Promethazine Gets Black Box Warning for Tissue Damage/Amputation Risk

Full story: A Georgia Lawyer

Makers of injected promethazine, a sedative also used to treat nausea and vomiting, are being required to put the strongest warning possible on the product because it can cause tissue damage leading to amputation, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

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