What special precautions should I follow?
Before taking Promethazine:
Please inform your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to promethazine or any other drugs.
Always tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and non-prescription medications you are taking, especially medications for depression, seizures, colds, allergies, muscle relaxants, pain medication, sedatives, sleeping pills, tranquilizers, and vitamins.
Tell your doctor if you have or have ever had difficulty urinating (due to an enlarged prostate), glaucoma, epilepsy (seizures), ulcers, asthma or lung disease, high blood pressure, or heart or liver disease.
Before giving promethazine to a child, tell the doctor and pharmacist if you have a family history of sudden infant death syndrome (crib death) or if you regularly have difficulty waking the child.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking promethazine, call your doctor.
If you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking promethazine.
You should know that this drug may make you drowsy. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this drug affects you.
Remember that alcohol can add to the drowsiness caused by this drug.
Finally, inform your doctor if you use tobacco products. Cigarette smoking may decrease the effectiveness of this drug.
Why is this medication prescribed?
Dosage and using this medicine
What should I do if I forget a dose?
What side effects can this medication cause?