TY - JOUR
T1 - Amoxapine
T2 - A review of literature
AU - Ban, T. A.
AU - Wilson, W. H.
AU - McEvoy, Joseph Patrick
PY - 1980/1/1
Y1 - 1980/1/1
N2 - Amoxapine, a new antidepressant, is a tricyclic dibenzoxazepine compound, the demethylated metabolite of the neuroleptic loxapine. In animal pharmacological studies, amoxapine has shown striking similarities to imipramine. In contrast to the prototype anti-depressant drug, however, amoxapine does not interact with serotonin. In 10 uncontrolled clinical trials amoxapine was shown to have antidepressant effects in the dosage range of 100-300 mg/day. This was verified in 10 published standard, and placebo and standard controlled clinical studies in which amoxapine was superior to placebo and equal in overall therapeutic efficacy to imipramine and amitriptyline. Side effects were similar to the reference drugs.
AB - Amoxapine, a new antidepressant, is a tricyclic dibenzoxazepine compound, the demethylated metabolite of the neuroleptic loxapine. In animal pharmacological studies, amoxapine has shown striking similarities to imipramine. In contrast to the prototype anti-depressant drug, however, amoxapine does not interact with serotonin. In 10 uncontrolled clinical trials amoxapine was shown to have antidepressant effects in the dosage range of 100-300 mg/day. This was verified in 10 published standard, and placebo and standard controlled clinical studies in which amoxapine was superior to placebo and equal in overall therapeutic efficacy to imipramine and amitriptyline. Side effects were similar to the reference drugs.
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U2 - 10.1159/000468433
DO - 10.1159/000468433
M3 - Review article
C2 - 7016801
AN - SCOPUS:0019297810
SN - 0302-282X
VL - 15
SP - 166
EP - 170
JO - International Pharmacopsychiatry
JF - International Pharmacopsychiatry
IS - 3
ER -