Diazepam+Imipramine

• Diazepam+Imipramine helps you fight depression.

When should one not use Diazepam+Imipramine

• Allergy to diazepam or imipramine or both.
• Alcoholism.
• Addiction to medicines or alcohol.
• Liver disease.
• Heart disease.
• Myasthenia gravis (a condition with varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness).
• Porphyria (blood disorder leading to dysfunction of heme production).
• Glaucoma (a condition with increased pressure inside the eye).
• Difficulty in passing urine.
• Sleep apnoea or sleep disorder.
• Children under six years of age.

Common side effects of this drug are:

• Diazepam+Imipramine might cause the following side effects:
• Blurred vision
• Altered memory
• Dry mouth or reduced saliva in the mouth
• Increased heart rate
• Constipation
• Weight gain
• Orthostatic hypotension or sudden lowering of BP when the individual stands up
• Difficulty in passing urine

Other General Warnings

• You are diagnosed with any kind of disease, for instance, kidney disease. It might cause adverse effects on the kidneys.
• You are consuming any other medicine.
• You have any hereditary diseases running in the family.
• You are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning for pregnancy.
• Never stop the medicine without your doctor's approval. Diazepam+Imipramine takes a few weeks to start working. Even if you feel better, you should take the medicine for the prescribed amount of time. Sudden stopping of medicine without your doctor's approval could lead to dire consequences.
• You have memory loss.
• You have confusion.
• You have blurred vision.
• You have fatigue or extreme tiredness.
• You have constipation or difficulty in emptying bowels.
• You are under 25 years of age.
• You are an elderly patient.
• Diazepam+Imipramine is not recommended in the above conditions unless your doctor advises.

How Does It Work?

Interactions with other medicines

• Diazepam+Imipramine might cause severe unwanted effects if taken along with the following medicines:
• Fluvoxamine
• Fentanyl
• Dextromethorphan
• Alfentanil
• Flumazenil
• Ethanol
• Chlorpheniramine
• Discuss with your doctor before taking any kind of medicine.

Interactions with food items

• Diazepam+Imipramine does not interact with food. You can take the medicine either before food or after food.
• Never consume alcohol when you are on treatment with Diazepam+Imipramine.

Overdose

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