How to Use tricyclic antidepressant in a Sentence
tricyclic antidepressant
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These medications include some anti-seizure medications, bile acid sequestrants, and tricyclic antidepressants.
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Ross Phan,
Verywell Health,
16 May 2026
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Withdrawal from tricyclic antidepressants may also lead to nightmares, while withdrawal from SSRIs and SNRIs seems to intensify dreaming.
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Stacey Colino,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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Nortriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant used for depression and nerve pain, can cause seizures, dangerous heart arrhythmias and cardiac arrest in children, even at relatively low doses, per The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne.
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Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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While SSRIs affect only the neurotransmitter serotonin, tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline and nortriptyline impact both serotonin and norepinephrine and other chemical messengers.
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Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Other medication classes, such as serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), atypical antidepressants or tricyclic antidepressants, may also be used depending on individual needs.
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Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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What’s more concerning are the results for tricyclic antidepressants, which are older as they were first discovered in the 1950s and ’60s, Alpert said — the first SSRI, fluoxetine, was developed in the 1970s and approved for the US by the FDA in 1987.
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Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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