Has Anyone Tried The Generic Version Of Wellbutrin Sr Made By Sun Pharma Bupropion Hcl (Page 4)
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Hi - I just got a perscription for the Sun Pharma generic version of Wellbutrin SR (Bupropion HCL SR). Has anyone had success with this one? If not which generic version have you had success with?

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Lori:

I have had negative experiences with both Sun Pharma and Actavis versions of bupropion 100 SR (aka Wellbutrin 100 SR). Both were manufactured in India by companies with shady histories.

On the other hand, I had done well with the Sandoz version (Swiss company but who knows where the medication is manufactured) - this is a bright blue tablet.

Note that Sunpharma recently acquired Ranbaxy, another Indian pharmaceutical mfg outfit.

Several years ago there was a long article in the NY Times magazine regarding Indian-sourced bupropion - in this case the 300 mg long release version. The upshot was that the tablets did not contain a therapeutic dose of bupropion (read this as zero medication). This was, perhaps, due to poor QC at the plant or shorter shelf life of the Indian formulation. Or out-and-out fraud. I tend towards the latter - but I'm a lifelong skeptic when it comes to products sourced by large conglomerates - especially ones based in Asia - from kite string to specialty steel, I'm a 'show me' kind of person (although not from Missouri).

My takeaway is to avoid ANY Indian- or Chinese-sourced generic medications - the US FDA is just shuffling papers submitted by these outfits and they could be sending us chalk pills for all the US Gov't cares.

wb

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I agree 200% Lori! It upsets me terribly to think that some people might have taken the Sun Pharma and sunk more deeply into depression as you and I and many others did. At least we realized it was the ineffective pill... What about others who plummeted into deeper depression...and may never have come back from that, or worse.

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I actually did better on the Sun Pharma than on the Watson and Mylan. Mylan did nothing for me and on Watson I clenched my jaw so badly that my doctor was going to prescribe me a muscle relaxant. I found out that right now the Sun Pharma is on backorder so I am taking Buproban, which is for smoking cessation. I was taking TEVA budeprion for years and it worked for me, then they stopped making it. I have heard how badly people reacted to TEVA but for some reason it worked for me. I am just tired of trying new generics every few months to find one that actually works for me!

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Please be careful and don't take the sun pharmaceutical generic version
It took me more than a month after I stopped taking then to feel more like me. It is scary that the FDA hasn't pulled this brand. The last thing u need when u are trying to overcome depression is to get a pill that makes u feel worse

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Mine had nothing on one side and 738 on the other and was a strangely small sized pill - a good 3rd smaller than normal sized wellbutrin brand or generics. The Sandoz works fine for me....Here's the link for filing a report with the FDA. I am still hoping that they with seize these Sun Pharma pseudo generic Wellbutrins so that people like us who are battling depression can't be derailed by it any longer! I took it for 4 very miserable weeks! Please let us know how you are doing, Nicole!

fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm354560.htm#Submit

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Hey guys. What did your pill actually look like from Sun Pharma? Did it have any imprints? Please tell me why mine had nothing on it?!?!

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I had a miserable time a year ago on the Sun Pharma Bupropion 200 SR. After a month I realized that it was the new generic (to me) that had me in bed crying every day- not a pretty picture! It took several months for me to find a different generic that works for me- the Sandoz. Others on this thread don't seem to like it, but it works for me.

If you are up to it, please use the link I posted in another message below to file a CDER report with the FDA!

In a year of posting in various forums on generic Wellbutrin sold by Caraco and produced by Sun Pharma, i have never seen anything but problems regarding this compound! I think it is inexcusable for a worthless medication to be allowed to continue to be sold enmasse. IMO, this drug is harmful and dangerous to those of us who rely on WB to alleviate depression!!!!!

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I've had an even worse reaction than you guys! I had terrible nausea, anger, mood swings, and weird dreams and only been on the Sun pharma brand for 3 days!!!! Bupron SR 150 is the name of it and has no imprint on a white round pill. Anybody get this one before?

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Lori, let me know how you do...and thank you filing a report about the sun pharma/caraco generic Wellbutrin. I am reposting the link for the FDA reporting page. I encourage anyone who is having a problem with any of the available generic Wellbutrin compounds to file a report. We rely on this med to do what it's supposed to do and if the generics are substandard, we need to make some noise not just on this chat site, but where it can make a difference:

fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm354560.htm#Submit

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So, as mentioned I was on the Mylan brand generic Wellbutrin and for the most part had no negative effects.... at first. It didn't seem to do anything for me though I was on 2 per day 150 SR. A couple months in I developed a bad eye stutter. I don't feel it was exactly a twitch. It seemed as if I blinked or closed my eye my lid on my one eye did not come up right away. It was annoying and troubling, I was becoming scared as it started to get worse and constant. It was getting worse and worse. I went off the Generic Wellbutrin since it wasn't doing anything and I suspected the eye thing maybe from them. The eye stutter remained for about 3 weeks after stopping the Generic Wellbutrin then it went away. Anyone have a bad eye twitching/sticking lid troubles on Generic Wellbutrin?

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it is definitely the sun pharmaceuticals generic version that is causing this. I am going to call my insurance and pharmacy to have them switch them out - hopefully I can do this without a lot of fuss. since the sun pills are not working properly I have very little tolerance for issues and having trouble handling things like this

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Lori, I'm so sorry you've had a problem with headaches! But, I am so glad to hear that you filed a report! I really worry about the people who don't realize they are having bad reactions from the substandard generic Wellbutrin. I don't understand how the FDA can allow people who rely on this (and other medications) to take pills that can harm them, not help as they should!

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I just filled out a report on the fda website using the link above. I am getting serious headaches, jittery, irritable, exhaustion from not sleeping or when I do
fall asleep I keep waking up and not eating. I have been on bupropion for 3 years and not had reactions like this.

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The Sandoz generic Wellbutrin SR 200 is doing its job! I feel so much better than I have in a very long time. I highly recommend it.

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Hi fellow effective generic Wellbutrin seekers! I have been trying (with absolutely no success) to get Brand Name Wellbutrin 200 SR filled at a pharmacy for something less than $485 for 60 pills. I even called Smith Glaxo to see if their "bridges" prescription service could help and then, at their suggestion, tried Partnership for Prescription Assistance. No go.

Potentially good news, though... knowing of my quest, my local pharmacy just filled my script with the Sandoz Pharmaceutical version of generic. It is a uniform shape, color, (pale pink) with an imprint of 1111 on it. It looks like a high quality generic.

I will keep ya'll posted about it's effectiveness but I think that the pharmacy went out if it's way to find something "real" for me to try.

Best to you all...

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Note that the FDA allows some leeway in terms of the variability allowed in the active ingredient. So, one generic may have more or less of the active ingredient (vs. another generic). I have had good luck with the Mylan brand for years. Recently, my insurance changed and I have to pay full price for prescriptions until a deductible is reached. I was looking around at pricing and noticed that the Sun brand is much cheaper, however I honestly wouldn't trust any generic coming from India. There is just too much corruption in that country.

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I just started the sun pharma brand 2 days ago, Friday night took the first sun pharma. Woke up Saturday morning and took another sun pharma pill. Saturday afternoon I had to take Advil and lay in a dark bedroom because the headache was so bad. Woke up from a 2hr nap and felt good. Took the evening pill and went to bed. Woke up today, Sunday morning with another headache! This is not cool!

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The link below will take you directly to the page on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) web site where you can download a report form to mail in or submit on line to report any serious health problems you have in reaction to a medication. My reaction to the San Pharma bupropion was different than yours and I filed my one and only report about this formula. I took 8th for 4 weeks and sank deeper and deeper into depression. I am very grateful that I realized that there was a problem with my pill and was proactive in changing to a new pharmacy as well as reporting it to the FDA. One or two reports won't get a product reviewed and recalled - it will take several. So, I hope you will consider filing one - but only if it is having or definitely has had a bad effect on you.

fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm354560.htm#Submit

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The next day I checked back with CVS to see if they were able to get my prescription from Walgreens they told me yes! So, I went to Walgreens to ask for the co pay I had given them back and offered to give back the Sun Pharma. At first she said that part would be harder and also, did I make sure CVS would be able to fill the script switched over to them since insurance may see it as a new fill too close to the one just done. So Walgreens called CVS and asked if they ran it though insurance and if it went though, it did. To be done with this and me I think Walgreens Pharmacist decide she would just refund my co-pay as if a return. So CVS filled it with the Mylan lab ones and everything was fine. I felt perfectly nor normal after taking the Mylan again. Something is different with between the ones from the Mylan manufacturer and the Sun Pharma. Now I know to always ask what manufacture they will be filling my prescription with before I hand over my prescription so if they don't have Mylan I can try someplace else. So, I don't know if the bad reaction from the Sun Pharma would have went away after a few days of using them or not, I'm glad I didn't have to find out. I think I would have stopped taking them.

Hope they are getting better for you or see if you can be switched to whatever manufacturer your past fills were from, or try the Mylan if you can't get your usual manufacture anywhere they work OK for me. You can find a pharmacy who has the manufacture you tolerated better then ask them to ask the Pharmacy who gave you the Sun Pharma to switch your Prescription to that place because you are reacting badly to the Sun Pharma ones.

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I'm having that same reaction jittery and anxious from the sun pharmactical ones.

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