News tagged with promethazine

Some older ER patients are getting the wrong medicines, study finds

A University of Michigan study recently published in Academic Emergency Medicine says that it is common for patients 65 and older to receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in an emergency room.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

FDA requires strong amputation warning on sedative

(AP) -- Makers of injected promethazine, a sedative also used to treat nausea and vomiting, are being required to put the strongest warning possible on the product because it can cause tissue damage leading to amputation, ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0