What Is The Best Generic Version Of Wellbutrin Xl - Watson Or Anchen? (Page 47)

My doctor will not prescribe generic Wellbutrin XL but my insurance will no longer pay for brand name drugs. I will have to pay about $7000 per yer for what I am taking now (3 of the 150mg Wellbutrin XL brand name per day). I am reading that the problem with the generics is the time release mechanism and not the drug itself and that some are better than others. Anybody have experience with the generics made by Watson and /or Anchen?

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"..people complained for years"

Why would anyone want to complain for years when the warning literature which came with the medication specifically told them to discontinue using the medication if they experienced any negative reactions? It takes ten minutes or less to read the warning literature, not years. Ten minutes is a lot less time than years.

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I really meant different people over many years. I figured a way into brand name back then, though it took me a while to figure out it was the drug. I thought I was just a post partum witch. But it was, no kidding, without a doubt, the switch to generic that threw me way off.

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I was also lucky enough to be on the Watson's that were pulled by the FDA when I tried generics again later, open-minded after losing brand-name coverage. Call me unlucky but it's hard for me to play with head meds anymore, especially with a small, wonderful child at home.

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I understand what you're saying and I apologize for being a little facetious in my last post. But I was also blindsided by a generic not duplicating the effects of brand Wellbutrin. But in my case, it was Anchen, not TEVA. Here's how it happened to me. I have bipolar disorder and after being diagnosed was eventually stabilized (more or less) on brand Wellbutrin and Lamictal. Then one day without me or my pdoc specifically requesting it my mail order pharmacy sent me TEVA Budeprion XL instead of brand Wellbutrin XL. I thought nothing of it because at the time I believed the FDA would never allow any generic on the market which did not duplicate the effects of brand Wellbutrin. And in the case of TEVA Budeprion XL, for me, as well as many others, it 100% duplicated the effects of brand Wellbutrin XL. Then one day the mail order pharmacy sent me Anchen instead of TEVA. I didn't think anything of that either until the very next day I went into ED and an upset stomach. It was just happenstance that the very same day I had started with an increase in dosage from 50 mg to 100 mg of Lamictal. I went about two weeks with this condition to see if there would be any eventual stabilization. There was not. Told my pdoc and she told me to go back to 50 mg of Lamictal. Did this for two weeks with no change in symptoms. Told my pdoc and she said it had to be the Anchen. She was right. Went back to TEVA and the symptoms went away. That's when I no longer trusted the FDA. I've tried Actavis after Anchen and had the identical effects as I did with the Anchen, except for the upset stomach. I've been on many sites since then and found out there was not a single generic, not TEVA, not Anchen, not PAR, not Watson, not any which was not a disaster for someone. Yet the FDA did not remove these from the market when they knew that people were experiencing these effects. They didn't have to remove any generic from the market. All they had to do was provide a warning to the public that any generic may or may not duplicate the effects of brand Wellbutrin or other generics. But they cover this up by not providing this warning to the public and falsely leave people to believe that any generic they approve will duplicate the effects of brand Wellbutrin. And the results are what you see on this very site and others. But I suppose if they were to admit it the political repercussions would be horrendous. I believe eventually the cover up will get out and all they'll do is find some scapegoat at some higher level and that individual will simply resign and retire. No different than what the Veteran's Administration did to America's veterans. But there's nothing you can do to a government agency except to lose all trust in it.

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After one month of taking TeVa wellbutrin brand name med I was so depressed I ask my doctor to up another medicine I was taking. It was during that next two days I saw you online and then in the Wall Street Journal that the medicine from TeVa was not working I somehow then got a different companys brand wellbutrin

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I called direct success pharmacy and it turns out that if you are over65whetherr or not you have insurance or if yoyouMassachusetts you cannot use their program.

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Why is this message from 2011 the first message one sees period? It is now 2016

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Why is this outdated letter still the first one sees!!!!!!

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You're going to have people coming on this site and other sites asking the same meaningless question over and over, which generic form of Wellbutrin XL is the best and at the same time wondering why generic forms of Wellbutrin XL approved by the FDA are messing them up. The answer has been in front of them all along.

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After being on brand Wellbutrin, I was switched to a generic which caused vomiting, then back to the brand, then a different generic made by PAR. I am doing fine on the PAR generic.

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Direct Success Enrollment Form: s3.amazonaws.com/www.rxassist.org/docs/valeant-wellbutrinxl-frm.pdf

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Only patient that not have insurance .....

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Is it the real Wellbutrin made by Valiant or that stuff made in Turkey?

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actually, it was nice to see someone say that they recently have been on the PAR generic and doing ok, so there is value here.

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"..people complained for years"

This doesn't mean that each person was complaining for years. It means that over the years, many people complained. And rightly so too.

For all of the FDA's many faults and shortcomings, pulling Budeprion from the market was the right choice. The benefits that you (Gemeniguy) gained cannot outweigh the harm that was caused to countless others by its faulty design.

The other bupropion generics are flawed in their own ways, but they don't have a glaring design flaw like Teva's budeprion. FWIW, PAR/Anchen is the formulation that is closest in technical design to Wellbutrin i.e. it uses a polymer membrane.

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Have your Doctor either prescribe brand and then get generic from Pharmacy--Doctor has nothing to do with you getting Generic!

Or Have your Doctor do a Medical necessity for insurance and fight for it.

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Go to a Canadian Pharmacy & get Wellbutrin 150 xl for $150/3 months. I've been getting my medication this way for years because I cannot tolerate the generic version, and my pharmacy wants $1100.00 for a 30 day supply of the name brand.

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Watson labs works great for me. Mylan good but expensive. Sandoz never works well for me... when I see those pink pills in my bottle I get like "sigh" ugh!

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Endo international bought out Parr pharmaceutical at the end of 2015 every other manufacturing company has traded every year so who knows what your getting. All I know is after that all my medications made me half sick. like I say they trade so much I don't know what I'm getting. It makes you feel worse then without taking bupropion xl 300. Monopoly!! Mylan Pharmaceuticals is great but their bought and sold every day now too. The FDA starting testing generic Wellbutrin because of so many complaints and many are failing, so if they sell, they can probably just start over. Mental Health problem or manufacturing greed problem? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!!

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It's a big problem, not knowing what your going to be taking each month. They should at least keep the same formula noted because of all the acquisitions being done. Its not right. No wonder there's a mental problem. Some times I think that the streets could do a better job, their not as greedy

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