Tricyclic Antidepressants: Protriptyline, Nortriptyline, Amitriptyline, Amoxapine, Desipramine, Doxepin, Trimipramine, Maprotiline, Imipramine mnemonic

Tricyclic antidepressants [happy/unhappy face with crown of 3-cyclic compound]

All require at least 2 weeks of use before any noticeable effect [calendar with half a month crossed out]
Contraindicated in glaucoma [glue eye in crown]
Decrease blood pressure [low BP indicator]
Metabolized by the liver [liver biting the crown]
Protriptyline [pro trip line] [ant on the road is picketing for mounting a trip line]
nortriptyline [no trip line]
amitriptyline [amigo trip on line]
Amoxapine [i am ox on a pine]
- pronounced blockage of serotonin and norepinephrine [zero-tanning and no-pine-rhino are blocked by amoxapine]
Desipramine [despair mine pulling out hair]
Doxepin [dog's pin]
Trimipramine [trim prehistoric mine]
Maprotiline [map rotting]
Imipramine [imitating pee ram mine]
- used to prevent bed wetting in children [cross out pee on bed]
- arrhythmogenic [trembling heart]

Visual Mnemonic - Tricyclic Antidepressants: Protriptyline, Nortriptyline, Amitriptyline, Amoxapine, Desipramine, Doxepin, Trimipramine, Maprotiline, Imipramine
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