You should not use clomipramine if you are allergic to it, or if you have:
- you have recently had a heart attack; or
- you are allergic to antidepressants such as amitriptyline, amoxapine, trimipramine, desipramine, doxepin, imipramine, nortriptyline, or protriptyline.
Do not use clomipramine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days.A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, tranylcypromine, and others.
Tell your doctor if you have used an "SSRI" antidepressant in the past 5 weeks, such as citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine (Prozac), fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline (Zoloft), trazodone, or vilazodone.
Tell your doctor if you have ever had:
- liver disease;
- kidney disease;
- bipolar disorder (manic-depression), schizophrenia or other mental illness;
- alcoholism;
- a seizure or a head injury;
- heart disease;
- low blood pressure;
- narrow-angle glaucoma;
- overactive thyroid or adrenal gland tumor (pheochromocytoma or neuroblastoma); or
- urination problems.
Be sure your doctor knows if you also take stimulant medicine, opioid medicine, herbal products, or medicine for depression, mental illness, Parkinson's disease, migraine headaches, serious infections, or prevention of nausea and vomiting.These medicines may interact with clomipramine and cause a serious condition called serotonin syndrome.
Some young people have thoughts about suicide when first taking an antidepressant. Your doctor should check your progress at regular visits. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to get pregnant.服用这种药在怀孕的后期可能标出se withdrawal symptoms in the newborn.
You should not breastfeed while using clomipramine.
