Promethazinedrug info
promethazine hydrochloride 1.25 MG/ML Oral Solution
What it is used for
Promethazine is useful for: Perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis. Vasomotor rhinitis. Allergic conjunctivitis due to inhalant allergens and foods. Mild, uncomplicated allergic skin manifestations of urticaria and angioedema. Amelioration of allergic reactions to blood or plasma. Dermographism. Anaphylactic reactions, as adjunctive therapy to epinephrine and other standard measures, after the acute manifestations have been controlled. Preoperative, postoperative, or obstetric sedation. Prevention and control of nausea and vomiting associated with certain types of anesthesia and surgery. Therapy adjunctive to meperidine or other analgesics for control of post-operative pain. Sedation in both children and adults, as well as relief of apprehension and production of light sleep from which the patient can be easily aroused. Active and prophylactic treatment of motion sickness. Antiemetic therapy in postoperative patients.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 15, 2024. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Each 5 mL (teaspoonful) of Promethazine HCl Oral Solution contains 6.25 mg of Promethazine HCl. The inactive ingredients present are artificial banana flavor, artificial fruit flavor, artificial strawberry flavor, ascorbic acid, citric acid anhydrous, dehydrated alcohol, D&C Yellow No. 10, edetate disodium, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40, glycerin, sucrose, methylparaben, propylparaben, purified water, saccharin sodium, sodium benzoate, and sodium citrate dihydrate. Promethazine HCl is a racemic compound; the molecular formula is C 17 H 20 N 2 S
HCl and its molecular weight is 320.88. Promethazine HCl, a phenothiazine derivative, is designated chemically as 10 H -Phenothiazine-10-ethanamine, N,N, α-trimethyl-, monohydrochloride, (±)- with the following structural formula: Promethazine HCl occurs as a white to faint yellow, practically odorless, crystalline powder which slowly oxidizes and turns blue on prolonged exposure to air. It is freely soluble in water and soluble in alcohol.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 15, 2024. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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