noun
- Plural of desipramine; a tricyclic antidepressant medication used to treat depression and certain anxiety disorders.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; typically used in clinical or pharmaceutical contexts
Examples
- The psychiatrist prescribed desipramines to help manage the patient's major depressive disorder.
- Desipramines are among the older classes of antidepressants still used in clinical practice.
- The study compared the efficacy of desipramines with newer selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
- Patients taking desipramines should be monitored for potential side effects.
- Desipramines work by increasing norepinephrine levels in the brain.