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Studies have shown that older adults with dementia a brain disorder that affects the ability to remember, think clearly, communicate, and perform daily activities and that may cause changes in mood and personality who take antipsychotics medications for mental illness such as prochlorperazine have an increased chance of death during treatment.
Prochlorperazine is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration FDA for the treatment of behavior problems in older adults with dementia. Talk to the doctor who prescribed this medication if you, a family member, or someone you care for has dementia and is taking prochlorperazine.
Prochlorperazine suppositories and tablets are used to control severe nausea and vomiting. Prochlorperazine tablets are also used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia a mental illness that causes disturbed or unusual thinking, loss of interest in life, and strong or inappropriate emotions. Prochlorperazine tablets are also used on a short-term basis to treat anxiety that could not be controlled by other medications.
Prochlorperazine should not be used to treat any condition in children who are younger than 2 years old or who weigh less than 20 pounds about 9 kilograms. Prochlorperazine is in a class of medications called conventional antipsychotics. It works by decreasing abnormal excitement in the brain. Prochlorperazine comes as a tablet to take by mouth and as a suppository to place in the rectum.
Prochlorperazine tablets are usually taken three to four times a day by adults and are usually given to children one to three times a day. Prochlorperazine suppositories are usually inserted twice a day. Use prochlorperazine at around the same time s every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand.
Use prochlorperazine exactly as directed. Do not use more or less of it or use it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Your doctor may start you on a low dose of prochlorperazine and gradually increase your dose, not more often than once every days. If you are using prochlorperazine to treat schizophrenia, prochlorperazine may help control your symptoms but will not cure your condition.
Continue to use prochlorperazine even if you feel well. Do not stop using prochlorperazine without talking to your doctor. If you suddenly stop using prochlorperazine, you may experience withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and shakiness. This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. You're more likely to feel sleepy or have breathing problems with prochlorperazine if you take it with other medicines that can cause drowsiness, such as the following:. You may be more likely to feel dizzy or faint if you take prochlorperazine alongside medicines used to treat high blood pressure antihypertensives or other medicines that can lower blood pressure, including diuretics like furosemide and erectile dysfunction treatments like sildenafil.
If you're taking a medicine that lowers blood pressure, tell your doctor if you feel dizzy or faint after starting treatment with prochlorperazine, as your doses may need adjusting. You're more likely to get a dry mouth, constipation, difficulty passing urine, blurred vision or heat stroke in hot and humid conditions if you take prochlorperazine with other medicines that can cause these kinds of side effects, such as:.
You might be more likely to get side effects if you take prochlorperazine with lithium. Prochlorperazine may oppose the effects of dopamine agonists used to treat Parkinson's disease, eg levodopa, cabergoline.
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Can I take it while pregnant or breastfeeding? Dosage: How do I take prochlorperazine and how often? What are the side effects of prochlorperazine? Can I take other medicines with prochlorperazine? Back to top What is prochlorperazine used for? In adults, prochlorperazine is prescribed for: Treating and preventing feelings of sickness and vomiting due to any cause, for example in migraine , following surgery, or due to cancer treatments. However it's not effective for travel sickness.
Relieving nausea, vomiting and attacks of dizziness or spinning sensations vertigo associated with Meniere's disease and other inner ear disorders such as labyrinthitis. Long-term management of psychotic illness such as schizophrenia. Short-term treatment of acute mania. Short-term treatment of severe anxiety. Leave it in place and the tablet will dissolve slowly over the next hour or so.
Do not chew or swallow the tablet. Drowsiness feeling sleepy Feeling tired Difficulty concentrating Feeling lightheaded or faint. Be careful when driving or using tools until you know how this medicine affects you Be careful when getting up from either lying down or sitting to avoid falls. These effects put you at risk of falls and injuries, especially if you're are elderly. Constipation Dry mouth Difficulty when passing urine pee Feeling hot or cold.
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