Meridia and Wellbutrin

I have been given by my doctor Meridia 10 mg. along with 200 mg. a day of Wellbutrin SR. Is there anybody out there that has been taking the two.
I have to loose weight from the AD I have been taking over the years and look forward to Meridia giving me some help.
The Dr. said it was ok as Wellbutrin is not a SSRI and the pharmacist also said is ok.

Any feedback

Krisitna

I take 300 mg wellbutrin xl daily and doc also prescribed meridia to take with it. When I filled my perscriptions the Pharmacist practically begged me not to take the Meridia. The meridia wasn't covered anyhow so I decided to save myself 157.00 and not take it. Sometimes pharmacists are much more knowledgable in regards to drug interactions.

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kp8518 wrote:I have been given by my doctor Meridia 10 mg. along with 200 mg. a day of Wellbutrin SR. Is there anybody out there that has been taking the two.
I have to loose weight from the AD I have been taking over the years and look forward to Meridia giving me some help.
The Dr. said it was ok as Wellbutrin is not a SSRI and the pharmacist also said is ok.

Any feedback

Krisitna

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my dr. said it was ok to take wellbutrin with merida I don't get why pharmacist would say differ.

Although your dr might say its ok, sometimes they too can makes mistakes. Make sure with your pharmacist that there are no interractions between the 2. According to every interractions website I've gone on so far, the 2 drugs are listed as being a bad combination.

I am on Welbutrin also, and my obesity Dr. had a very candid conversation with me about the possible effects of the two drugs. His stance was that we should try just taking the Meridia as it should provide the AD effect as well as curbing the appetite. He also said that if it wasn't working out we could start the Welbutrin again at a lower dose and it would probably be fine, however he also wants to see me every other week to keep an eye on me.