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Posted at 8:23 PM on Jul 16, 2009 by butterflyblue1116, #43087
I am so relieved to see these posts. My husband started Wellbutrin 2 weeks ago. We are at the beach and yesterday he started experiencing itchiness followed by rash and welts that have spread and are huge now. He has them on his legs, under arms, around waist and on feet. This morning his right eye became extremely swollen and now his lips are HUGE.. At first we though an allergic reaction to seaweed until it started getting worse. I googled benadryl and wellbutrin to see if they could be taken together and found this sight. He has also been complaining the last week with chest pains and I see some people also experienced that. Thank you all for sharing for now I can see what is causing it and we are stopping Wellbutrin now.
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Reply 3 months ago on Jul 28, 2009 by jillsjewels, #21875

I have the same thing!! Just started the med 10 days ago. Welts and rashes on my stomach under and around my biceps and down my thighs. Went to the dermatologist this am. Confirmed it was cause by something I ingested (probably wellbutrin) I am bummed because I had NO side effects for the first 10 days.

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Reply 3 months ago on Jul 28, 2009 by butterflyblue1116, #21877

After I posted this, the very next day both of his eyes were swollen and his lips even more swollen than the day before. He could barely speak. It scared me. Fortunately we found a clinic 10 miles from our vacation house and he received a steroid shot and a pack of pills that contained steroids. He soon started to feel better with his rash and welts slowly going away. He itched and had a few complications for a couple of more days, but is now back to normal. Stop taking the medication. I read on here that a lot of doctors did not think it was the Welbutrin and the clinic we went to, the PA said it was, but the doctor disagreed. We KNOW it was and since he was only taking it a couple of weeks, stopping the medication immediately for him had no adverse side effects other than moodiness. But that could have been from the steroids, too. I hope you get better soon. I know it is not fun. Did the dermatologist give you anything for yours?

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