We've known about the serious side effects of promethazine in young children for some time. Advice about 20 years ago in the United States was not to use the drug in children under two years of age.

Promethazine is a generic prescription medication. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved it to treat a variety of conditions, such as nausea and vomiting, motion sickness, and allergies.

Promethazine oral tablet is a prescription drug used to treat several conditions. These include allergies, motion sickness, nausea and vomiting, anxiety before surgery, and pain after surgery.

Promethazine (Phenergan) generic is an antihistamine and antiemetic, prescribed for allergic conditions, prevention of motion sickness, and to control nausea and vomiting during and after surgery.

Promethazine works by blocking certain histamine receptors in your body, which helps to reduce itching, sneezing, swelling, and other allergy symptoms. It also affects parts of the brain that ...

Promethazine is also used to cause sedation (sleep), to assist in controlling postoperative pain, to control nausea and vomiting (especially after surgery), and to prevent motion sickness.

In 2016 promethazine codeine syrup was prescribed about 4 million times in the U.S., according to data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence, and brought in $15 million in sales—a slight decline ...

Promethazine (Phenergan) belongs to the class of antiemetics called phenothiazines. Phenothiazines are effective in the prevention and control of mild-to-moderate nausea and vomiting. Promethazine ...