Posted by SLS on December 26, 2008, at 6:30:09
Hi all.
A friend of mine is having bariatric surgery soon and will be left with a small vestigial stomach.
Someone on the treatment team told her that she could no longer take the sustained release preparations of Wellbutrin. She was told to use the IR immediate-release version only. No explanation was given. I'll need to do some homework for her, I guess. I get the feeling that it is just not necessary to make a switch to the IR.
Does anyone have information on this?
My friend has already made the switch to IR to see if it will sustain her 8-year remission of depression. The answer is no. She began to deteriorate within a week and is not doing too well. I convinced her to return to XL until she has her surgery in a few months. If her physicians are unsure as to the efficacy of sustained release versions of Wellbutrin, but are convinced that it will do her no harm, then it is a no-brainer but to try as an experiment its use.
- Scott
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