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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

  • Older medications, called tricyclics, work on multiple neurotransmitters and have greater potential for some side effects, including sedation.

    Depressed Pilots Can Fly on Medication, FAA Decides Shirley S. Wang 2010

  • Older medications, called tricyclics, work on multiple neurotransmitters and have greater potential for some side effects, including sedation.

    Depressed Pilots Can Fly on Medication, FAA Decides Shirley S. Wang 2010

  • Older medications, called tricyclics, work on multiple neurotransmitters and have greater potential for some side effects, including sedation.

    Depressed Pilots Can Fly on Medication, FAA Decides Shirley S. Wang 2010

  • The most common older drugs, known as tricyclics, have little effect at low doses and quickly become toxic at higher ones.

    The Culture Of Prozac 2008

  • In 1998, the year before SSRIs arrived, Japan's antidepressant market (comprising older drugs known as tricyclics) totaled only $132 million.

    Prozac Pipeline 2007

  • Cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis usually respond well to medications ordinarily used in the treatment of depression, namely the tricyclics and the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIs.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • Cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis usually respond well to medications ordinarily used in the treatment of depression, namely the tricyclics and the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIs.

    Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

  • This was the birth of the very first antidepressants, called tricyclics.

    News 2012

  • This was the birth of the very first antidepressants, called tricyclics.

    News 2012

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