WELLBUTRIN 150 MG 30S.R.TABS.(N/A)

ABOUT BUPROPION NOREPINEPHRINE AND DOPAMINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR NICOTINIC ANTAGONIST AMINOKETONE DERIVATIVE ATYPICAL ANTIDEPRESSANT SMOKING CESSATION AID. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF BUPROPION BUPROPION BLOCKS THE RE-UPTAKE OF NEUROTRANSMITTER DOPAMINE AND NORADRENALINE FROM THE SYNAPSE IN TO THE PRESYNAPTIC NERVE TERMINAL IN THE CNS. IT HAS ONLY A LESS ACTIVITY IN BLOCKING THE REUPTAKE OF SEROTONIN. BUPROPION POTENTIATES THE NORADRENERGIC AND DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY AND PRODUCES ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY. SMOKING CESSATION ACTION: BUPROPION IS A COMPETITIVE ANTAGONIST OF NICOTINE. INDICATIONS FOR BUPROPION 1. DEPRESSION 2. SMOKING CESSATION TREATMENT