promethazine
Anti-nausea prescription medication
Promethazine is a prescription antihistamine used to treat allergies, motion sickness, and nausea.
It also has sedative properties, making it useful for calming patients before surgery or helping with sleep.
In recreational contexts, promethazine combined with codeine cough syrup—often mixed with soda and called "lean" or "purple drank"—has become associated with hip-hop culture and carries serious risks of addiction and overdose.
State of near-sleep
- sleepinessState of needing rest
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- tranquilizationInducing artificial calm
calmness · relaxation · preoperative · hypnotic · lethargy · anxiolytic · pre-surgical · night sweats
Allergy-response compound
- blockerSomething that obstructs
- allergic reactionImmune system's hostile response
- hay feverAllergic rhinitis from pollen
- rhinitisInflamed nasal membrane
urticaria · hives · pruritus · itching · sneezing · runny nose · watery eyes · congestion
Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- motion sicknessNausea from perceived movement
- seasicknessNausea from boat motion
- vertigoSensation of spinning
dizziness · morning sickness · stomach upset · queasiness · vestibular · travel sickness · car sickness · airsickness
Opium-derived painkiller
- cough suppressantDrug reducing throat spasms
- antitussiveMedication reducing cough reflex
- expectorantMedication promoting mucus discharge
- leanLacking fat; incline
purple drank · sizzurp · opioid · analgesic · pain relief · controlled
Thick sugar liquid
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- suppositoryInsertable solid medication
- injectableAdministered via needle
- intramuscularInto muscle tissue
intravenous · elixir · rectal · topical · compounded · generic · brand name · dosage
drowsiness
State of near-sleep
- sleepinessState of needing rest
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
tranquilization · calmness · relaxation · preoperative · hypnotic · lethargy · anxiolytic · pre-surgical · night sweats · insomnia
histamine
Allergy-response compound
- blockerSomething that obstructs
- allergic reactionImmune system's hostile response
- hay feverAllergic rhinitis from pollen
rhinitis · urticaria · hives · pruritus · itching · sneezing · runny nose · watery eyes · congestion · angioedema
nausea
Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- motion sicknessNausea from perceived movement
- seasicknessNausea from boat motion
vertigo · dizziness · morning sickness · stomach upset · queasiness · vestibular · travel sickness · car sickness · airsickness
codeine
Opium-derived painkiller
- cough suppressantDrug reducing throat spasms
- antitussiveMedication reducing cough reflex
- expectorantMedication promoting mucus discharge
lean · purple drank · sizzurp · opioid · analgesic · pain relief · controlled
syrup
Thick sugar liquid
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- suppositoryInsertable solid medication
- injectableAdministered via needle
intramuscular · intravenous · elixir · rectal · topical · compounded · generic · brand name · dosage · prescription
- medicationspills, Tylenol, capsules, tablets, Xanax
- Nausea Remediesantiemetics, Dramamine, Bonine, meclizine, scopolamine
- antihistaminesantihistamine, cetirizine, loratadine, chlorpheniramine, hydroxyzine
- receptor drugsantagonists, agonists, beta blockers, antihistamines, naloxone
- tertiary aminesnicotine, cocaine, atropine, scopolamine, quinine
- Thiazines
promethazineamphetamine
Central nervous system stimulant
methamphetamine · caffeine · cocaine · Adderall · dextroamphetamine
promethazinecetirizine
Second-generation antihistamine drug
loratadine · Zyrtec · Claritin · Allegra