[Comparative mydriatic effect of different groups of antidepressants]

Study of 16 antidepressants, (imipramine, amitryptyline, doxepin, dibenzepin, maprotilin, mianserin, nomifensin, trazodon, caroxazon, adepren, viloxazin, nialamid, asaphen, pyrazidol, inkasan, ftoracizin) in experiments on white mice have shown that the drugs tested may be arranged in the following way as regards the intensity of the mydriatic effect they produce: ftoracizin, amitryptyline, doxepin, imipramine, dibenzepin. Pyrazidol produces a very weak and short-lived mydriatic effect. Adepren, inkasan, caroxazon, adepren produce no mydriatic action.