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Pharmacopsychiatry 2006; 39(6): 229
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951384
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Bupropion in Atopic Dermatitis

E. González 1 , R. M. Sanguino 2 , M. A. Franco 3
  • 1Complejo Hospitalario San Luis, Palencia, Spain
  • 2Unidad Salud Mental, Palencia, Spain
  • 3Complejo Asistencial, Zamora, Spain
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Received 9. 1. 2006 Revised 13. 3. 2006

Accepted 5. 7. 2006

Publication Date:
23 November 2006 (online)

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Bupropion is an antidepressive drug whose main mechanism of action seems to be the inhibition of noradrenaline and dopamine recapture. We present a clinical case of a 50-year-old person with severe atopic dermatitis (A.D.) and without psychiatric symptoms associated, who was casually treated with bupropion with very good results. The mechanisms of action are not yet known, given the diversity of the implied physiopathology mechanisms: genetic, immunological, inflammatory, etc. The use of bupropion in serious and resistant cases to other treatments could constitute a pertinent therapeutic alternative.

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Correspondence

Emilio González PablosM.D. 

Complejo Hospitalario San Luis

Carretera de Burgos s/n.

34004 Palencia

Spain

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Fax: +34/979/16 54 43

Email: ch@sanluis.org