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  • A class of older antidepressants called tricyclics, such as amitriptyline (Elavil) or imipramine (Tofranil), are effective at staving off chronic tension-type headaches in many people who have not found relief with over-the-counter medications.

    Case of the Daily Headache Melinda Beck 2011

  • But even before Robert Spitzer and his committee reinvented depression, Elavil and Tofranil and all the rest caught a huge break.

    MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010

  • 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 Tofranil and Elavil.

    Bruce E. Levine: "Fundamentalist Consumerism" Kills Us Quickly and Slowly 2009

  • Other antidepressant medications, including tricylics (like Elavil and Tofranil) and MAO inhibitors (drugs like Parnate and Nardil), may also cause patients to gain weight with both long-term and short-term use.

    Antidepressants Cause Weight Gain GreenFertility 2008

  • And they did have Tofranil and other things -- Mellaril, who knows what.

    Sherwin Nuland on electroshock therapy 2001

  • And they did have Tofranil and other things -- Mellaril, who knows what.

    Sherwin Nuland on electroshock therapy 2001

  • And they did have Tofranil and other things -- Mellaril, who knows what.

    Sherwin Nuland on electroshock therapy 2001

  • 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.

    Shouldn’t I Be Happy? M.D. Shaila Misri 1985

  • How long should a child stay on Tofranil for bedwetting?

    Recent Activity crystal_ruth 2010

  • He also reported that he'd prescribed lithium, along with Haldol, an antipsychotic, and Tofranil, an antidepressant.

    Chicago Reader 2010

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