Descriptions
Prochlorperazine is utilized to treat frightened, hysterical, and mental conditions (eg, schizophrenia) and non-psychotic anxiety. It is also reach-me-down to conduct austere nausea and vomiting. This remedy should not be tempered to to expound on behavioral problems in older grown-up patients who include dementia.
This medicine is accessible only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
- Tablet
Before Using
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of delightful the cure-all be obliged be weighed against the godlike it last will and testament do. This is a settlement you and your doctor will make. Inasmuch as this medicine, the following should be considered:
Allergies
Tell your doctor if you have for ever had any atypical or allergic reaction to this remedy or any other medicines. Also tell your health take care of professional if you sooner a be wearing any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. In place of non-prescription products, conclude from the tag or coupled ingredients carefully.
Pediatric
Appropriate studies performed to date take not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the profitability of prochlorperazine in children 2 years of adulthood and older or weighing 9 kilograms (kg) (20 pounds (lbs)) and over. Interest in children younger than 2 years of age or weighing controlled by 9 kg (20 lbs) is not recommended.
Geriatric
Appropriate studies performed to time entertain not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the benefit of prochlorperazine in the elderly. Nevertheless, advanced in years patients are more inclined to to be dressed age-related liver, kidney, or kindness problems, which may call for prudence and an harmonization in the quantity object of patients receiving this medicine.
Breastfeeding
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant jeopardy when using compro during breastfeeding. Weigh the developing benefits against the potential risks already charming compro while breastfeeding.
Drug Interactions
Although sure medicines should not be old together at all, in other cases two opposite medicines may be tempered to together rounded off if an interaction capability occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the measure, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are winning this medicament, it is especially vital that your healthcare professional know if you are fascinating any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions be dressed been selected on the underpinning of their embryonic drift and are not not all-inclusive.
Using this pharmaceutical with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may judge not to healing you with compro or coins some of the other medicines you take.
- Bepridil
- Bromopride
- Cisapride
- Dofetilide
- Dronedarone
- Levoketoconazole
- Mesoridazine
- Metoclopramide
- Pimozide
- Piperaquine
- Potassium Citrate
- Saquinavir
- Sparfloxacin
- Terfenadine
- Thioridazine
- Ziprasidone
Using compro with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may shift the dispense or how often you exploit one or both of the medicines.
- Adagrasib
- Alfentanil
- Alfuzosin
- Alprazolam
- Amantadine
- Amiodarone
- Amisulpride
- Amitriptyline
- Amoxapine
- Anagrelide
- Apomorphine
- Aprindine
- Aripiprazole
- Aripiprazole Lauroxil
- Arsenic Trioxide
- Asenapine
- Astemizole
- Atazanavir
- Azithromycin
- Benzhydrocodone
- Bromazepam
- Buprenorphine
- Bupropion
- Buserelin
- Butorphanol
- Calcium Oxybate
- Cannabidiol
- Cannabis
- Ceritinib
- Cetirizine
- Chloral Hydrate
- Chloroquine
- Chlorpromazine
- Ciprofloxacin
- Citalopram
- Clarithromycin
- Clobazam
- Clofazimine
- Clomipramine
- Clonazepam
- Clothiapine
- Clozapine
- Codeine
- Crizotinib
- Dabrafenib
- Daridorexant
- Dasatinib
- Degarelix
- Delamanid
- Desipramine
- Deslorelin
- Deutetrabenazine
- Dexmedetomidine
- Dibenzepin
- Dihydrocodeine
- Disopyramide
- Dolasetron
- Domperidone
- Donepezil
- Doxepin
- Doxylamine
- Droperidol
- Duloxetine
- Efavirenz
- Encainide
- Encorafenib
- Enflurane
- Entrectinib
- Epinephrine
- Erythromycin
- Escitalopram
- Esketamine
- Etrasimod
- Fentanyl
- Fexinidazole
- Fingolimod
- Flecainide
- Flibanserin
- Fluconazole
- Fluoxetine
- Formoterol
- Foscarnet
- Fostemsavir
- Gabapentin
- Gabapentin Enacarbil
- Gatifloxacin
- Gemifloxacin
- Gepirone
- Givinostat
- Glasdegib
- Glucagon
- Glycopyrrolate
- Glycopyrronium Tosylate
- Gonadorelin
- Goserelin
- Granisetron
- Halofantrine
- Haloperidol
- Halothane
- Histrelin
- Hydrocodone
- Hydromorphone
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Hydroxyzine
- Ibutilide
- Iloperidone
- Imipramine
- Inotuzumab Ozogamicin
- Isoflurane
- Isradipine
- Itraconazole
- Ivabradine
- Ivosidenib
- Ketamine
- Ketoconazole
- Lacosamide
- Lapatinib
- Lefamulin
- Lemborexant
- Lenvatinib
- LetibotulinumtoxinA-wlbg
- Leuprolide
- Levocetirizine
- Levofloxacin
- Levomethadyl
- Levorphanol
- Lidoflazine
- Lithium
- Lofexidine
- Lonafarnib
- Lorcainide
- Loxapine
- Lumefantrine
- Macimorelin
- Magnesium Oxybate
- Mefloquine
- Meperidine
- Methacholine
- Methadone
- Metrizamide
- Metronidazole
- Mifepristone
- Mirtazapine
- Mobocertinib
- Morphine
- Morphine Sulfate Liposome
- Moxifloxacin
- Nafarelin
- Nalbuphine
- Nilotinib
- Norfloxacin
- Nortriptyline
- Octreotide
- Ofloxacin
- Olanzapine
- Oliceridine
- Ondansetron
- Osilodrostat
- Osimertinib
- Oxaliplatin
- Oxycodone
- Oxymorphone
- Ozanimod
- Pacritinib
- Paliperidone
- Panobinostat
- Paroxetine
- Pasireotide
- Pazopanib
- Pentamidine
- Pentazocine
- Periciazine
- Phenobarbital
- Pimavanserin
- Pitolisant
- Ponesimod
- Porfimer
- Posaconazole
- Potassium Oxybate
- Pregabalin
- Primidone
- Probucol
- Procarbazine
- Promethazine
- Propafenone
- Protriptyline
- Quetiapine
- Quinidine
- Quinine
- Quizartinib
- Ranolazine
- Relugolix
- Remifentanil
- Remimazolam
- Revefenacin
- Ribociclib
- Risperidone
- Ropeginterferon Alfa-2b-njft
- Scopolamine
- Secretin Gentle
- Selpercatinib
- Sertindole
- Sertraline
- Sevoflurane
- Siponimod
- Sodium Oxybate
- Sodium Phosphate
- Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic
- Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic
- Solifenacin
- Sorafenib
- Sotalol
- Spiramycin
- Sufentanil
- Sulfamethoxazole
- Sulpiride
- Sultopride
- Sunitinib
- Tacrolimus
- Tapentadol
- Telavancin
- Telithromycin
- Tetrabenazine
- Tiotropium
- Topiramate
- Toremifene
- Tramadol
- Trazodone
- Triclabendazole
- Trifluoperazine
- Trimethoprim
- Trimipramine
- Triptorelin
- Vandetanib
- Vardenafil
- Vemurafenib
- Venlafaxine
- Vilanterol
- Vinflunine
- Voclosporin
- Voriconazole
- Zolmitriptan
- Zolpidem
- Zotepine
- Zuclopenthixol
- Zuranolone
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may prime mover an increased peril of unchanging side effects, but using both drugs may be the worst treatment instead of you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may alteration the dose or how in many cases you use one or both of the medicines.
- Aminolevulinic Acid
- Belladonna
- Belladonna Alkaloids
- Betel Nut
- Evening Primrose
- Phenylalanine
- Procyclidine
Other Interactions
Certain medicines should not be acclimated to at or around the tempo of eating provisions or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using liquor or tobacco with certain medicines may also movement interactions to occur. The following interactions possess been selected on the heart of their concealed point and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using compro with any of the following may prime mover an increased endanger of definite side effects but may be definite in some cases. If occupied together, your doctor may change the dosage or how time you manoeuvre this medicament, or assign you curious instructions almost the consume of foodstuffs, hard stuff, or tobacco.
- Ethanol
Other Medical Problems
The air of other medical problems may affect the speak of this medicine. Affirm assured you mention your doctor if you be experiencing any other medical problems, outstandingly:
- Allergy to phenothiazine, ancient history of or
- Comatose state of affairs (unconscious)—Should not be tempered to in patients with these conditions.
- Blood or bone marrow problems (eg, agranulocytosis, leukopenia, neutropenia) or
- Titty cancer, recapitulation of or
- Glaucoma or
- Liver illness or
- Hypotension (pornographic blood burden) or
- Seizures—Ingest with caution. May provoke these conditions worse.
- Bowel blockage or
- Intelligence tumor or
- Reye's syndrome—This drug may semblance symptoms in patients with these conditions.
- Dehydration or
- Heart ailment or
- Infections (eg, chickenpox, CNS infection, gastroenteritis, measles) or
- Pheochromocytoma (adrenal puzzle)—May cause side effects to grace worse.
Proper Use
Take this remedy just as directed not later than your doctor. Do not reserve more of it, do not take it more over, and do not misappropriate it as a service to a longer things than your doctor ordered.
Dosing
The amount of this panacea commitment be remarkable for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following tidings includes at best the usual doses of this medicine. If your dose is extraordinary, do not switch it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of physic that you snitch depends on the firmness of the medicine. Also, the horde of doses you go on with each age, the forthwith allowed between doses, and the completely of perpetually you take the nostrum depend on the medical problem looking for which you are using the medicine.
- Instead of spoken dosage forms (tablets):
- Looking for iron-handed nausea and vomiting:
- Adults and children 2 years of length of existence and older and weighs more than 39 kilograms (kg) (85 pounds (lbs))—At first, 5 or 10 milligrams (mg) 3 or 4 times a day. Your doctor may rectify your administer if needed. On the other hand, the dispense is mainly not more than 40 mg per day.
- Children 2 years of age and older and weighs 18 to 39 kg (40 to 85 lbs)—Dose is based on congress slant and obligated to be persevering nearby your doctor. At essential, 2.5 mg 3 times a time or 5 mg 2 times a day. Your doctor may patch up your dose if needed. In any event, the measure is most often not more than 15 mg per day.
- Children 2 years of era and older and weighs 14 to 18 kg (30 to 39 lbs)—Portion is based on heart strain and must be determined before your doctor. At principal, 2.5 mg 2 or 3 times a day. Your doctor may fasten your amount if needed. However, the measure is usually not more than 10 mg per day.
- Children 2 years of length of existence and older and weighs 9 to 13 kg (20 to 29 lbs)—Dosage is based on body consequence and obligated to be stubborn away your doctor. At first, 2.5 mg 1 or 2 times a day. Your doctor may regulate your portion if needed. In all events, the dispense is generally speaking not more than 7.5 mg per day.
- Children younger than 2 years of life-span and weighs junior to 9 kg (20 lbs)—Consume is not recommended.
- Instead of non-psychotic angst:
- Adults—At prime, 5 milligrams (mg) 3 or 4 times a day. Your doctor may adapt to your dose if needed. In any case, the prescribe is almost always not more than 20 mg per age or longer than 12 weeks.
- Children—Use and dispense requisite be determined before your doctor.
- Championing schizophrenia:
- Adults—5 to 10 milligrams (mg) 3 or 4 times a day. Your doctor may resolve your administer if needed. How, the quantity is in the main not more than 150 mg per day.
- Children 6 to 12 years of seniority—At senior, 2.5 mg 2 or 3 times a day. Your doctor may harmonize your administer if needed. Nevertheless, the dose is usually not more than 10 mg on the beforehand period and 25 mg per day.
- Children 2 to 5 years of period—At first, 2.5 mg 2 or 3 times a day. Your doctor may adjust your prescribe if needed. How on earth, the portion is on the whole not more than 10 mg on the opening broad daylight and 20 mg per day.
- Children younger than 2 years of stage—From and measure must be unyielding by your doctor.
- Looking for iron-handed nausea and vomiting:
Missed Administer
If you miss a dose of this drug, hook it as in the near future as possible. Setting aside how, if it is not quite however as regards your next dose, skip the missed dose and repudiate in back of surreptitiously to your monthly dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
Storage
Store the panacea in a closed container at margin temperature, away from arousal, moisture, and unequivocal light. Observe from freezing.
Keep in sight of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated panacea or medication no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare talented how you should persuade of any prescription you do not use.
Precautions
It is very important that your doctor should chip the growth of you and your adolescent at regular visits to hand over established this drug is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to curb by reason of unwanted effects.
Check with your doctor before using this panacea with fire-water or other medicines that influence the central scared set (CNS). The utilize consume of demon rum or other medicines that move the CNS with risperidone may decay the side effects of this medicine, such as dizziness, poor concentration, drowsiness, freakish dreams, and annoy with sleeping. Some examples of medicines that affect the CNS are antihistamines or medicine for allergies or colds, sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicines, panacea throughout depression, physic for the benefit of worry, medicine irritation nostrum or narcotics, physic in compensation publicity default and hyperactivity disorder, prescription in behalf of seizures or barbiturates, muscle relaxants, or anesthetics, including some dental anesthetics.
This medicine may agent extrapyramidal symptoms. Make sure of with your doctor just away if you be struck by problem in speaking, drooling, diminution of balance check, muscle trembling, jerking, or stiffness, restlessness, shuffling flounce, stiffness of the limbs, twisting movements of the centre, or uncontrolled movements, uniquely of the make an appearance, neck, and back.
This nostrum may agency drowsiness, encumber with idea, or impregnated with controlling association movements, which may commence to falls, fractures or other injuries. Occasion unwavering you identify how you react to this drug ahead of you urge, service machines, or do other jobs that lack you to be signal, well-coordinated, or clever to assume or make out well.
Dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting may appear, peculiarly when you take up momentarily from a mendaciousness or sitting position. Getting up slowly may help. If this conundrum continues or gets worse, check with your doctor.
This prescription may fix it more difficult since your remains to undisturbed itself down. Use guardianship not to develop overheated during exercise or intense weather since overheating may be produced end in tension stroke. Also, use accessory meticulousness not to become too hyperborean while you are receiving risperidone injection. If you behove too cold, you may feel groggy, confused, or clumsy.
Make firm any doctor or dentist who treats you knows that you are using this medicine. This remedy may fake the results of unarguable medical tests.
This medicament may ground tardive dyskinesia (a crusade clutter). Corroboration with your doctor right away if you be experiencing any of the following symptoms while using this prescription: lip smacking or puckering, puffing of the cheeks, rapid or worm-like movements of the patois, unrestrained chewing movements, or ungoverned movements of the arms and legs.
Check with your doctor right away if you have any of the following symptoms while using this physic: convulsions (seizures), difficulty with breathing, a steadfast heartbeat, a high fever, high or naughty blood vexation, increased sweating, erosion of bladder curb, simple muscle stiffness, unusually pale hide, or tiredness. These could be symptoms of a fooling condition called neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS).
Prochlorperazine can for the moment discount the several of white blood cells in your blood, increasing the chance of getting an infection. If you can, avoid people with infections. Check with your doctor promptly if you assume you are getting an infection or if you fall a fever or chills, cough or hoarseness, diminish chasing or side woe, or throbbing or finicky urination.
Do not boost other medicines unless they pull someone's leg been discussed with your doctor. This includes instruction or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC>) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Side Effects
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may ground some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may turn up dawn on, if they do occur they may shortage medical attention.
Check with your doctor at once if any of the following side effects occur:
Incidence not known
- Churning
- foul, tarry stools
- box despair
- clay-colored stools
- constipation
- subfusc urine
- lower in how much or how frequently you go to the lavatory
- diarrhea
- scrape in swallowing and breathing
- dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when a split second getting up from a duplicity or sitting position
- drooling
- drowsiness
- dryness of the mouth
- fever and chills
- difficulty
- unfitness to suffer with or save up an erection
- squandering of proclivity
- mask-like front
- nasal congestion
- nausea
- distressing or strenuous urination
- shuffling swagger
- tender throat
- sores, ulcers, or white spots on the lips or in the entr‚e
- corporation ache
- puffy glands
- tightness of the throat
- trembling and shaking of the fingers and hands
- uncontrolled chewing movements and movements of the arms and legs
- unpleasant stirring odor
- odd bleeding or bruising
- unusual tiredness or puniness
- vomiting of blood
- yellow eyes or skin
Get emergency support in a wink if any of the following symptoms of overdose arise:
Symptoms of overdose
- Change in consciousness
- constant, slow, or potholed heartbeat
- drubbing of consciousness
- seizures
- tyrannical sleepiness
Some side effects may occur that customarily do not fundamental medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your main part adjusts to the medicine. Also, your robustness misery efficient may be proficient to blab you about ways to anticipate or let up on some of these side effects. Check up on with your robustness mindfulness practised if any of the following side effects go on or are bothersome or if you contain any questions nearby them:
Incidence not known
- Blurred vision
- increased sensitiveness of the outside to sunlight
- irregular menstrual periods
- itching, hasty, redness, or discoloration of the skin
- jitteriness
- disquiet sleeping
Other side effects not listed may also turn up dawn on in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.