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From: todd@uhccux.UUCP (Todd Ogasawara)
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.psychology
Subject: Re: Medication for Obsessive-Compulsive disorders?
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Date: 30 Mar 88 04:32:43 GMT
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In article <758@spdcc.COM> dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
]In article <2216@phoenix.Princeton.EDU], amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell) writes:
]] Someone earlier posted a note expressing concern over Imipramine's (Tofranil)
]] potential long-term unpleasantness. I've never heard any mention of doubt
]] that this drug was safe (beyond the mild side-effects while ON the drug)
]] Does anyone KNOW what these effects MIGHT be?  Are any of these unlikely to
]] stop with the cessation of medication?
]
]I don't know of any such long-term side-effects.  Like 90% of the stuff which
]gets asserted here, any claim that imipramine has long-term dangers is bogus.

At correctly prescribed dosages there are no long term dangers (that I know
of) associated with Imipramine except for dependency.  The reason that
people often drop out of Imipramine treatment are due to side-effects
that are considered uncomfortable.  These side-effects include fatigue,
constipation, dry-mouth, and palpitations.  The palpitation problem can
be worrisome to those experiencing it.  These palpitations "may" be due
to the effect that Imipramine (like all tricylics) has on the
norepinephrine and acetycholine synapses which affect the
cardiovascular system.

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Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Faculty Development Program
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