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On a non-medical note, I know a guy that was taking zyban to quit. For several weeks he was in *really* rough shape. He couldn't sleep at night, he had the shakes, he couldn't concentrate on anything for vary long. I'm not sure whether this was an effect of zyban, or simply nicotine withdrawl. Either way, the guy wasn't fit to dive, let alone drive a car. Simply from what I observed, I'd advise against diving while on zyban. Steve (not an MD) On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, wendell grogan wrote: > I would avoid it. Zyban, also sold as Welbutrin, is known to cause > seizures in people with no history of epilepsy. The risks are low at > the usual prescription doses, but rise exponentially when you go > slightly above the usual prescription dose. The implications of this > tendency to cause seizures in a hyperbaric oxygen situation (i.e.. > ppO2>1.0) are unknown. However, the fact that you have two factors than > can trigger seizures acting together underwater sounds like a bad > combination. > I'll check it out and correct myself if I find out something different. > Wendell Grogan (MD) > > Daniel Steeves wrote: > > > > can anyone provide info / advice regarding diving whilst taking zyban? > > > > i am considering using zyban to aid my quit smoking attempt - looking > > for info - the doc knows nothing and his research ??? to date makes > > him look like mjb (though my guy admits he knows diddly) > > > > thanks in advance > > > > o o > > o o ____ daniel steeves > > o (_/\_) living and diving > > o =()= in Qatar > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > > -- > "There are two kinds of people, those who do the work > and those who take the credit. Try to be in the > first group; there is less competition there." > (Indira Gandhi) > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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