This
prescription drug, sold under the name
Asendin, is used to treat
depression (it is a
tricyclic antidepressant of the
dibenzoxazepine class.) It may cause
tardive dyskinesia in some people, and it causes a wide range of side effects. Patients may suffer
withdrawal symptoms if they stop taking this drug abruptly.
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