Maximum dose: 20 mg/day (2 to 5 years); 25 mg/day (6 to 12 years) Parenteral: Usual dose: 0
Prochlorperazine edisylate, 2-Chloro-10- [3- (4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)propyl]phenothiazine 1,2-ethanedisulfonate (1:1), has the following structural formula: Molecular Formula: C 20 H 24 ClN 3 S
About prochlorperazine
It can also be given as an injection, but this is usually done in hospital Prochlorperazine is used to treat nervous, emotional, and mental conditions (eg, schizophrenia) and non-psychotic anxiety
Prochlorperazine belongs to a class of drugs known as phenothiazines
How to use For oral dosage forms (tablets): For severe nausea and vomiting: Adults and children 2 years of age and older and weighs more than 39 kilograms (kg) (85 pounds
Oral: Usual dose: 5 to 10 mg orally 3 to 4 times a day Maximum dose: 40 mg/day Parenteral: IM: Usual dosage: 5 to 10 mg IM, repeated every 3 to 4 hours as
Prochlorperazine is used to treat nervous, emotional, and mental conditions (eg, schizophrenia) and non-psychotic anxiety
Prochlorperazine Maleate Tablets is an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, and is also an antiemetic used to control severe nausea and vomiting
Prochlorperazine maleate is designated
Prochlorperazine maleate is designated chemically as 2-chloro-10- [3- (4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)propyl] phenothiazine maleate [molecular weight 606
IM (as mesylate): 5 to 10 mg 2 to 3 times/day; usual maximum: 40 mg/day
Each tablet, for oral administration contains prochlorperazine maleate equivalent to 5 mg or 10 mg of prochlorperazine
It mainly works by depressing the chemoreceptor trigger zone
Indications and Dosage
Prochlorperazine is used to treat nervous, emotional, and mental conditions (eg, schizophrenia) and non-psychotic anxiety
Prochlorperazine is a phenothiazine derivative, present in the tablets as the maleate
Marketing Authorisation Holder Side effects of prochlorperazine are usually mild and go away by themselves
By blocking dopamine, signals are unable to travel to the vomiting center in the brain, therefore relieving the sensation of nausea (feeling sick) and vomiting on its own or nausea and vomiting due to other causes such as Meniere
Compazine (prochlorperazine) is a phenothiazine anti-psychotic used to treat psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia
Prochlorperazine comes as 5mg tablets, 3mg buccal tablets (tablets that you put between your gum and upper lip) and as a syrup
Don't drive or do anything requiring concentration until you know how it affects you
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prochlorperazine increases effects of trandolapril by unspecified interaction mechanism
You can take prochlorperazine 5
Drug facts
3–6 mg twice daily, tablets to be placed high between upper lip and gum and left to dissolve
Prochlorperazine edisylate is administered by deep IM injection, direct IV injection, or IV infusion