Promethazine

🧮 Dose calculator

Allergic conditions (hay fever, urticaria, angioedema, insect bites, chickenpox itch) · Regimen source: FDA Promethazine · Dosage and Administration

• • Or 12.5 mg before meals and at bedtime; or 6.25–12.5 mg three times daily. FDA Promethazine · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Promethazine · Pregnancy Tests

  “Diagnostic pregnancy tests based on immunological reactions between HCG and anti-HCG may result in false-negative or false-positive interpretations.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingDangerous / avoid

  Label: breastfeeding not recommended, or choose between the drug and breastfeeding. FDA Promethazine · Nursing Mothers

  “Because many drugs are excreted in human milk and because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants from promethazine hydrochloride tablets, USP a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or to discontinue the drug, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.”

• 👶 ChildrenDangerous / avoid

  Boxed warning in the label about children. FDA Promethazine · Boxed Warning

  “PROMETHAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE TABLETS, USP SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF AGE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FATAL RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Promethazine · Geriatric Use

  “In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.