Clomipramine
Comprehensive clinical interaction and dietary monograph for Clomipramine (Clomipramine).
Kitchen Food, Drink & Dietary Conflicts
Biochemical interactions with common foods, beverages & cooking ingredientsUnless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your usual diet.
Alcoholic Beverages (Beer, Wine, Spirits)
Multiplies respiratory depression and profound sedation with opioids and sedatives; blocks hepatic lactate uptake with metformin (lactic acidosis); triggers acute disulfiram-like vomiting and tachycardia with metronidazole; and accelerates dose-dumping in extended-release capsules.
Prescription & OTC Drug Interactions (DDI)
Documented pharmacological conflicts & contraindicated co-prescriptionsDietary Supplements, Herbs & Minerals (DNI)
Interactions with over-the-counter vitamins, minerals, and herbal preparationsChronotherapy & Meal Administration Protocols
Optimal absorption, meal-timing rules & GI tolerability protocolsAt the beginning of treatment, clomipramine is usually taken three times a day with meals as the body adjusts to the medication.
Rationale: Food enhances bioavailability, prevents gastric mucosal irritation, or stabilizes peak-to-trough pharmacokinetic variations.
Frequently Researched Drug-Substance Combinations
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Data on this clinical monograph is compiled from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (MedlinePlus), openFDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL Section 7 Drug Interactions), the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), and Krause and Mahan's Food & Nutrition Care Process.