TGA warning after high doses of antihistamine promethazine, sold as Phenergan, causes disability in children

Children under the age of six are at risk of psychiatric and central nervous system side effects, including hyperactivity, aggression and hallucination, and high doses could cause intellectual ...
Medscape

Drug Safety Warnings and Updates: April-June 2018

WARNING: ADDICTION, ABUSE, AND MISUSE; LIFE-THREATENING RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION; ACCIDENTAL INGESTION; ULTRA-RAPID METABOLISM OF CODEINE AND OTHER RISK FACTORS FOR LIFE-THREATENING RESPIRATORY ...
Psychology Today

Teenage Abuse of Cough Medicines and Promethazine

According to Sharon Levy, MD, Harvard Medical School's pediatric addiction expert, nonmedical medication misuse may be much more common than previously reported. One of the older fads is in the news ...
FOX13 Memphis

Over 250 pounds of 'lean' and 100 opioid pills found after I-40 traffic stop, agents say

HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. - Drug task force agents seized more than 250 pounds of promethazine and over 100 opioid pills after pulling over a rental car on I-40, according to the West Tennessee Drug Task ...