Zyban withdrawl?

[Banquo]

In a few days I am going to start taking Zyban to help me quit smoking. I've tried quitting cold turkey, weening myself off of cigarettes, and replacing tobaccoo with large amounts of crack. None of this seems to work. I am worried that I am replacing tobacco with another drug.
Is it going to be difficult to stop taking the Zyban and/or will there be any withdrawl symptoms?

 

[Banquo]

Can even seven weeks be dangerous? I was thinking that serious withdrawl only occurs after months of usage.

 

[djtonedeaf]

The does your going to be taking is probably alot less than PhreeX's 400mg or whatever...
I wouldn't worry about withdrawal symptoms too much after seven weeks at a low dose...I've been on Wellbutrin before for short periods without withdrawal of more than a day or two.

 

[DrEIMiller]

I used Zyban about 4 years ago, as directed, prescribed by my dr., to get off of cigarettes. And it kind of worked. I quit smoking for 9 mos (argggh, I'm sort of back again 2 pacs a week though). I think the shit only works completely about 30% of the time anyways?
Anyways, I didn't have any withdrawal from the stuff. The only problems I had with it were the sleeping at first. I was kind of wired and anxious the first week or so on the stuff and then evened out pretty well, stopped smoking, then stopped taking Zyban. Ta dah.
[This message has been edited by DrEIMiller (edited 04 September 2001).]