Patient/caregiver was educated on how to take promethazine as follows: Take this medication as ordered by your physician. Do not change the dose on this medication without consulting your doctor. Take the medication dose at the same time, every day, to avoid forgetting the intake of medication. If promethazine is being taken on a daily basis, taking it at bedtime can help avoid the risk of daytime drowsiness. If promethazine is prescribed for motion sickness, [...]
Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses of promethazine as follows: Motion sickness Individuals with history of motion sickness can present with increased nausea and vomiting sensations. Promethazine use helps with preventing and controlling the excessive nausea and vomiting sensations and offers relief from symptoms of motion sickness. Nausea and vomiting of surgeries Anesthesia and surgical procedures can induce some nausea and vomiting, thus leading to complications such as aspiration. Promethazine use can reduce the nausea [...]
Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses of promethazine as follows: Seasonal allergies Individuals can present with rhinitis and burning sensation of eyes, secondary to hay fever and activation of allergies during the pollen season. Individuals can also present with these symptoms, secondary to exposure to dust and various chemicals, due to change in the living environment. Promethazine use helps with calming down of these symptoms and offers relief from dust and seasonal allergies. Skin allergies [...]
Patient/caregiver was instructed upon promethazine and mechanism of action as follows: Promethazine is a medication belonging to the antihistamine group, especially used in individuals with complaints of allergy and motion sickness. Histamine is a chemical mediator released from the mast cells during an allergy response. Histamine binds to the H-1 receptors on the cells in the body and results in development of symptoms of allergy, such as, itching of the skin, sneezing, runny nose, and [...]
