Phenergan is not a strong sedative and instead is a mild sedative that can induce sleep and is also often used to induce sleep before and after a surgery.
Phenergan is also known as Promethazine and promazine.
When taking promazine the promazine makes you feel sleepy within 20 minutes after taking it and it can work for up to 12 hours.
If taking promazine for cold, allergies, cough or nausea the symptoms should improve within 20 minutes of taking promazine.
You should not drive or operate machinery or do other important tasks while taking promazine.
You can overdose on promazine and promethazine just like with any other drug so it should always be taken in the proper dosages to avoid overdose.
Overdosing on promazine or promethazine can make you feel very sleepy and cause your heart to beat too fast or give you irregular or pounding heartbeats known as heart palpitations.
Promazine, is a drug that is used as a short-term add-on treatment for psychomotor agitation.
The promazine drug approved uses in people is limited, but is used as a tranquilizer in veterinary medicine.
Promazine has weak antipsychotic effects but is generally not used to treat psychoses and it acts similar to chlorpromazine and causes sedation.
The drugs Promazine (PRO) and promethazine (PMT) are two of the most frequently used phenothiazines.
PRO is a psychotropic drug for treating psychiatric and cancer-related conditions, while PMT is an antihistamine with antiemetic properties.
Promethazine is used for short-term sleep problems (insomnia) including when a cough, cold or itching is keeping you awake at night, allergies, including hay fever and hives (urticaria) feeling and being sick (vomiting) due to motion sickness or vertigo.
Promazine belongs to a group of medications known as the phenothiazine antipsychotics.
It acts by blocking a variety of receptors in the brain, particularly dopamine receptors.
Dopamine is involved in transmitting signals between brain cells.
A major metabolite of chlorpromazine, promazine is categorized as a group 1 aliphatic phenothiazine.
It's general properties and therapeutic uses are similar to chlorpromazine.
It has pronounced sedative effects and moderate antimuscarinic and extrapyramidal side effects.
Promethazine is an antihistamine agent used commonly for nausea and allergy.
Along with its anticholinergic and antidopaminergic functions, promethazine is also used for psychiatric symptoms, such as troubling sleep, anxiety, and agitation.
The most common side effects of promethazine and promazine include sedation, confusion, and disorientation, which may impair physical and mental abilities.
However, promethazine may paradoxically cause excitability, restlessness, or, rarely, seizures.