Imipramine

Pronounced im-IP-rah-meen

Brand names: Tofranil

Type: Tricyclic antidepressant · All Mental Health Medicines

What Imipramine is used for

  • Depression
  • Bedwetting in children

Common side effects

  • Dry mouth
  • Constipation
  • Drowsiness
  • Weight gain
  • Blurred vision

Important cautions

  • Dangerous in overdose — it can cause fatal heart rhythms, so it is stored carefully away from children

How it comes

Tablets, capsules. This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.

Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.