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Drug Name
Sinequan (Doxepin)
Drug Uses
Sinequan is used to enhance and uplift the mood of patients suffering from dipessiey. Nortriptyline is also an effective soothing and very helpful for depressed patients with insomnia, anxiety and neurosis. In addition, during the experiments was to establish that this medicine is very useful for the treatment of chronic pain, neuralgia.
How Taken
The total dose Sinequan is tailored to the needs of the patient. Sometimes, some doctors may begin to prescribe the patient is relatively small doses, such as 25mg, about three times a day to reduce the over-depressant effect at the beginning of the treatment course, but after this dose may be increase (innogda slowly). All this could take some weeks until I reached the maximum dose will receive. Others such as doctors prefer to prescribe nortriptyline for donogo times a day. For the elderly and patients suffering from liver disease, you may need to receive lower doses of medication.
Drug Class and Mechanism
Sinequan an anti-depressant medication from the tricyclic class. Drugs in this class, often called tricyclic anti-depressants, or TCAS. Depression is an all-pervasive sense of sadness and darkness. In some patients with depression, abnormal levels of neurotransmitters (chemicals that nerve cells use to communicate with each other) can cause depression. Nortriptyline lifts the mood by raising levels of neurotransmitters in the brain.
Missed Dose
If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Storage
Sinequan should be stored below 86 degrees F (30 degrees C) in a tight, light resistant container.
Warnings / Precautions
Unfortunately, there is insufficient information on the effects of sinequan on the fetus in pregnant zhenschin. Doctors can use sinequan, only if correctly identify the risks.
Possible side effects to the reception
The most frequently encountered side effects associated with nepostredstvennym reception sinequan, such as: rapid heart rate, blurred vision, urinary retention (difficulty urinating), dry mouth, constipation, weight gain or decrease, low blood pressure.
Rash, rash, seizures and hepatitis rare side effects. Sinequan can cause high blood pressure in the eyes of some patients suffering from glaucoma.
If overdose sinequan, may even threaten life as well as extrinsic occur heart rhythm. If you receive antidepressants abruptly terminated, the symptoms may occur such as dizziness, headache, nausea, changes in mood, or changes in the sense of smell, taste, etc. (These symptoms may occur even when a few doses of receiving antidepressants were missed.) It is recommended that the dose of antidepressant be reduced gradually, when discontinued therapy treatment.
MORE INFORMATION
Do not take this medicine with others. Keep all medical appointments.
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