{"id":150850,"date":"2022-03-30T10:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=150850"},"modified":"2022-03-30T10:22:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:22:41","slug":"tricyclic-antidepressant-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/tricyclic-antidepressant-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricyclic antidepressant drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This group is one of three main types of drugs used to treat depression, and was the first to be introduced (in the 1950s). Tricyclic drugs work by blocking the re-uptake of the neurotransmitters serotonin and noradrenaline, thus increasing the amount of the neurotransmitters at the nerve cell\u2019s receptors. In people with depression, fewer neurotransmitters than normal are released, resulting in a slowing of neural activities. 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