Tricyclic Antidepressants Depression is a serous illness that affects millions of people world wide, luckly their are medications avaible to help theses people in an effert to rid themselves of this awful illness. Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) can be marvalous medication with outstanding results however they deadly side effects results when taken in amounts beyond therapeutic doses. This paper will discuse how TCA's work, signs and symptoms and mangement of overdose patients. Depression is one of …showed first 75 words of 9265 total…

…showed last 75 words of 9265 total…result of TCA's form the largest category of poisoning deaths with the majority of these deaths occuring in the prehospital setting. The patient can deterioate very rapidly with little or no warning sighs, the prehospital personnel need to be aware of all the sighs and symptons and, complications which can result from TCA's. Although not all of the following side effects have been attributed specifically to each TCA, there is still the potential of t