Posted by Racer on October 31, 2007, at 12:01:04
In reply to Re: bupropion vs. budeprion-)Racer, posted by clubfitter on October 31, 2007, at 11:55:33
> What do you mean by off by 10%...also, have you had any experience with Buprpion vs. Budeprion vs. Brand Name Wellbutrin?
Off by 10%: according to my doctor, generics can be under or over the stated dose by about that. That means that for, say, a 1 mg tablet of alprazolam, you might get .9 to 1.1 mg of the active ingredient. That's not usually a problem, unless you go from the .9 to the 1.1 when you get your next bottle. That's my doctor's story, and I trust what he tells me. (Besides, that would certainly save the generics manufacturers money on quality control.)
As for the generic Wellbutrin, no direct experience here. I take 450 mg of the Wellbutrin XL, and the generic XL is available as 300 mg. My husband, though, does take the generic. He was doing better on 150 mg of the name brand, than he is on the 300 mg of the Budeprion. Then again, if you ask me, it's the wrong drug for him anyway, since he suffers from pretty severe anxiety. From what I've seen, I'm not impressed. If they came out with a 150 or 450 mg, I'd appeal to my insurer to get the name brand.
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