Wellbutrin SR General Information

Wellbutrin SR is an antidepressant medication that must be prescribed by the physician, which is one of the popular drugs of its kind and belongs to the aminoketone class of antidepressants. This medication is prescribed for depression and other disorders, but unlike other antidepressants it is unrelated to selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. Wellbutrin SR is also known as bupropion hydrochloride and is highly soluble in water, with a bitter taste and has the potential to produce a numb sensation in the mouth.
Wellbutrin SR is an oral table that should not be chewed or crushed, with the active ingredients in the film coated pills bupropion hydrochloride. There are inactive ingredients that will need to be known by people with certain allergies and they include cysteine hydrochloride, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microctystalline, cellulose, polyethylene glycol and other ingredients.

The ingredients in this antidepressant whether Wellbutrin SR or generic Wellbutrin SR are sustained release, which are prescribed to take for major depressive disorders and some other medical conditions and can take up to four weeks to be completely active in the system. Wellbutrin SR side effects are similar to other medications used to treat these conditions and in most cases decrease over time.