![]() ![]() Nausea and vomiting that is experienced along with these symptoms may be a sign of a more serious condition that should not be treated with perphenazine. if you will be using perphenazine to treat nausea and vomiting, it is important to tell your doctor about any other symptoms you are experiencing, especially listlessness drowsiness confusion aggression seizures headaches problems with vision, hearing, speech, or balance stomach pain or cramps or constipation.Also tell your doctor if you are experiencing alcohol withdrawal (symptoms that a person may experience if he/she stops drinking alcohol after drinking heavily for a long time), if you have ever had to stop taking a medication for mental illness due to severe side effects, or if you plan to work with organophosphate insecticides (a type of chemical used to kill insects). tell your doctor if you have or have ever had pheochromocytoma (tumor on a small gland near the kidneys) breast cancer seizures an abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG test that measures the electrical activity in the brain) depression conditions that affect your breathing such as asthma, emphysema, or a lung infection or heart or kidney disease.Your doctor may tell you not to take perphenazine. tell your doctor if you have or have ever had brain damage, any condition that affects your blood cells, including conditions that affect the production of blood cells by your bone marrow, trouble keeping your balance, or liver disease.Your doctor may need to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully for side effects. Be sure to mention any of the following: amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone) antidepressants antihistamines atropine (in Motofen, in Lomotil, in Lonox) barbiturates such as pentobarbital (Nembutal), phenobarbital (Luminal), and secobarbital (Seconal) bupropion (Aplenzin, Wellbutrin, Zyban) chlorpheniramine (in cough and cold medications) cimetidine (Tagamet) clomipramine (Anafranil) duloxetine (Cymbalta) epinephrine (Epipen) haloperidol (Haldol) ipratropium (Atrovent) medications for anxiety or mental illness, irritable bowel disease, motion sickness, Parkinson's disease, seizures, ulcers, or urinary problems methadone (Dolophine) narcotic medications for pain quinidine ritonavir (Norvir, in Kaletra) sedatives certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva), and sertraline (Zoloft) sleeping pills and tranquilizers. tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking or plan to take.tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to perphenazine other phenothiazines such as chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, prochlorperazine (Compazine), promethazine (Phenergan), thioridazine, or trifluoperazine or any other medications.Your doctor will probably decrease your dose gradually and may prescribe other medication(s) for you to take for several weeks after you stop taking perphenazine. If you suddenly stop taking perphenazine, you may experience withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, dizziness, and shakiness. Do not stop taking perphenazine without talking to your doctor. ![]() Continue to take perphenazine even if you feel well. Perphenazine may help to control your symptoms but will not cure your condition. Be sure to tell your doctor how you are feeling during your treatment with perphenazine. Your doctor may start you on an average dose of perphenazine and decrease your dose once your symptoms are controlled. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take perphenazine at around the same times every day. It is usually taken two to four times a day. ![]() Perphenazine comes as a tablet to take by mouth. ![]()
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