prochlorperazine-rectal (cont.)
DRUG INTERACTIONS: Inform your doctor about all the medications you use (both prescription and nonprescription), especially of: anti-depressant/anti-anxiety drugs, sparfloxacin, grepafloxacin, guanethidine, guanadrel, metrizamide, cabergoline, lithium, narcotic pain medication (e.g., codeine), drugs used to aid sleep, drowsiness-causing antihistamines (e.g., diphenhydramine), any other drugs that may make you drowsy. Many cough-and-cold products contain ingredients that may add a drowsiness effect. Before using cough-and-cold medications, ask your doctor or pharmacist about the safe use of those products. Do not start or stop any medicine without doctor or pharmacist approval.
OVERDOSE: If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call the US national poison hotline at 1-800-222-1222. Canadian residents should call their local poison control center directly. Symptoms of overdose may include restlessness, muscle spasms, tremors, twitching, deep sleep or loss of consciousness, and seizures.
NOTES: Do not share this medication with others.
MISSED DOSE: If your dosing schedule is 1/day, use the missed dose as soon as you remember that day. If the missed dose is not remembered until the next day, skip the missed dose and resume your regular schedule. If your schedule is more than one dose per day, use the missed dose if you remember within an hour. If you do not remember until later, skip the missed dose and resume your regular schedule. In all cases, do not "double-up" the doses.
STORAGE: Store at room temperature away from sunlight.
Last Editorial Review: 3/2/2005
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