Does Wellbutrin work for nerve pain?

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scaredgal
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Does Wellbutrin work for nerve pain?

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Has anyone tried this drug?
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Karyn
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Re: Does Wellbutrin work for nerve pain?

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I've taken to try to stop smoking but it made me itchy, so I discontinued it. Other than that, no experience with it for nerve pain. Isn't it an antidepressent?
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Re: Does Wellbutrin work for nerve pain?

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Wellbutrin is one of the trade names for bupropion. It is mainly used as an aid to stopping smoking, under the trade name Zyban in the UK. It is also used as an anti-depressant, also as an anti-anxiety drug; it has other uses as well but those are the main ones.

I can only find one reference, dated 2005, citing it as being useful for nerve pain, in the same way that venlafaxine and duloxetine are used.
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