Zyban used to be
> used for stopping smoking until the medical establishment found out it is
a
> good weight loss med and anti-depressant.  I am taking one 75mg pill twice
> a day and that dosage will be doubled in about another month.

Bupropion  was first approved by the FDA as an antidepressant and marketed
under the tradename Wellbutrin.  It's structurally related to
phenylethylamine neurotransmitters, and acts as a CNS stimulant.  Unlike
tricyclic antidepressants and the new generation antidepressants, it only
weakly inhibits serotonin and norepinephrine uptake.  Later  FDA approved
bupropion for smoking cessation, and marketed under the tradename Zyban.
Wellbutrin and Zyban are two tradenames for the same drug bupropion.

FDA has never approved bupropion for weight loss, though any medication can
be prescribed off label.  Because of its CNS stimulant effect, bupropion
must be used carefully because of the risk of CNS seizures.

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