maprotiline hydrochloride
The hydrochloride salt form of maprotiline, a tetracyclic antidepressant closely related to the tricyclic antidepressants with adrenergic activity and sedative properties. Maprotiline hydrochloride exerts its effect by blocking the re-uptake of norepinephrine, thereby increasing the synaptic concentration of norepinephrine in the central nervous system and subsequently prolonging the action of norepinephrine on central receptors.
| US brand name: | Ludiomil |
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| Chemical structure: | 1-(3-methylaminopropyl)dibenzo(b,e)bicyclo(2.2.2)octadiene hydrochloride 9-(gamma-methylaminopropyl)-9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene hydrochloride |