Can fluanxol replace anafranil?
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Joanna Dunajska Pharmacist, Editor
1 year ago
Fluanxol is a medicine containing flupentixol belonging to neuroleptics. It is used in psychotic disorders without depressive disorders and temporarily in depressive disorders, other than in the course of psychosis. The active substance of Anaframal is clomipramine hydrochloride belonging to the group of non-selective monoamine reuptake inhibitors. It is used in adults in the treatment of depressive states of various etiologies and symptomatology, depressive syndromes associated with old age, in the course of chronic pain and chronic somatic diseases and compulsive syndromes, phobias and drug seizures. As you can see, these drugs are not their counterparts, they belong to different groups, have different mechanisms of action, can be used in similar diseases. Both preparations are drugs prescribed by a doctor. Switching from Fluanxol to Anafranil is an individual decision based on the condition of a particular patient. I enclose the Summary of Product Characteristics of Fluanxol and Anaframil: https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/30533/fluanxol-tabletki-powlekane/ulotka/177513 https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/4939/anafranil-tabletki-powlekane/ulotka/10484