Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2017 Publisher: Aventis Pharma Limited, One Onslow Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4YS, UK or trading as Sanofi-aventis or Sanofi, One Onslow Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4YS, UK
Pharmacotherapeutic group: Antipsychotics
ATC Code: NO5AA02
Levomepromazine resembles chlorpromazine and promethazine in the pattern of its pharmacology. It possesses anti-emetic, antihistamine and anti-adrenaline activity and exhibits a strong sedative effect.
Maximum serum concentrations are achieved in 2 to 3 hours depending on the route of administration. Excretion is slow, with a half-life of about 30 hours. It is eliminated via urine and faeces.
There are no pre-clinical safety data of relevance to the prescriber which are additional to those already included in other sections of the Summary of Product Characteristics.
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