Imipramine

🧮 Dose calculator

Major depressive disorder · Regimen source: FDA Imipramine · Dosage and Administration

• • Inpatients: 100 mg/day up to 200; over 200 mg/day not recommended (except resistant inpatients). Maintenance 50–150 mg/day. FDA Imipramine · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Imipramine · Pregnancy

  “Animal reproduction studies have yielded inconclusive results (see also ANIMAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY ).”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Imipramine · Nursing Mothers

  “Limited data suggest that imipramine hydrochloride tablets, is likely to be excreted in human breast milk.”

• 👶 ChildrenDangerous / avoid

  Boxed warning in the label about children. FDA Imipramine · Boxed Warning

  “Imipramine hydrochloride is not approved for use in pediatric patients (see WARNINGS: Clinical Worsening and Suicide Risk , PRECAUTIONS, Information for Patients , and PRECAUTIONS: Pediatric Use ).”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Imipramine · Geriatric Use

  “In general, dose selection for the elderly should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.