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Imipramine Treatment Report

Most Popular Brands: Tofranil

See patients taking Imipramine

What is Imipramine?

Imipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant used for the treatment of depression; treatment of nocturnal enuresis in children. Off label it is used as an analgesic for certain chronic and neuropathic pain; panic disorder; and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Other	10	4
Depression	6	1
Fibromyalgia	5	2
Treat my mood condition(s)	4	1
Bladder problems	4	2
Insomnia	3	1
Pain	3	1
Anxiety	2	0
Pain, chronic	2	0
Headaches	2	0
Migraine Headaches	1	0
bladder control	1	0
Major Depressive Disorder	1	1
disease-related symptoms	1	0
Don't know	1	0
Panic Attacks at work/while driving/teaching	1	0

See all 16 reasons taken ▼

See all 35 patients currently taking Imipramine

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	2	20%
Moderate	3	30%
Mild	2	20%
None	3	30%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth	4	40%
orgasm delay	3	30%
Constipation	2	20%
Pounding heartbeat	1	10%
Irritability	1	10%
Hangover effect	1	10%
Insomnia	1	10%
Weight gain	1	10%
mania	1	10%
Sex drive (libido) decreased	1	10%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 10 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

daily	10 mg daily	20 mg daily	25 mg daily	25 mg one time	50 mg daily	70 mg daily	75 mg daily	100 mg daily	125 mg daily
3	4	1	6	1	10	1	5	3	1

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Imipramine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	6	38%
Side effects too severe	6	38%
Doctor's advice	5	31%
Other	2	13%
Course of treatment ended	2	13%

See all 16 patients who’ve stopped taking Imipramine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Imipramine

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	0	3	5	3	8

Stopped Taking Imipramine

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
3	3	3	3	1	3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	10	100%
Usually	0	0%
Sometimes	0	0%
Never	0	0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	2	20%
Somewhat	1	10%
A little	2	20%
Not at all	5	50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	0	0%
$25-49	0	0%
< $25	4	40%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 10 patient evaluations

phnx3

Sex: F

Pain: Some

Fatigue: All

Sleep: Some

Stiffness: None

function: Some

external_stress: Little

Stickman: some

Description:F55y

FM:2y Dx

CFS:2y Dx

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phnx3

20 mg daily

since May 01, 2009
Efficacy Can't tell for Fibromyalgia
Side Effects Severe
Advice/Tips Beware taking this drug if you have a "dicky" thyroid gland - it puts too much stress on it. See full evaluation

thjuland

Sex: M

Sensation: Mild

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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thjuland

10 mg daily

since Jan 13, 2009
Efficacy Major for Other
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips Just one 10mg pill each evening, has decreased my night time bathroom trips from 4 to 1. Before starting treatment, I had to get up and go every 2 hours. Thi... See full evaluation