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What is Promethazine?

Promethazine is an antiemetic and antihistamine. It is used to relieve the symptoms of allergic reactions, nausea, motion sickness. It is also use as a sedative, as adjunctive therapy for postoperative pain, anesthetic and anaphylactic reactions.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 11%
Moderate
1 11%
Mild
5 56%
None
2 22%

Most commonly reported side effects

Drowsiness
3 60%
dry mouth
1 20%
Weight gain
1 20%
Groggy in morning
1 20%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Promethazine. See all 12 dosages ►

  12.5mg as needed 2 25mg as needed 2 25mg/mL as needed 25 mg as needed 25mg as needed 25mg/mL as needed 50mg as needed 25 mg weekly 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 23 Number of Patients: 23 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Promethazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
2 33% Other: 33%
Course of treatment ended
2 33% Course of treatment ended: 33%
Did not seem to work
1 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Side effects too severe
1 17% Side effects too severe: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Promethazine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Promethazine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Promethazine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 56%
Usually
1 11%
Sometimes
3 33%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 11%
Not at all
8 89%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 11%
< $25
4 44%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on March 20, 2010.