| Key to ratings for phenergan: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 5 | extreme morning sickness | a little sleepiness and dry mouth | This was a life saver for me, my son would never had been born if I didn't take this medication! I didn't experience any of those horrible side effects others have. The benefits outweigh the risks, as long as you aren't allergic and it is administered properly then it works. | F | 31 | 9 months | 1/3/2010 | 5 | nausea | The side effects were only one: drowsiness; and that was exactly what I needed!! I went to sleep and woke up feeling much better! I think some people on here are confusing the effects of this med with something else that happened to them. You should always follow the directions of doctor so you don't take too much and you can make sure to take the appropriate dose for a first timer if that's the case to avoid breathing depression of any concern. This is a first for me to hear such stories as on this site. | This is a medicine I have been taking since I was at least 15 and I am 27 -it is a miracle! I would hate to imagine my life without this drug as I really hate being sick by vomiting. I just had the stomach flu and so did a family member- they threw up for close to 6 hours and I only threw up the first time and went to sleep with my phenergan. | F | 27 | 12 years | 11/30/2009 | 1 | consious sedation for upper GI | Terrible pain at IV site. Terrible headache, sweating, full body muscle contractions. All complaints were ignored. Pheblitis, nerve damage, huge swelling in arm and a trip to the ER. | It has been five years since and no one should ever be given this IV Phenergan. I have constant pain from wrist to elbow and take 2400 milligrams of neurontin every day. Huge nerve damage. | M | 63 | 1 times | 11/24/2009 | 1 | N/V | Death by possible respiratory depression??? or just a coincidence??? | I am a nurse and a co-worker nurse gave 12.5 IM of phenergan to one of her patients following normal protocol and five minutes later the patient died. Its not worth it...you never know what kind of reaction you as an individual will have so my recommendation is to try the absolute smallest dose first if you have tried other alternatives and you need relief(chronic conditions). If you are having or had surgery and its just a one time thing I would recommend saltine crackers!!! | F | 20 | 1 days | 11/17/2009 | 3 | nausea | I get very spacey and have real live nightmares and I wake up and makes me feel like i'm still living in the dream. | M | 45 | 10 days | 10/26/2009 | 4 | nausea, allergies | makes me very sleepy, unable to concentrate. i too have a sensitive stomach and i take a half every now and then before i go to bed. it has been a miracle for me. it helps with my nausea, it helps my allergies, and helps me sleep. however, it is habit forming and i had taken it every night at one point and i started getting dizzy spells from it and seeing "bugs" here and there. when i stopped taking it, i got bad stomach cramps. but i have learned from that and now just take it every now and then. | F | 28 | 4 months | 10/7/2009 | 5 | Nausea | Drowsiness, unable to focus. If I take a whole pill one day, then the following day I still feel kind of tired and out of it. | I have taken Phenergan for almost 10 years off and on for nausea. I have a very sensitive stomach, so it's always came in handy. It can take up to an hour to work in pill form, but once it does it's such a relief. Also helps allergies. Just make sure you don't drive while on this stuff. My doc also told me that this drug can become habit-forming too. If I take it, I normally cut it in half and take 12.5mg instead of the 25mg. Seems to cut down on the drowsiness some. | F | 27 | 10 years | 8/31/2009 | 5 | extreme vomiting, nausea, stomach | Sleepiness, a little spacey | I have had no problems with this medication. I have had it by IV in the ER, but mostly use it at home by suppository. In the ER it was used with morphine. Yes it does make you very sleppy and can make you spacey. It does have some bad psychological affects for some. But I have had terrible depression all my life, and had no psychological problems with the med. It is the only medication that can keep me out of the ER when I have bouts of diahrea, nausea, extreme vomitting, stomach pain, etc due to IBS and other gastro problems. | M | 31 | 2 years | 8/1/2009 | 5 | nausea | slight drowsiness, occasional dizziness | I've been taking Phenergan/promethazine off and on for years for nausea (believed to be caused by IBS). I've tried dozens of antiemetics over the years, both prescription and OTC, and Phenergan is the only thing that works for me. The drowsiness is the biggest drawback, but isn't that big of a deal as most of my nausea tends to occur in the evening or at night. It has the dded bonus of being a sleep aid for me I suppose. | F | 32 | 15 years | 6/7/2009 | 1 | Misdiagnosis of Labyrinthitis | I had symptoms of nausea and vomiting and was prescribed this medication along with Meclizine and was dizzy and very sleepy. However I was misdiagnosed it was a Stroke not a inner ear infection. | Four days later, I had a 2nd stroke while taking this medication is my 2nd stroke linked to this medication? I'm investigating. | F | 39 | 4 days | 5/28/2009 | 1 | nausea and vomitting | I felt like i was losing my mind. would talk to myself, hit my head against the wall, almost threw myself out of a moveing car, and felt like hurting others. I was like that for a few weeks. It's also happened to my son when he was 4 yrs old, my brother, and just recently my mother. | I was told by a nurse that many people have had bad reactions with this medication but doctors still use it because it's the cheapest medication for nause and vomitting. I think the dr.'s should give themselves this medication and see if they will get the same reaction. what will they say then? | F | 33 | 1 days | 5/9/2009 | 1 | throwing up | hallusionations at one point my mother could not breath. it took 4 people to hold down a 98 lb. woman. one of the scarriest things I have ever seen. my mother went from not feeling well to this from this drug, she was given benadryl to conteract theese side affects. It' still to over 5 hours befor she was her self again. she banged her head off the wall, was fighting everyone, and bruised her arms something awful, she has a treak she was trying to rip that out. before a hospital gives this I think the side affects need to be told, cause all we got was " oh some people react like this, until I went on the internet I had no idea how many side affects this drug has. this is unreal that they are still using this drug first when there are so many for simpe nasea | F | 33 | 1 days | 4/30/2009 | 2 | Nausea | Hallucinations and convulsions | I was given this in the ER via IV. I began to have convulsions and also hallucinate, but the ER had to release me anyway because they needed the bed. My parents drove me home that night and I tried to open the car door on the highway on the way home. Thankfully, my sister was in the back with me and screamed and kept me from falling out of the vehicle | F | 30 | 1 days | 4/28/2009 | 5 | Migraine w/ nausea | Drowsiness, dry mouth | People should also start listing everything else they take along with each drug they rate! I take 50mg of lyrica at night, 60mg of cymbalta 2x a day and 200mg of celebrex at night. I use 10/325 hydrocodone/apap for migraines along with either 25 or 50mg of phenergan. I wouldn't dare take them all at the same time given that each of my drugs cause drowsiness but the phenergan and hydrocodone keep me out of the expensive ER. I would be broke if I didn't have these to help with the 10-15 a month migraines I have. Phenergan gets a 5 since I can live with the side effects. I see a lot of people leaving out their other meds information which can be very misleading and make others form a biased opinion of something that might actually help them. | 2/28/2009 | 1 | Nausea | Stroke. Death. | 84 yo Mother was given Phenergan for nausea related to CHF and promptly stoked. She was dead 1 week later | M | 1 days | 2/20/2009 | 2 | For Nausea | This medicine made me unbearably sleepy - even the day after I took it. | This medication was quite debilitating for me as it made functioning normally almost impossible. I will not take this again. | F | 23 | 1 days | 2/11/2009 | 5 | migraines | maybe some tiredness | Does what it is meant to do | F | 33 | 3 years | 1/29/2009 | 5 | nausea with migraine | sleepiness | My daughter was severely nauseated after a three hour trip to see a specialist about her migraines. We did not think she was going to make it home without vomiting in the car. Within one hour of taking this medicine she was no longer nauseated and wanted to eat. Then she slept the whole way home. | F | 8 | 1 days | 10/17/2008 | 5 | nausea/vomiting | none | this did the trick for me, i was nauseous and vomiting from suboxone and i have also used this for gastroenteritis and was also on it during one of my pregnancies for severe "morning" sickness (which really lasted all day and night for the first 6 months of the pregnancy) and it worked great for all of them. | F | 30 | 90 days | 10/9/2008 | 2 | I was nauseated | Hallucinations, talking to myself, getting upset, confusion, twitches, memory loss, extreme tiredness, and dialated pupils, also blurred vision.. even the day after I took it. | F | 20 | 1 days | 10/8/2008 | 5 | extreme vomiting | hallucinations, extreme drowsiness, nightmares, dry mouth, hurts on injection site but goes away in a few minutes. | the best medication for nausea or vomiting. this drug has saved my life literally its stops vomitng very quickly esecially if used thru IV. with out the drug i would have become extreamly dehydrated due to vomiting which could have led to death. it makes me very groggy alowing me to sleep for several hours waking to no vomiting or nausea. the side effects are easily tolerable if administered correctly.......the good by far out weighs the bad (if administered to fast thru IV it WILL cause extreme!!! burning all thru arm that the iv is on)(trust me i had a agrivated nurse administer it once;they had to give me another shot for the extreme pain. my parents reported her and she got fired for it) make sure to tell the nurse to take her time(ask nicely) | M | 16 | 9 years | 8/4/2008 | 3 | Vomiting & nausea due to pregnancy | Drowsiness about an hour after taking the drug. Extreme dry mouth, especially when sleeping. Bizarre nightmares -- I have never yelled while asleep except when on this drug. | Was taking 25 mg tablet, twice a day. | F | 35 | 7 days | 6/13/2008 | 5 | Pancreatitis | None out of normal | Great drug for nausea, and anxiety. Works really fast and lasts for a long time. could not live without it. | M | 31 | 2 days | 5/27/2008 | 1 | chronic immune/skin disorder | I took it for six weeks. It was reasonably effective for what it was prescribed for, but at the same time I had terrible nightmares, too frightening to return to sleep. My heart felt like it was leaping out of my chest. Began to have paranoid thoughts, and developed a fear of going to sleep. ALl that vanished as soon as I stopped the phenergan. | Horrible horrible drug. Never again, not for anything. | F | 23 | 6 weeks | 4/22/2008 | 3 | vomiting in pregnancy | extremely sleepy, drowsy, no concentration. To impaired to drive | It did suppress the vomiting. but i still had a lot of nausea. Higher doses of drugs would only knock me out. I hated being a nauseous zombie | F | 37 | 14 days | 4/1/2008 | 5 | surgery | tired | Just had stomach surgery and very sick. Doctor gave me something else so I wouldn't get sick and didn't work..they waited all night before phenergan. Then I got a shot of this and it knocked it out right away. Great stuff. | F | 41 | 1 days | 2/22/2008 | 1 | nausea | I couldnt control my legs, theyd start shaking & feeling VERY uncomfortable. I almost passed out twice from shallow breathing. | made my stomach feel better. but I'd rather be 'hugging the bowl' than suffering from the side-effects. | F | 19 | 4 times | 2/9/2008 | 4 | extreme nausea | Was very agitated. Felt like I was going to crawl out of my skin for about 1/2 hour. Also my head ITCHED LIKE CRAZY for that same 1/2 hour. I must have looked like a jittery head-scratching lunatic. | But the whole time I was pacing in my hospital room and scratching my head.... I wasn't throwing up anymore. It worked on my nausea. | F | 48 | 1 times | 12/12/2007 | 4 | Severe nausea | Extreme somnolence - Knocks me out completely. | This is the best medication I have taken for severe nausea but the downside is that I cannot stay alert on it. I only take it when I know it will be safe to sleep for a long time. | F | 39 | 25 times | 11/7/2007 | 1 | nausea after surgery | After being injected in IV, I immediately began to see double, then had seizure and tongue kept trying to go down my throat. Blood pressure was 260 over 165, sweat profusely, almost lost consiousness. Later had hallucinations and nightmares along with depression. | Nothing would have better than taking this drug....NEVER AGAIN! | F | 60 | 1 days | 10/23/2007 | 1 | Vomiting | Intraventricular Hemmorage, Blood clots in brain, severe brain damage, coma. | My 2 year old son was prescribed Phenergan for vomiting. Soon after the first dose, my son fell into a coma. We rushed him to the ER and he was placed on life support. He remained in the hospital for 5 months. The damage was catastrophic. | M | 2 | 1 days | 8/15/2007 | 1 | Nausea | Hallucinations, heat throughout body, night mares, convulsions, tightness of chest, electric like shocks throughout body, confusion | being nauseous is better than the side effects of this medication. | F | 65 | 1 days | 7/3/2007 | 4 | Nausea/Vomiting | Feeling like I was from another planet | It does work, but I only take it when I have to. The suppositories are less sedating than the pills in my opinion. | F | 26 | 3 months | 6/7/2007 | 4 | nausea | started taking phenergan because of being weaned off another drug. took a whole tablet and knocked me on my butt. so now i take 1/2 tablet with my morning meds and i'm good to go! | F | 51 | 6/4/2007 | 5 | hay fever, other bad allergies | slight dry mouth occasionally | I've noticed others commenting that their doses are too strong. TAKE THE LIQUID! The liquid (without codeine or VC) is only 6.25 mg. of product per teaspoon so you can adjust your dosage. I've taken this for almost 10 years. It costs practically nothing and I have never had any side effects that caused any concern at all. Don't know what I'd do if they quit making it because I've tried all the expensive stuff; all they do is dry me out and make me jittery. All this and it helps nausea too! | F | 53 | 10 years | 5/23/2007 | 5 | vomiting and nausea | Tired,and irritable | I love this product,I have alot of stomach problems,due to meds,or pain not to mention alot of migraines.And this takes care of it!!! | F | 27 | 5 years | 5/15/2007 | 4 | migraine/vomiting | sleepiness | great drug. I agree with the previous user, that Phenergen + Demerol for Migraine is an AMAZING solution. | F | 27 | 2 years | 5/9/2007 | 5 | Nausea from Migraine | Very tired | It's a wonder drug, I suffer from migraines and a shot of Phenergen with Demoral works wonders in just minutes. Well worth the good night's sleep. | F | 37 | 20 years | 4/21/2007 | 5 | nausea | extreme drowsiness, dry mouth | This drug has been a lifesaver for me. I initially started using it during my first pregnancy, 10 years ago. I was unable to eat or drink at all and the phenergan took the edge off the nausea enough so that I could start to eat and drink again. I took it again when I was pregnant 2 years ago and it didnt work as well, I ended up needing to take zofran. I only take it if I feel very nauseated and I also have to make sure that I am able to sleep because this drug KNOCKS ME OUT. Even just a quarter of a 25mg tablet will put me out for a good 6 -8 hours..if I need to take a half or whole tablet, I'm out for a day. And the day after I take it, I have what I call a "phenergan hangover"...just very tired, drained, lethargic. It does the job, though, so I give it a 4! | F | 35 | 10 years | 3/13/2007 | 1 | Nausea/Vomiting after Surgery | I am sure it was more than just the Phenergan but this seemed to be the icing on the cake for me. I was taking something like morphine after my back surgery and was given a nausea medicine to stop me from feeling ill. After getting sick, the nurse then gave me Phenergan. This drug knocked me out cold and I woke up to a bunch of emergency personnel and the nurse screaming in my face and shaking me to wake up in my hospital room. The doctor seems to think it was a cocktail of drugs that made me lose conciousness but that the Phenergan was also all it took to do that. It scared me half to death and I'd rather not ever take this medicine again. | After being knocked out cold I didnt feel sick anymore so I guess it did what it was supposed to, but not being able to wake up and having no memory of it was really scary. | F | 26 | 1 days | 2/19/2007 | 1 | post-operative nausea | Severe convulsions. | M | 49 | 1 days | 8/21/2006 | 1 | Gastroenteritis | Sleep driving | I took phenergan for gastroenteritis and ambien to sleep. Unfortunately it caused me to hallucinate a House vote at 3am! I drove my gas-guzzling Mustang with the headlights off and almost smashed into a Capitol Police officer, hitting a security barrier instead. Fortunately, my good buddies with Command gave me a ride home. | M | 38 | 43 days | 5/5/2006 | 1 | carsickness | I just read in the paper today that due to 8 deaths in children, children under the age of 2 should not take this drug. My son has been taking it since he was a year old. Just a warning. | M | 3 | 2 years | 4/26/2006 | 4 | Nausea reaction to other meds | Drowsiness. I may have had too strong a dose, becuase sometimes I felt like I would almost stop breathing during sleep which caused me to wake up repeatedly (and I don't usually have sleep apnea). | I was prescribed 25 mg tabs, and they are almost too strong for me. Doc told me I could cut them in half if needed. This worked well to combat nausea. If this is administered in iv form, it must be diluted or injected very slowly or it will burn and sting your veins. I still have soreness and bruises in my hand because of this - one week after. Otherwise a great drug, just be careful of dosage since it effects people differently. | F | 39 | 10 days | 3/18/2006 | 5 | Migraine Headaches | I have been using phenergan for years and the only side effects that I have experienced are dry mouth/throat & lethargic feeling. | Phenergan doesn't work for everyone, some people have to use a decreased dose. It works great for migraines, motion sickness, nausea & vomiting. | M | 15 years | 2/26/2006 | 1 | Nausea & vomiting | A general feeling of uneasiness. I wanted to crawl out of my skin. The left side of my body was shaking and I kept moving my left jaw in a yawning motion. Burning to the skin like I had a mild sunburn - mostly in the chest area. Also, burned at injection site. | I would ask for something else first. This drug can also be dangerous in the elderly. Make sure person injecting drug goes very slowly to prevent burning. | F | 34 | 3 times | 2/23/2006 | 5 | nausea, allergies | drowsiness | This drug is great. It was the only thing that got me through my first two trimesters of both pregnancies. It also helps with allergies/allergic reactions. Taking half or less of a tablet helps with the extreme drowsiness and still seems to be effective. The suppositories are very strong. | F | 29 | 1/31/2006 | 5 | Nausea from headaches | Makes me sleepy, but I don't care. It works very well!! | If you have any problems with nausea, definately have your doctor prescribe this for you. I take it whenever I need it and it has never let me down. | F | 23 | 7/11/2005 | 4 | Crohns Disease/ Nausea | Sleep. Increased effect of Morphine Sulfate. Wonderful relief from nausea. | Cheap. Also comes in suppository form, which is much more expensive, but sometimes no other alternative other than IV Zofran. | M | 33 | 3 years | 7/6/2005 | 5 | Severe nausea | This stuff is cheap and works VERY well. Especially great as a suppository. IT stops severe upset stomach! | Did I say it's cheap and it works. Everyone should have a few suppositories just in case you have sever stomach nausea. When you can't keep anything down, take one or two suppositories and it stops the convulsions and allows you to take in fluids. Normally only need to take for 24 to 48 hours at most. I've used only when necessary for years. Easily addicting so don't abuse this stuff. | M | 49 | 2 days | 5/26/2005 | 2 | sugery | I thought my wife was going to die...... I believe the nurses od'd her on this med... She was in such a deep sleep that she stopped breathing... Her O2 level dropped into the low 30's...... | F | 26 | 1 days | 5/5/2005 | 4 | nausea from classic migraines | EXTREME listlessness - not drowsiness, but very lethargic, felt almost paralyzed from lack of energy | Worked absolutely great on my nausea though | F | 24 | 1 days | 2/24/2005 | 5 | NAUSEA DUE TO PERIOD | EXTREME DROWSINESS AND SOMETIMES DRY MOUTH/THROAT | IT IS A MIRACLE DRUG. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A PROBLEM WITH NAUSEA. | M | 22 | 2 years | 1/26/2005 | 4 | Nausea | Sleepiness | This drug completely eliminated my nausea, but it made me really tired, I would take naps for hours at the time after taking a pill. | F | 22 | 15 times | 1/26/2005 | 5 | prevent nausea/vomiting | sleepiness | Works great for my motion sickness. I take 25 mg. an hour before a flight and I'm good to go. | M | 25 | 7 months | 7/1/2004 | 2 | nausea from drug withdrawal | nothing | didn't do a dang thing for me except ooze outta my butt when I passed gas. | M | 28 | 1 days | 4/3/2004 | 4 | Nausea | Sleepiness | This drug does wonders for me for the nausea of a partial obstruction or the cleansing prep. Taken orally I can only take 1/2 the usual dose or it lets me sleep for 24 hours, altho I can stay awake for something of interest or if it is important and necessary. For nausea during colonoscopy if we disturb the vagal nerve the IV administration works instantly. | F | 61 | 35 times | 11/29/2003 | 5 | F | 46 | 5 days | 10/17/2003 | 5 | Meniere's Disease | Drowsy. | Very good for nausea. | F | 46 | 5 days | 10/17/2003 | 4 | nausea due to IBD | just being extra drowsy and a feeling of "loopiness" (what the doctor called it)... just not coherent and mentally sharp | do NOT exceed the recommended dosage. Brought on feelings of physical anxiety and shaking. IV phenergan is much more effective than tablet form. | F | 21 | 8 months | 2/9/2003 | 5 | to prevent nausea | Weight gain. | Wonderful drug to combine with opioid analgesics, decreases nausea which accompanys those drugs as well as heightening the opioid's effects. Also great if you are just nauseated from pain. | F | 21 | 1.5 years | 8/13/2002 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |