James Heck received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University in 1976 after working four years in the laboratories of Professor Robert B. Woodward.
Note: This page contains side effects data for the generic drug bupropion. It is possible that some of the dosage forms included below may not apply to the brand name Zyban. Applies to bupropion: oral tablet, oral tablet extended release, oral tablet extended release 12 hr, oral tablet extended release 24 hr.
Zyban is part of a class of drugs known as norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors (or NDRIs for short). NDRIs act on specific chemicals within the brain known as norepinephrine and dopamine. These are two of several chemicals used to send messages from one nerve cell to another.