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Amoxapine, sold under the brand name Asendin among others, is a medication used to treat depression. This includes depression with psychosis or anxiety. It is taken by mouth. Effects may take 2 weeks.

Common side effects included sleepiness, dizziness, headache, blurred vision, dry mouth, and tremor. Other side effects may include extrapyramidal symptoms, tardive dyskinesia, suicidal thoughts, heart arrhythmias, and milk production. While safety in pregnancy is unclear, harms have been seen in other animals. It is a tetracyclic antidepressant and is believed to work by blocking norepinephrine transmission.

Amoxapine was approved for medical use in the United States in 1980. It is available as a generic medication. In the United States a month of treatment costs about 50 USD as of 2022.