Tricyclic Antidepressant Overview

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Tricyclic antidepressants are a class of antidepressant drugs first used in the 1950s. They are named after the drugs' molecular structure, which contains three rings of atoms . The first tricyclic antidepressant discovered was imipramine, which was discovered accidentally in a search for a new antipsychotic in the late 1950s. Antidepressant drugs in the tricyclic drug group include: Note: Other sources suggest that most of the tricyclics combine adrenergic and...


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Is a tricyclic antidepressant a heavier antidepressant than a tetracyclic one?
I was just wondering, since I heard that the space between a therapeutic dose and...

Sorta - but it's just semantics. Many drugs differ from each other in the same class due to POTENCY. You need less of a more potent drug, and the therapeutic to toxic...

Asked by Elle Dee - 14 months ago

Tricyclic Antidepressant Atropine? What are the side effects on eyes?
An optometrist put the dilating drops called Atropine in my eyes when I was taking...

I had a case with interaction between the same drugs , since when did you stop doxepin ?

Asked by oliviastats - 16 months ago

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