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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Nausea 18 8
Migraine Headaches 2 0
Other 1 1
Anxiety 1 0
General health 1 0
Egg Allergy 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
5 45%
Mild
3 27%
None
3 27%

Most commonly reported side effects

Drowsiness
7 64%
Excessive sedation
2 18%
Grogginess
1 9%
Morning grogginess
1 9%
Allergies
1 9%
Disorientation
1 9%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  0.5 25mg as needed 12.5mg as needed 2 25mg as needed 25mg as needed 25mg/mL as needed 25 mg daily 50 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Promethazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
3 60% Side effects too severe: 60%
Other
3 60% Other: 60%
Doctor's advice
1 20% Doctor's advice: 20%

See all 5 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
2
0
4
5
6

Stopped Taking Promethazine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
8 73%
Usually
3 27%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
2 18%
Not at all
9 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
7 64%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.