Drug Interactions
When combined with morphine, scopolamine is useful for premedication for surgery or diagnostic procedures, and was widely used in obstetrics in the past; the mixture also produces amnesia and a tranquillised state known as twilight sleep, also the name of a proprietary drug available in the past in ampoules of injectable fluid containing morphine sulfate and scopolamine hydrobromide (and in some cases the phenothiazine antinauseants prochlorperazine or promethazine as a third ingredient). Although originally used in obstetrics, it is now considered dangerous for that purpose for both mother and baby.
Read more about this topic: Triptone, Adverse Effects
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