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Zyban is known as a quit-smoking aid, but it is also used as an antidepressant that can lower seizure threshold. As you know most of steroids lower seizure threshold as well, that is why Zyban and steroids should not be taken together.

The trade names of steroids that should not be combined with Zyban include Prednisone and Medrol (methylprednisolone).

Zyban is a drug that is used for treating nicotine addiction. Although Zyban is not indicated for treatment of depression, it can be also used for treating a variety of conditions, including depression and other mental/mood disorders. The reason for using Zyban as an antidepressant is that it contains the same active ingredient as the antidepressant medications such as Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR, and Wellbutrin XL. Actually, Zyban and Wellbutrin belong to the same class of drugs that is called Bupropion. The difference between Zyban and Wellbutrin consists in the fact that Bupropion is marketed under the name Wellbutrin as an antidepressant and Zyban is marketed as the use to reduce withdrawal symptoms experienced in smoking cessation.

Zyban is a name for the generic drug bupropion hydrochloride. Zyban (Bupropion) is used to treat nicotine addiction directly.

Originally it was marketed as an anti-depressant drug. Later it was discovered that Zyban is an effective quit-smoking aid. In 1997, the FDA approved Zyban to be used as a smoking cessation aid. Zyban works at the neurological level, reducing the craving for nicotine in any form. It is important as this discovery could open the door to finding similar molecules for treating much more serious addiction problems, such as cocaine and heroin, etc.

Each year, approximately 20 million of the 50 million smokers in the United States try to quit smoking, but only about 6 percent of those who try succeed in quitting in the long term.

If you have a wish to quit smoking but you cannot make a choice from a variety from nicotine-replacement therapies or other methods, then you should learn the following.

There are many drugs that can interact with Wellbutrin. Wellbutrin drug interactions can cause your body to metabolize the medications differently from the intended effects and alter the levels of some drugs in your blood, among other things, that is why it is of primary importance to consult your doctor if you take other drugs simultaneously.