Phenergan, Promethazine News

As many as 80% of pregnant women suffer morning sickness in the first trimester of pregnancy.

THE FIRST REPORTED cases of intra-arterial promethazine injection causing complications were in the late 1960s.1,2 On a broader scale, there have been literature reports of adverse outcomes after accidental intra-arterial injections of drugs since the 1940s.3 In our literature review, we found a total of 8 patients with reported cases of accidental ...

'Do Not Eat the LCD panel," proclaims the manufacturer's warning label on a small liquid crystal display panel.

An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill.

An eighth-grade student at G.W. Carver Academy has been charged with the distribution of dangerous drugs and referred to juvenile authorities after passing out prescription medications to eight classmates Thursday.

The U.S. Supreme Court revisited the balance between federal and state authority over drug regulation last week.

The press hailed it as a victory for patients. People harmed by drugs can sue the manufacturers, the Supreme Court recently ruled, even when the firms have scrupulously complied with all FDA rules.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upheld a decision by a Vermont jury to award $6.7 million in damages to a guitar player who lost her arm after the injectable drug Phenergan was injected into her using a dangerous delivery method in 2000.

OKLAHOMA CITY A U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that federal approval of drug-warning labels does not necessarily bar lawsuits based on state law that makes it easier to sue drug companies, but may not increase such cases to the extent predicted by some, an Oklahoma City attorney says.

Refeeding syndrome is an uncommon but potentially fatal phenomenon that can occur in patients receiving parenteral, enteral, or oral feedings after a period of sustained malnutrition or starvation.

They should call it bedtime sickness for me. THe last few days my nausea is WAY worse at night, and I can't sleep! I can't lay down, I can't get comfy b/c I keep thinking I may need to run to the toilet.

In a major setback to pharmaceutical companies, which face thousands of lawsuits in state courts from patients who allege that drugs have harmed them, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in favor of a Vermont ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that patents can sue drugmakers for failing to provide adequate safety warnings, upholding a $7 million award to a musician who lost her arm after being injected with Wyeth a s ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a $6.7 million jury award to a musician who lost her arm because of a botched injection of an anti-nausea medication.

We rarely think that we will get addicted to a drug that has been prescribed for us, but it can happen.

Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is extremely common and affects about 70% of pregnancies.

Jurors aren't physicians. They're regular people. So why would we entrust them with medical decisions best made by clinicians or scientists? It sounds preposterous, but jurors could be given the responsibility ...

Health Canada is advising consumers of the outcome of its review of cough and cold medicines for children under the age of 12.