What is Prochlorperazine Edisylate: Uses, Warnings & Interactions

How to take Prochlorperazine Edisylate

• Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine. This medicine is given through a needle into a muscle or vein.

• Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine. This medicine is given through a needle into a muscle or vein.

What to do if you miss a dose of Prochlorperazine Edisylate

Prochlorperazine Edisylate contraindications

• This medicine is not right for everyone. You should not receive it if you had an allergic reaction to prochlorperazine or another phenothiazine medicine.

Prochlorperazine Edisylate warnings

• Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. This medicine may affect certain medical test results.

• This medicine may make you bleed, bruise, or get infections more easily. Take precautions to prevent illness and injury. Wash your hands often. Tell your doctor if you have bone marrow problems or if you have ever had a blood disorder, such as low blood cell counts.

• If this medicine is being used by a child, tell the doctor if the child gets sick or becomes dehydrated (such as from vomiting and diarrhea). If the child becomes nervous and overly excited, do not give any more medicine.

• Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine if you have a myelography (type of spinal x-ray).

• This medicine may make you dizzy or drowsy. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you.

• This medicine may cause the following problems:Tardive dyskinesia (a muscle disorder that could become permanent)Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (a nerve disorder that could be life-threatening)Extrapyramidal reaction (a muscle and nerve disorder)Overheating, because your body may not be able to cool down as it normally would

• Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have heart disease, low blood pressure, glaucoma, seizures, or a history of breast cancer.

• Yellow skin or eyes

Prochlorperazine Edisylate interactions

• Some foods and medicines can affect how prochlorperazine works. Tell your doctor if you are also using any of the following:LithiumBlood thinner (such as warfarin)Diuretic (water pill) Blood pressure or heart medicine (such as guanethidine or propranolol)Medicine to treat seizures (such as phenytoin)

• Do not drink alcohol while you are using this medicine.

• Tell your doctor if you use anything else that makes you sleepy. Some examples are allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, and alcohol.

• Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. This medicine may affect certain medical test results.

• This medicine may make you bleed, bruise, or get infections more easily. Take precautions to prevent illness and injury. Wash your hands often. Tell your doctor if you have bone marrow problems or if you have ever had a blood disorder, such as low blood cell counts.

• If this medicine is being used by a child, tell the doctor if the child gets sick or becomes dehydrated (such as from vomiting and diarrhea). If the child becomes nervous and overly excited, do not give any more medicine.

• Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine if you have a myelography (type of spinal x-ray).