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| | American Psychiatric Association |
 | | Adequate treatment with an antidepressant medication for at least 4-8 weeks is necessary before concluding that a patient is not responsive or only partially responsive to a particular medication (172). | | | Case reports suggest that stimulant medications may be effective adjuncts to antidepressant medication therapy (181, 182). | | | Results from a series of studies (307, 309, 316) suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy may be an effective continuation treatment following antidepressant medication therapy for preventing relapse (306). |
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| | Tricyclic antidepressants: Weapons against chronic pain - MayoClinic.com |
| | Amitriptyline is the tricyclic antidepressant most commonly prescribed for pain, and it is the one that has been studied most thoroughly. | | | Tricyclic antidepressants may increase neurotransmitters in the spinal cord that reduce pain signals. | | | Some of the more effective and commonly used medications for chronic pain are drugs that were developed to control other conditions. |
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| | Amitriptyline |
| | Administration of tricyclic antidepressants to hypertensive patients stabilized on clonidine can lead to hypertension, especially during the second week of tricyclic antidepressant therapy. | | | All antidepressants should be used with caution in depressed patients because of the possibility of suicidal ideation. | | | In the rare patient for whom this combination therapy is necessary, the interaction can be minimized by initiating therapy with a tricyclic antidepressant and then beginning MAOI therapy at low doses, followed by a very gradual increase. |
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| | Tricyclic antidepressants for low back pain - [Medication] |
| | Tricyclic antidepressants help relieve sleeping problems and fatigue, and may be prescribed for sleeping problems associated with low back pain. | | | It is most important to watch for these behaviors in children, who may be less able to control their impulsivity as much as adults and therefore may be at greater risk for suicidal impulses. | | | Tricyclic antidepressants for low back pain - [Medication] |
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| | Thyroid.org: Notes March 2002 |
| | The antidepressant drug was imipramine in five studies and amitriptyline in one. | | | In some studies, patients with depression improved more rapidly when treated with a tricyclic antidepressant drug therapy and triiodothyronine (T3) as compared with a tricyclic antidepressant drug alone. | | | The criteria for identification of studies for the analysis were that the study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in which patients with depression were treated with T3 or placebo within five days after the start of antidepressant drug therapy, and that a standardized scale was used to assess the severity of depression. |
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| | Dothiepin (UK PID) |
| | Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning and prolonged external cardiac massage during asystole. | | | Taylor D. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants in combination: interactions and therapeutic uses. | | | The overall incidence of serious cardiac complications in patients who are admitted to hospital following tricyclic overdose is reported to be less than 10%. |
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| | TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT OVERDOSE |
| | Tricyclic antidepressants can also be used in the treatment of migraine headache and neuropathic pain (pain originating from compression of nerves or from direct nerve involvement, e.g., diabetic neuropathy). | | | The initial treatment is to stabilize the vital signs. | | | Seek psychiatric help if you have any suicidal thoughts. |
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| | Tricyclic |
| | Augmentation of fluoxetine's antidepressant action by pindolol: analysis of clinical, pharmacokinetic, and methodologic factors. | | | Later on, patients on combination therapy who have had improvement should receive a trial off the SSRI to be sure the latter was required for the positive outcome. | | | For tricyclics and venlafaxine, evidence suggests a 50% chance of therapeutic response, despite failure on an adequate trial of one or more SSRI (e.g. |
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| | Tricyclic Antidepressants |
| | The tricyclics began to see broad use in psychiatry in the early 1950's with the introduction of imipramine (Tofranil and others), still one of the most-used medications in this group. | | | Other medical conditions which can make the use of the tricyclics dangerous, such as narrow-angle glaucoma, should be ruled out in preliminary history, examination and if necessary consultation. | | | Your primary care doctor, any specialists, surgeons and dentists involved in your care should be aware of the fact that you are taking a tricyclic; your prescribing psychiatrist should know all the other medications you take. |
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| | Tricyclic antidepressant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Tricyclics are also known as effective analgesics for different types of pain, especially neuropathic or neuralgic pain (like back pain in radiculitis). | | | Although still considered effective, they have been increasingly replaced by SSRIs and other newer drugs. | | | Tricyclic antidepressants are sometimes still used to treat refractory depression that has failed to respond to standard SSRI therapy. |
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| | Long term tricyclic antidepressant use causing CHF? |
| | This drug is a tricyclic antidepressant and contraindications are many. | | | Please help us puzzle through this maze of confusion over possible implications of this drug in my sons CHF. | | | Dear Kathie, The acute overdose effects are due more to electrical disturbances in the heart and do not occur as a result of long-term use of TC antidepressant. |
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| | The Body: Tricyclic Antidepressant |
| | The appropriate choice varies from person to person and depends on age, physical health and condition, and other drugs being concurrently used. | | | For treatment of depression, there are many options, including other tricyclic antidepressants (desipramine, amitriptyline, nortriptyline, amoxapine, maprotiline, imipramine, trimipramine, doxepin), MAO inhibitors (tranylcypromine, phenelzine, isocarboxazid), serotonin reuptake inhibitors (fluoxetine, paroxetine, and sertraline), and stimulants such as methylphenidate. | | | Desipramine is often the first choice among tricyclic antidepressants because it is effective and has relatively few side effects in most people. |
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| | Search Results for tricyclic - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Depression is characterized by a sad or hopeless mood, a loss of interest in one's usual activities, reduced energy, change of appetite, disturbed sleep patterns, and often contemplation of suicide. | | | Article written by a psychiatrist about the symptoms associated with severe, persistent anxiety and the treatment of the disorder by psychotherapy and by prescribing medications such as benzodiazepines and other drugs (e.g., buspirone and tricyclic antidepressants). | | | Many patients suffering from depressive illness gain symptomatic relief from treatment with one of the tricyclic drugs (so called because of their three-ringed chemical structure) or one of the newer... |
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| | ARUP: Tricyclic Antidepressant Detection |
| | Levels of tricyclic antidepressants in the therapeutic range may not be detectable. | | | False-positive results may occur with the following drugs: Seroquel | | | This result represents the total level of all detectable tricyclic antidepressants present. |
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| | Antidepressant |
| | Antidepressant drug interactions in the elderly - Postgraduate medicine November 1999 | | | Has 5HT3 antagonism, useful for nausea and may have some antipsychotic effects. | | | Onset of antidepressant activity may be more rapid. |
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| | Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose |
| | The authors conclude that PHT is rapidly effective and appears safe in the treatment of tricyclic antidepressant overdose. | | | demonstrated the effectiveness of intravenous PHT in reversing cardiac conduction abnormalities due to severe tricyclic antidepressant overdose in ten patients. | | | reported the intravenous use of PHT in the treatment of conduction delay and ventricular arrhythmias in seven patients with tricyclic antidepressant overdose, and compared the results with seven matched controls. |
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| | Nursing: Responding to tricyclic antidepressant overdose |
| | Although the drugs of choice for treating depression are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, TCAs, once the drugs of choice, are still widely prescribed. | | | Tricyclic antidepressants have a narrow therapeutic index: A lethal dose is only eight times the therapeutic dose. | | | Between 25% and 50% of patients admitted to U.S. hospitals for drug overdose have TCA toxicity, and nearly 500,000 cases are reported in the United States annually. |
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| | Antidepressants, Tricyclic antidepressant, TCA for depression, side effects of tricyclic antidepressant, drug ... |
| | TCAs can be dangerous when combined with other drugs. | | | Antidepressants, Tricyclic antidepressant, TCA for depression, side effects of tricyclic antidepressant, drug interactions of TCA, who should use tricyclic antidepressant, depression, who should avoid tricyclics | | | Tricyclic antidepressants, (commonly called TCAs) have been prescribed since the 1950s for depression. |
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http://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Depression/dep_antidepressants-tricyclic.htm
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| | tricyclic antidepressant overdose - General Practice Notebook |
| | Please read through our terms and conditions: 1. | | | Such patients may present with dilated pupils, dry mouth, drowsiness, sinus tachycardia, urinary retention, increased tendon reflexes, and extensor plantar responses. | | | About 7% of all suicides are antidepressant related. |
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| | Tricyclic Antidepressant, Tricyclic |
| | Grapefruit Juice slows breakdown of several drugs, including tricyclic clomipramine. | | | Sedative herbs may cause excess sedation when used with tricyclic antidepressants. | | | The next step, after you have been diagnosed with a disease, is to find out what is the specific cause, and then choose supplements that address that cause, as well as supplements that alleviate the symptoms of the disease. |
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| | PHCL 3720 Lecture 12 |
| | Within the heart tricyclic antidepressants can produce a quinidine-like cardiac depression, which is a problem in patients with CHF. | | | Uses: Tricyclic antidepressants are useful in the treatment of: | | | Tricyclic antidepressants also decrease the effectiveness of indirect-acting amines (e.g., ephedrine). |
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| | Case 329 --Clinical Chemistry Case |
| | This is a 38 year-old female, who was found to have elevated tricyclic antidepressant levels during a routine clinic visit with a total imipramine/desipramine of 859 ng/ml (therapeutic range 200-300 ng/ml). | | | Why were the levels of tricyclic antidepressants so high in the first place? | | | She had been taking imipramine 100 mg per day for depression, and the previous blood level of total imipramine/desipramine was 210 ng/ml six months ago. |
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| | BestBETs: PH Vs ECG in Tricyclic antidepressant overdose... |
| | The use of ECG as a predictor of complications in tricyclic overdose has been proven, however this has never been compared to the pH. | | | There is no evidence that can asssist in answering this question. | | | In [TCA overdose] is [ECG a greater predictor than Blood PH] at predicting [seizures, reduced cardiovascular function and death] |
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| | TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT |
| | A group of antidepressant medications that share chemical characteristics, side effects, and toxicity. | | | Copyright DSHI Systems, Inc., Last updated Feb. 2002 |
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