking it up on the internet I came across this board and now am kind of nervous after reading some of the posts about some of the side effects people have had from this generic form of Wellburtrin. Today I take my first one so I guess I should be looking for any type of mood change? I decided to join this "group" at least for a while so I can monitor what other people are going through and see if I go through any of it also. I sure hope not, so far it has worked fine for me with very few side effects.
Posted by Phillipa on April 23, 2007, at 19:29:39
In reply to generic wellbutrin xl, posted by Cindy Eggleston on April 23, 2007, at 13:47:31
Try Dr. Bob's goggle side of google bottom of page type in the med and a bunch of posts on the med will show. Good luck it may be just fine. Love Phillipa
Posted by Racer on April 23, 2007, at 21:04:16
In reply to generic wellbutrin xl, posted by Cindy Eggleston on April 23, 2007, at 13:47:31
My husband was switched over to Budeprion XL, too, and he hasn't noticed anything different. Then again, he was going from 150mg to 300mg, so he hadn't been taking the name brand at that dose. He might have attributed any changes to the increased dose, and not the generic.
Generally, generics have a little wiggle room -- I think it's 20% in either direction, so they don't have to be identical to the name brand in strength. That's pretty close, though, when you come down to it. My pdoc (psychopharmacologist, in case that is a new term for you) says that the biggest problem is going from one generic to another generic, because you can get pretty wildly different doses. Going from name brand to generic, though, is usually not a big deal.
What is often more of an issue than actual strength is that the binders and inert ingredients in the generic will differ from those used in the name brand. I've had allergic reactions to generics, when the name brand was just fine, so that's something to watch for. I think someone here mentinoed stomach upset on the Budeprion, but I think that might have been the SR formulation. You can use the search feature at the bottom of the page to see what other have said.
Welcome to Babble! There are a lot of good people here, with a lot of good information. And we have a lot of different boards, so take a look and see if we have more than just medication information for you.
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