The effect of clomipramine is to inhibit the opposite neurological catching of serotonin and noradrenaline. The most crucial is the suppression of serotonin recapture. In addition, the medicine has a broad range of other pharmacological actions: alpha 1-adrenoliticheskoe, anticholinergic, antigestagen and antiserotonergic. The pill acts on the depressive disorder in general. The difference is usually observed after 2-3 weeks of therapy. Acticine also has a specific influence on obsessive-compulsive disorders.