Promethazine

Side effects and indications

Whenever possible, frequency information about the side effects was extracted from the labels. Aggregated frequency information for the drug and, if available, placebo is shown. To the right, you can click on shaded boxes to be taken to mentions of the side effect on the label. (In some cases, the side effect cannot be highlighted due to conversion problems.) Information about indications was extracted from the indications and usage sections of the labels.

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Information

More information: STITCH, PubChem and possibly Wikipedia or Medpedia

ATC Codes: D04AA10, R06AD02

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Labels

Labels were obtained from different sources and potentially contain different sets of side effects. If you click on the label name, a HTML version of the label will be shown with proteins, chemicals and side efffects highlighted using Reflect.

  1. Promethazine : 16 side effects (FDA XML label)
  2. Promethazine : 42 side effects (FDA XML label)
  3. PROMETHAZINE : 48 side effects (FDA XML label)
  4. PROMETHAZINE : 48 side effects (FDA XML label)
  5. PROMETHAZINE : 49 side effects (FDA XML label)
  6. promethazine : 49 side effects (FDA XML label)
  7. PROMETHAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE / PHENERGAN : 49 side effects (Drugs@FDA)
  8. PROMETHAZINE : 62 side effects (FDA XML label)
  9. PROMETHAZINE : 63 side effects (FDA XML label)
  10. Promethazine : 64 side effects (FDA XML label)