NOUN
- an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain
How To Use tricyclic antidepressant In A Sentence
- The most useful drugs are anticonvulsants, especially gabapentin and carbamazepine, and tricyclic antidepressants, especially amitriptyline.
- Another class of drugs used to relax the bladder is tricyclic antidepressants, such as imipramine, nortriptyline, and desipramine.
- Medications with antihistamine properties, such as anticholinergic agents, phenothiazine, and tricyclic antidepressants, also should be discontinued before skin testing.
- If appropriate dosages of a tricyclic antidepressant (preferably nortriptyline) or gabapentin do not provide adequate relief, strong opioids such as oxycodone, morphine, or methadone may be required.
- Tricyclic antidepressants don't cause dependence or addiction, but they can make you drowsy.
- Concern surrounds the use of tricyclic antidepressants in patients with cardiovascular disease.
- Antispasmodic and tricyclic antidepressant drugs improve pain, whereas ispaghula improves pain and bowel habit.
- Licensed primarily as an antihypertensive, clonidine shares some pharmacological effects with bupropion and tricyclic antidepressants.
- Tricyclic antidepressants may be categorized as secondary or tertiary amines.
- The potential for a fatal overdose is significantly lower with SSRIs than with tricyclic antidepressants.
