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Clomipramine

The short answer. There isn't much data on Clomipramine yet — 10 mentions, 5 with a clear outcome — so treat these numbers as anecdotal. It is well studied — 121 meta-analyses on PubMed.

What users report
40%helped5 reports · few reports
2 helped2 mixed1 didn't help

From 10 mentions in total — the rest didn't say how it went and aren't counted.

Clinical research
AStrong research base
121
meta-analyses
276
RCTs
3,261
papers

What Clomipramine does, according to users

Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.

What the research says

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.

AStrong research base

3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.

Lancet · 2018 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
Comparative efficacy and acceptability of 21 antidepressant drugs for the acute treatment of adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Conclusion: All antidepressants were more efficacious than placebo in adults with major depressive disorder. Smaller differences between active drugs were found when placebo-controlled trials were included in the analysis, whereas there was more variability in efficacy and acceptability in head-to-head trials. These results should serve evidence-based practice and inform patients, physicians, guideline developers, and policy makers on the relative merits of the different antidepressants.

PubMed 29477251 ↗
Lancet Psychiatry · 2016 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions for management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Conclusion: A range of interventions is effective in the management of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but considerable uncertainty and limitations exist regarding their relative efficacy. Taking all the evidence into account, the combination of psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological interventions is likely to be more effective than are psychotherapeutic interventions alone, at least in severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

PubMed 27318812 ↗
BMJ Clin Evid · 2007 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
Premenstrual syndrome

Conclusion: In this systematic review we present information relating to the effectiveness and safety of the following interventions: acupuncture, alprazolam, bright light therapy, buspirone, chiropractic manipulation, clomipramine, cognitive behavioural therapy, danazol, endometrial ablation, evening primrose oil, exercise, gonadorelin analogues, hysterectomy, laparoscopic bilateral oophorectomy, magnesium supplements, metolazone, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, oestrogens, oral contraceptives, progesterone, progestogens, pyridoxine, reflexology, relaxation, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

PubMed 19454075 ↗

Dosage people report

We don't list doses for prescription medications. Dosing should only come from a doctor or pharmacist.

Reported side effects

How often each side effect came up across all reports.

drowsiness ×1fatigue ×1

What users say

First-hand experiences, quoted verbatim. We show one positive and one negative where both exist.

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