n.an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain
Thisriskwas initiallyreported in patientsusingparoxetine, butthe FDAdecidedin 2004 to mandate the warningon suicidality for allantidepressants, includingtricyclics.