Adapin

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Adapin - a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances)

doxepin, doxepin hydrochloride, Sinequan

tricyclic, tricyclic antidepressant, tricyclic antidepressant drug - an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain

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Les antidepresseurs tricycliques, tels que l'imipramine (Tofranil) ou la doxepine (Sinequan, Adapin), sont parfois utilises dans le traitement de l'HAV, mais leur mecanisme exact n'est pas clair.

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A Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), such as amitriptyline (Amitril, Elavil), desipramine (Norpramin), doxepin (Adapin, Sinequan), imipramine (Tofranil) and nortriptyline (Pamelor, Aventyl), are commonly used to treat chronic pain.

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A Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)--such as amitriptyline (Amitril, Elavil), desipramine (Norpramin), doxepin (Adapin, Sinequan), imipramine (Tofranil) and nortriptyline (Pamelor, Aventyl)--are commonly used to treat chronic pain.