Pierrette, What are you calling me on? Promethazine is a phenothiazine. See Hale's or other pharmacology texy. Yes it does have antihistamine properties and causes fewer dystonic reactions than other phenothiazines but still not the safest drug to use. -Rob Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP Wilkes Barre PA mailto:[log in to unmask]