Wellbutrin and severe itching on hands and fingers - Drug Interactions / Side Effects Message Board

jdowns · 05-02-2004, 12:09 AM

Hi,

I've taken wellbutrin for six days now (generic form) and just the past couple days both hands starting itching very badly. I haven't done anything different so I suspect it must be the Wellbutrin. Other than that I have no bad side effects but this severe itching concerns me. I'm up to 200 mg and don't want to take the final pill (100 mg) until I find out what's going on. There is no rash but severe itching all over the hands where I scratch them raw and no lotion or cream seems to help my hands. Has anybody ever heard of this as a side effect?

jdowns · 05-02-2004, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jdowns

Hi,

I've taken wellbutrin for six days now (generic form) and just the past couple days both hands starting itching very badly. I haven't done anything different so I suspect it must be the Wellbutrin. Other than that I have no bad side effects but this severe itching concerns me. I'm up to 200 mg and don't want to take the final pill (100 mg) until I find out what's going on. There is no rash but severe itching all over the hands where I scratch them raw and no lotion or cream seems to help my hands. Has anybody ever heard of this as a side effect?

positive4u · 05-02-2004, 11:50 PM

jdowns,
Have not heard of itching limited only to the hands while on Wellbutrin. I would suspect more of your body would be affected. You may wish to take some Benadryl(diphenhydramine) and go of the Wellbutrin slowly to see if that helps.
Positive4U

TJM · 05-06-2004, 12:21 PM

Yes it's the Wellbutrin.
I haven't experienced that effect but my doctor told me it could happen when he prescribed it to me.
It's also in the info that I was given from the pharmacy.
Did you read the info you were given?

Mesheka · 05-23-2004, 09:32 PM

I have been taking Wellbutrin for six years now; it has worked miracles for my OCD. However, my HMO paid for the generic form one week ago (because they said now that there was a generic, I could only get that unless the doctor wrote Brand name only on the script), and starting yesterday (about six days into it) -- I have severe itching everywhere on my body including my hands! I am miserable and cannot wait to get to the doctor tomorrow to have it changed! Mostly it is my legs, chest and back...