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Melitracen (Adaptol Dixeran Melixeran Thymeol Trausabun) is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) marketed in Europe and Japan by Lundbeck and Takeda respectively for the treatment of depression and anxiety. In addition to single drug preparations it is also available as Deanxit a combination product containing both melitracen and flupentixol.The pharmacology of melitracen has not been properly investigated and is largely unknown but it is likely to act in a similar manner to other TCAs.