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Antidepressants, Tricyclic (Systemic)

Description

Tricyclic antidepressants are used to relieve mental depression.

One form of this medicine (imipramine) is also used to treat enuresis (bedwetting) in children. Another form (clomipramine) is used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorders. Tricyclic antidepressants may be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

These medicines are available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage forms:

Oral

Amitriptyline
- Syrup (Canada)
- Tablets (U.S. and Canada)
Amoxapine
- Tablets (U.S. and Canada)
Clomipramine
- Capsules (U.S.)
- Tablets (Canada)
Desipramine
- Tablets (U.S. and Canada)
Doxepin
- Capsules (U.S. and Canada)
- Oral solution (U.S.)
Imipramine
- Capsules (U.S.)
- Tablets (U.S. and Canada)
Nortriptyline
- Capsules (U.S. and Canada)
- Oral solution (U.S.)
Protriptyline
- Tablets (U.S. and Canada)
Trimipramine
- Capsules (U.S. and Canada)
- Tablets (Canada)

Parenteral

Amitriptyline
- Injection (U.S.)
Imipramine
- Injection (U.S.)

Brand Names

Some commonly used brand names are:

In the U.S. -

Anafranil ³
Asendin ²
Aventyl ⁷
Elavil ¹
Endep ¹
Norfranil ⁶
Norpramin ⁴
Pamelor ⁷
Sinequan ⁵
Surmontil ⁹
Tipramine ⁶
Tofranil ⁶
Tofranil-PM ⁶
Vivactil ⁸

In Canada -

Anafranil ³
Apo-Amitriptyline ¹
Apo-Imipramine ⁶
Apo-Trimip ⁹
Asendin ²
Aventyl ⁷
Elavil ¹
Impril ⁶
Levate ¹
Norpramin ⁴
Novo-Doxepin ⁵
Novopramine ⁶
Novo-Tripramine ⁹
Novotriptyn ¹
Pertofrane ⁴
Rhotrimine ⁹
Sinequan ⁵
Surmontil ⁹
Tofranil ⁶
Triadapin ⁵
Triptil ⁸

Note:

For quick reference, the following tricyclic antidepressants are numbered to match the corresponding brand names.

This information applies to the following medicines:
1.	Amitriptyline (a-mee-TRIP-ti-leen)‡§
2.	Amoxapine (a-MOX-a-peen)‡
3.	Clomipramine (cloe-MIP-ra-meen)‡
4.	Desipramine (dess-IP-ra-meen)‡§
5.	Doxepin (DOX-e-pin)‡
6.	Imipramine (im-IP-ra-meen)‡
7.	Nortriptyline (nor-TRIP-ti-leen)‡
8.	Protriptyline (proe-TRIP-ti-leen)‡
9.	Trimipramine (trye-MIP-ra-meen)‡
‡ Generic name product may be available in the U.S.
§ Generic name product may be available in Canada

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Antidepressants, Tricyclic (Systemic)

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