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| The name tricyclic is derived from the drug's molecular structure which consists of three ring like structures (compare ]). | |||
| Antidepressant drugs in the tricyclic drug group include: | |||
| * ] (Elavil,Endep) | |||
| * ] (Anafranil) | |||
| * ] (Norpramin, Pertofrane) | |||
| * ] (Adapin, Sinequan) | |||
| * ] (Tofranil) | |||
| * ] (Pamelor) | |||
| * ] (Vivactil) | |||
| * ] (Surmontil) | |||
| == See also == | |||
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Tricyclic antidepressants are a class of antidepressant drugs first used in the 1960s. Tricyclic antidepressants are not addictive. Although they remain effective, they have been increasingly replaced by SSRIs because the difference between a therapeutic and a toxic dose of a tricyclic antidepressant is small. Like monoamine oxidase inhibitors, this posed a difficulty for the physician in that they were prescribing a medication for a depressed person that could be used to commit suicide.
The name tricyclic is derived from the drug's molecular structure which consists of three ring like structures (compare tetracyclic antidepressant).
Antidepressant drugs in the tricyclic drug group include:
- amitriptyline (Elavil,Endep)
- clomipramine (Anafranil)
- desipramine (Norpramin, Pertofrane)
- doxepin (Adapin, Sinequan)
- imipramine (Tofranil)
- nortryptyline (Pamelor)
- protriptyline (Vivactil)
- trimipramine (Surmontil)