Sinequan 10mg is an anti-depressant drug with active substance Doxepin. This drug has a strong sedative effect and causes anti-depressive, analgesic (of central origin), and anti-itching effect. The optimal anti-depressive effect is reached in 2-3 weeks of drug intake, which is: increased mood, the lack of: depression and oppression, apathy, fear and state of internal tension of a patient.
Indications for use of Sinequan 10mg:
- Depression (including manic-depressive psychosis and involutional depression)
- Anxiety (neuroses, psychoses, organic diseases of the central nervous system and alcoholism)
- Sleep disorders of neurotic origin
- Panic disorders
- Pre-medication prior the diagnostic procedures (such as endoscopy and others), that are performed without general anesthesia
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Gastric and duodenal ulcer
- Neurogenic pains (rheumatic diseases, chronic pains in cancer patients, atypical pains of face, post-traumatic neuropathy)
- Headache or migraine prophylaxis
Sinequan 10mg may cause some side effects, for instance: nausea, vomiting, dryness in mouth, anorexia, taste violation, constipation, diarrhea, retention of urine, general fatigue, vision violation, photoallergy, dizziness, headache, sonitus, sleepiness, hallucinations, disorientation, paresthesia, seizures, tremor, tachycardia; allergic reactions: itching, skin rash, eosinophilia and angioedema.
Please follow special precautions:
- In termination of Sinequan 10mg after its long-term use. At the end of the therapy, the dose of the drug should be lowered little by little, up to the full discontinuation of the drug. Thus, the abrupt discontinuation of Sinequan 10mg may lead to withdrawal syndrome (characterized by nausea, fatigue and headache).
- Before the beginning of therapy with Sinequan 10mg, one should check out and control the blood pressure, since it can drop down in case a patient has low or labile BP.
- One should stop taking alcohol or MAO inhibitors during the period of treatment with Sinequan 10mg.
It is not recommended to drive any vehicle or to be engaged in other activity that requires high concentration and high speed of psychomotor reactions.