Posted by Ritch on October 2, 2002, at 9:01:42
In reply to I'm fast metabolizing imipramine - explain??, posted by Lia Mason on October 1, 2002, at 14:55:46
> Hi,
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> I'm on 150 mg of imipramine for pain and it's helping a little, not enough. I had a blood level done and the level (after 1 month at 150) was shockingly low--46 and the target is 100+ I'm going to 200 but the doc said I seem to be "dumping" the drug before it gets to my bloodstream. Has anyone heard of this? Does it mean this isn't the drug for me? I had bad side effects on nortiptyline and desipramine didn't help, so... I really need imipramine to work.
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> Any wisdom appreciated...
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> Lia
What other meds are you taking? Some meds enhance the levels of the enzyme that breaks imipramine down causing it to be eliminated more rapidly. When I was taking tricyclics my doctor told me that smoking caused the TCA to be eliminated more quickly.
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