Tricyclic antidepressants are a group of drugs with properties that help treat depression, neuralgia, migraines, bed-wetting, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Due to the nature of long-term treatment as well as poor compliance of subjects participating in drug abuse treatment, it is easy to lead to drug poisoning, seriously affecting the health and life of patients.

Depression is an increasingly common mental illness today. There are many different medications to treat depression, and the most common are tricyclic antidepressants. This drug is named for its chemical structure containing three aromatic rings.