Addiction Recovery
This category covers medicines that help people stop smoking or reduce dependence on alcohol or opioids. They work best as part of a plan that includes counselling and support. What suits a person depends on which substance is involved, how heavy the dependence is and what has already been tried.
Wellbutrin SR
150mg
Wellbutrin SR is bupropion 150mg in a modified-release tablet for tobacco dependence and major depression, a weak reuptake inhibitor of two amines.
Wellbutrin
150 · 300mg
Bupropion 150mg and 300mg modified-release tablets, used in the management of major depression and tobacco dependence. An aminoketone antidepressant.
Key points
- Dependence treatment is a plan rather than a single tablet: medicine reduces craving or withdrawal while behavioural support does the rest.
- The three dependencies here, tobacco, alcohol and opioid, use different medicines, so products in this group are not interchangeable.
- Several need supervised initiation, because timing relative to the last drink or dose changes what is safe.
Classes and ingredients in this category
The medicines fall into three groups, matched to the substance rather than chosen between:
- Stop-smoking aids such as varenicline and bupropion.
- Alcohol dependence treatments like naltrexone, acamprosate and disulfiram.
Conditions it covers
These medicines are used for tobacco dependence, alcohol dependence and opioid dependence. Each dependency has its own assessment and monitoring pattern, so prescribing is matched to the substance rather than to the category.