Pamelor

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.

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, tricyclic antidepressants are used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (hyperactivity in children) (desipramine, imipramine, and protriptyline)
• Bulimia (uncontrolled eating, followed by vomiting) (amitriptyline, clomipramine, desipramine, and imipramine)
• Cocaine withdrawal (desipramine and imipramine)
• Headache prevention (for certain types of frequent or continuing headaches) (most tricyclic antidepressants)
• Itching with hives due to cold temperature exposure (doxepin)
• Narcolepsy (extreme tendency to fall asleep suddenly) (clomipramine, desipramine, imipramine, and protriptyline)
• Neurogenic pain (a type of continuing pain) (amitriptyline, clomipramine, desipramine, doxepin, imipramine, nortriptyline, and trimipramine)
• Nicotine dependence (as an aid to other smoking cessation therapy) (nortriptyline)
• Panic disorder (clomipramine, desipramine, doxepin, nortriptyline, and trimipramine)
• Stomach ulcer (amitriptyline, doxepin, and trimipramine)
• Urinary incontinence (imipramine)

Common Brand Names:

Anafranil

Asendin

Aventyl

Elavil

Norpramin

Pamelor

Prudoxin

Sinequan

Surmontil

Tofranil

Tofranil-PM

Vanatrip

Vivactil