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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Be stopped and the child should be seen by a doctor immediately. Caution should be used in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder since they are often impulsive. These children might require especially close monitoring of their fluid intake.Back to topIMIPRAMINEImipramine has been used successfully for many years to treat children with bed-wetting. Complete dryness has been reported in 10-50% of patients. Some children who are not completely dry show significant improvement.How this drug works is not well understood. Even though imipramine is a type of antidepressant, there is nor reason to suggest that depression plays a role in the cause of bed-wetting.This type of drug is thought to work one of several ways:by changing the child's sleep and wakening patternby affecting the time a child can hold urine in the bladder orby reducing the amount of urine produced.Imipramine generally is not used to treat bed-wetting in children younger than 6 to 7 years of age. Success rates have been found to be higher in older children. As with all drugs used to treat bed-wetting if the drug is stopped, bed-wetting is likely to reoccur.The usual dose of imipramine is taken 1 to 2 hours before bedtime for children 6 to 8 years old. A higher dose is needed for older children and adolescents. A child should be seen by a doctor after three to six months on the drug. If the child starts wetting again, then a repeat course of treatment may be restarted.It is very important to take the drug in the amount prescribed by your doctor. Minor side effects of imipramine include irritability, insomnia, drowsiness, reduced appetite, and rarely, unpleasant personality changes. However, most children who take imipramine for bed-wetting do not experience these side effects. If they do occur, the side effects can be easily reversed
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