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Can bupropion(wellbutrin) cause long term or permanant side effects like hallucinations and delusions in elderly patients?

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Use of bupropion in the elderly population will have potential to cause adverse effects while using, but these induced events should mollify in a few weeks after cessation. Permanent brain damage such as a stroke or persistent chemical alteration has never been convincingly proven.

Answered 8/13/2023

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