Abuse potential had been part of the Benefit Risk Management Plan for bupropion up until 2003 and at that point, had no longer been regarded as a potential risk that required additional/further evaluation outside standard pharmacovigilance monitoring. The current European Risk Management Plan also states that standard pharmacovigilance monitoring applies to abuse potential. Monitoring has shown a recent increase in the number of spontaneous reports from the Adverse Event reporting System (AERS) of drug abuse.