Indications & Dose:
Anxiety, depression, apathy.
Adults: Tablets: Usually 2 tablets daily morning and noon. In severe cases the morning dose may be increased to 2 tablets.
Elderly: 1 tablet in the morning.
Maintenance dose: Usually 1 tablet in the morning.
Contraindications:
The immediate recovery phase after myocardial infarction. Defects in bundlebranch conduction. Untreated narrow angle glaucoma. Acute alcohol, barbiturate and opiate intoxication. Deanxit should not be given to patients who have received a MAO-inhibitor within two weeks. Not recommended for excitable or overactive patients since its activating effect may lead to exaggeration of these characteristics
Side Effects:
Transient restlessness and insomnia.
Cautions:
Precautions:
If previously the patient has been treated with tranquillizers with sedative effect these should be withdrawn gradually.
Interaction:
Drugs
Alcohol, barbiturates and other CNS depressants.
MAO-inhibitor, neuroleptics, guanethidine, adrenaline, nor-adrenaline.
Warnings:
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Lactations:
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