? re. Wellbutrin-XL

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Registered: 04-26-2003
? re. Wellbutrin-XL
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Mon, 01-26-2004 - 7:09pm
Hi!

My doctor had me taking Wellbutrin-XL for weight loss and anxiety, starting in October of 2003, at 150mg once a day. I moved up to 300mg/day in early November when the 150mg no longer seemed to be controlling my appetite. Shortly before Christmas, the 300mg tablet no longer worked for me either, so on January 1st, I stopped taking Wellbutrin completely.

This evening, my husband I have been invited out with some friends, and I would love to be able to have a drink or two while I'm out, but I can't seem to find any information online that tells me when it's safe to drink "after" stopping wellbutrin. All the information online seems to relate to drinking while on wellbutrin, but not after you stop. The doctor's office is closed for the day, and I'd hate to have my doctor paged for a question like this, which is clearly not an emergency type of problem.

Does anyone know how long a person should wait after stopping Wellbutrin before the medicine is out of your system and the alcohol seizure risk is gone? It's been 25 days for me, but I'm still not sure if it takes longer than that to get out of my system.

Thanks for the help!

Patty

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Registered: 07-18-2007
Mon, 01-26-2004 - 7:32pm

Hi, ((((((Patty)))))))!


I don't really know the answer to your question.

 

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