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n. - A tricyclic antidepressant used to treat clinical depression.

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  • There are mixed views about the effects of tricyclic antidepressants Elavil or Tofranil, to name just two on infants who receive the medication through breast milk.
  • In the middle of the twentieth century, psychiatrists thought they had found it with amphetamines, and later they thought they had found it with tricyclic antidepressants like...
  • How long should a child stay on Tofranil for bedwetting?
  • Participants in some studies took paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva); in others, they took imipramine (Tofranil).
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