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Clomipramine

Anti depressants

Description

Clomipramine is used to treat people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (a condition that causes repeated unwanted thoughts and the need to perform certain behaviors over and over). Clomipramine is in a group of medications called tricyclic antidepressants and is the 3-chloro derivative of Imipramine.

Mechanism of action

Clomipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant. It work s exclusively by inhibiting the re-uptake of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin by nerve cells.It acts on the nerve cells in the brain to prolong the feel-good effect that certain brain chemicals, called serotonin and noradrenaline, normally give us.

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Mechanism of action

Clomipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant. It work s exclusively by inhibiting the re-uptake of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and serotonin by nerve cells.It acts on the nerve cells in the brain to prolong the feel-good effect that certain brain chemicals, called serotonin and noradrenaline, normally give us.

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