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Imipramine – Usages, Side effects, Risk factors, Precautions
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About Imipramine
Imipramine is an antidepressant TCAs.
Brand name
Imipramine is available with the following brand name.
● Tofranil
● Tofranil- PM
Forms of Imipramine
Imipramine is available in the following form
- Tablet
- Capsule
Tablet
Imipramine tablets are available in the following doses
- 10mg
- 25mg
- 50mg
Capsule
Imipramine capsules are available in the following doses
- 75mg
- 100mg
- 125mg
- 150mg
Imipramine – Usages, Side effects, Risk factors, Precautions
Disorder to treat
It is used for the treatment of the following disorder
● Depression
Depression
Adults
● Initially, 75mg orally per day is given.
● It may increase to 150 mg per day gradually
● It should not exceed 200 mg per day
● It may give in divided doses or single doses at bedtime.
● Maintenance dose: 50-100 mg orally per day.
Children
● 1.5 mg/kg/day PO divided q8hr; may increase every 3-4 days by 1 mg/kg; not to exceed 5 mg/kg/day
Adolescents
● 30-40 mg per day orally is given in a divided dose every day or divided every 8hr.
● It should not exceed to 100 mg per day.
Older Adults
● 5-50 mg orally daily at bedtimes.
● It may increase weekly.
● It should not exceed to 100 mg per day.
Adverse effects
There are the following side effects of Clomipramine:
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Constipation
- Sedation
- Blurred vision
- Lethargy
- Insomnia
- Anxiety
- Dry mouth
- Vomiting
- Agitation
- Headache
- Nausea
- Sweating
- Rash
- ECG changes, orthostatic hypotension, tachycardia
- Increased LFTs
- Sexual dysfunction
- Eosinophilia
- Seizures
- Thrombocytopenia
- Confusion, extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), dizziness, paresthesia, tinnitus
- Agranulocytosis
- SIADH
- Leukopenia
Warnings
Following are the warnings that must know while using Imipramine
- In short-term studies, antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children, adolescents, and young adults (<24 yr of age) taking antidepressants for major depressive disorders and other psychiatric illnesses.
- This increase was not seen in patients aged >24 years. A slight decrease in suicidal thinking was seen in adults >65 years.
- In children and young adults, risks must be weighed against the benefits of taking antidepressants.
- Patients should be monitored closely for changes in behavior, clinical worsening, and suicidal tendencies. This should be done during the initial 1-2 months of therapy and dosage adjustments.
- The patient’s family should communicate any abrupt changes in behavior to the healthcare provider.
- Worsening behavior and suicidal tendencies that are not part of the presenting symptoms may require discontinuation of therapy.
- This drug is not approved for use in pediatric patients.
Contraindications
There are the following contraindications of Clomipramine
- Hypersensitivity.
- Acute recovery post-MI
Cautions
- BPH, urinary/GI retention, hyperthyroidism, seizure disorder, brain tumour, respiratory impairment.
- Risk of anticholinergic side effects
- Risk of mydriasis; may trigger angle closure attack in patients with angle-closure glaucoma with anatomically narrow angles without a patent iridectomy.
- Clinical worsening and suicidal ideation may occur despite medication
- Potentially life-threatening serotonin syndrome reported when coadministered with drugs that impair serotonin metabolism (in particular, MAOIs, including non-psychiatric MAOIs, such as linezolid and IV methylene blue)
- May cause sedation and impair physical or mental abilities.
- Do not discontinue abruptly for prolonged high dosage.
- May cause bone marrow suppression.
- May cause orthostatic hypotension.
Pregnancy
Lactation
It is distributed in breast milk.
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