Promethazine: Difference between revisions

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*'''[[Effect::Anxiety]]''' - Anxiety may occur as a result of delirium.{{citation needed}}

*'''[[Effect::Sleepiness]]'''

*'''[[Effect::Sleepiness]]''' - Feelings of physical exhaustion and tiredness are a common and pronounced effect of promethazine. The substance is therefore used to treat insomnia and abnormal sleep cycles.

*'''[[Effect::Delirium]]''' and '''[[Effect::Confusion|confusion]]'''<ref>Tsay, M. E., Procopio, G., Anderson, B. D., & Klein-Schwartz, W. (2015). Abuse and intentional misuse of promethazine reported to US poison centers: 2002 to 2012. Journal of addiction medicine, 9(3), 233-237. | PubMed Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25822213</ref> - In low to moderate doses, promethazine presents a harmless sense of being confused or delirious. In high doses and overdose, it can become (but rarely does) so severe that the patient or user experiences excited delirium, a state of severe agitation and confusion.

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 *'''[[Effect::Anxiety]]''' - Anxiety may occur as a result of delirium.{{citation needed}}
-*'''[[Effect::Sleepiness]]'''
+*'''[[Effect::Sleepiness]]''' -  Feelings of physical exhaustion and tiredness are a common and pronounced effect of promethazine. The substance is therefore used to treat insomnia and abnormal sleep cycles.
 *'''[[Effect::Delirium]]''' and '''[[Effect::Confusion|confusion]]'''<ref>Tsay, M. E., Procopio, G., Anderson, B. D., & Klein-Schwartz, W. (2015). Abuse and intentional misuse of promethazine reported to US poison centers: 2002 to 2012. Journal of addiction medicine, 9(3), 233-237. | PubMed Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25822213</ref> -  In low to moderate doses, promethazine presents a harmless sense of being confused or delirious. In high doses and overdose, it can become (but rarely does) so severe that the patient or user experiences excited delirium, a state of severe agitation and confusion.