Drug
Bupropion
Common brand names:
Budeprion XL, Wellbutrin, Zyban, Budeprion SR, Wellbutrin SR, Wellbutrin XLBupropion is used to treat people with depression and to aid in smoking cessation treatment.
Summary of Interactions with Vitamins, Herbs, & Foods
Supportive Interactions
1- Support Medicine
Bupropion
Yohimbe
A 50-year-old woman who was unresponsive to traditional antidepressant therapy was reported to have a marked and persistent improvement in mood when yohimbine was added to her bupropion therapy. Further research is necessary to determine the significance of this finding.
YohimbeBupropion- Pollack MH, Hamerness P. Adjunctive yohimbine for treatment in refractory depression. Biol Psychiatry 1993;33:220-1.
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