FDA Calls for Boxed Warning on Promethazine Hydrochloride Injection

Full story: Journal Watch - Medicine that Matters

Injectable promethazine hydrochloride should carry a boxed warning to emphasize the risk for severe tissue injury when the drug is given incorrectly, the FDA announced on Wednesday.

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