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TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics
DEF

Group of antidepressant drugs that contain 3 fixed rings in their chemical structure... they include imipramine.

CONT

The tricyclic antidepressants are the most widely used drugs for treating endogenous depression - that is, those forms of depression originating from within, rather than arising as a reaction to specific external events.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie
DEF

Groupe de médicaments antidépresseur à structure moléculaire commune constituée de trois (voire quatre) cycles accolés, et dont le chef de file est l'imipramine.

CONT

On distingue deux grands groupes de médicaments antidépresseurs: les antidépresseurs imipramines (dénomination à préférer au terme tricycliques depuis l'apparition de dérivés quadricycliques et les inhibiteurs de la MAO.

Spanish

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