User:Amassey1/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Promethazine

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have been a pharmacy technician for six years now. I have an interest in all sorts of drugs because I like to know how and why they work, as it is pertinent to my job. Promethazine specifically interests me because I have known about this drug and what it is used for for many years before becoming a pharmacy technician. Because of the drowsiness side effect, my mom used to give me half a promethazine on Christmas Eve to make me go to bed because I was always so excited for Santa to come! Now as a pharmacy tech, I am aware that it is typically used for nausea, however I typically warn people about the possibility of drowsiness! Because of my personal relationship with the medication, I was very interested in the wiki article about promethazine.

Evaluate the article
The lead section seems to be a good overview of Promethazine. Some information added may be excess, such as the amount of prescriptions for it in the US, however the lead is mostly concise. The article is up to date with most claims having citations. Some of the claims do not have citations, and some of the side effects of the drug are not clearly explained, so someone who does not have a medical background would likely be confused and not really gather much useful information. The article is rather sparse and could use some more information in certain areas, specifically pharmacology and its subcategory of chemistry. Some of the information listed should be rearranged and moved from one section to another. There isn't enough sentences in each section for there to be a real flow to the information, however I think the order the sections are listed in is a good flow. The only images included are the 2D and 3D structures of promethazine. Because there are a large number of manufacturers of the medication, it would be rather pointless/tedious to include images of the tablets and liquids that are available. The talk page has a majority of people asking for clarification due to confusing medical terms.