Promethazine (Phenergan)
What did we do before the internet?
I mean, I know the answer to this, but it grants me instant access to documents that would have taken a week's worth of phone calls and letter writing to get. All in an instant.
Here are some of the resources I looked at for my story tonite. This is the letter that went out back in January of 2005...
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2005/phenergan_deardoctorletter.pdf
This is the alert that came out yesterday...
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/InfoSheets/patient/promethazinePIS.htm
Apparently, while you need a prescription for Promethazine here in the states, a number of countries abroad let you buy it over-the-counter. I had not looked into what, if anything, those countries were doing in light of the FDA's actions.
Here is additional Promethazine information:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682284.html
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