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What the FDA labels say about taking them together

Imipramine and procarbazine

Procarbazine's FDA label of September 16, 2024 names imipramine in its warnings section; the imipramine label PlainMeds reads does not name procarbazine.

Check it at the source: the imipramine FDA label on DailyMed (effective August 11, 2026, Leading Pharma, LLC); the procarbazine FDA label on DailyMed (effective September 16, 2024, Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.).

What does the imipramine label say about procarbazine?

Imipramine's label (effective August 11, 2026) does not name procarbazine in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.

Source: FDA drug label (Imipramine Hydrochloride), Leading Pharma, LLC, effective August 11, 2026 (SPL set 490263ce-b4d2-428a-87da-fcd07f85499a), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What does the procarbazine label say about imipramine?

Procarbazine label, warnings

Because Matulane exhibits some monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity, sympathomimetic drugs, tricyclic antidepressant drugs (eg, amitriptyline HCI, imipramine HCI) and other drugs and foods with known high tyramine content, such as wine, yogurt, ripe cheese and bananas, should be avoided.

Source: FDA drug label (Matulane), Leadiant Biosciences, Inc., effective September 16, 2024 (SPL set 1aa75a3a-18c9-49e1-91a6-293d0b7da756), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

These are the labels' own sentences. PlainMeds does not grade interactions; a pharmacist or prescriber can say what they mean for one person's medicines.

Both medicines on the record

14Imipramine generic labelers
0Procarbazine generic labelers
ImipramineProcarbazine
Labeled forDepressionn/a
Boxed warningYesYes
Pharmacy cost (NADAC)$0.0698 per tablet 10 mg tabletn/a
Shortage nowNo current entryNo current entry

Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)

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