No more than necessary: Safety and efficacy of low-dose promethazine

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-48

  Moser, Joseph D ^a   Caldwell, James B ^a   Rhule, F Jane ^a  

^a ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Dosing; Promethazine

Indexed keywords

ONDANSETRON; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; VOMITING;

ANTIEMETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; ONDANSETRON; PROMETHAZINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 32344453308     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G282     Document Type: Article

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