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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