- See Tricyclic Antidepressant
- Very strong Serotonin uptake blockade
- Primarily blocks Serotonin uptake
- Pregnancy Category C
- Safe in Lactation
- Adult
- Start 25 mg orally at bedtime
- Titrate to 100 mg/day in divided doses with meals over 2 to 4 week period
- Max: 250 mg/day
- May consolidate divided doses into one nightly dose after titration
- Child (over age 10 years)
- Start 25 mg orally at bedtime
- Titrate to 3 mg/kg/day (up to 100 mg/day) in divided doses with meals over 2 to 4 week period
- Max: 3 mg/kg/day (up to 200 mg/day)
- May consolidate divided doses into one nightly dose after titration
- Olson (2020) Clinical Pharmacology, Medmaster Miami, p. 38-9
- Hamilton (2020) Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia
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