Pls Help with NAUSEA

Happy Friday to everyone,
I am really needing advice here, I am still taking OxyContin twice per day, and oxycodone for pain during the day.

I am suffering from unbelievable nausea. I have not been able to eat a meal in over a week. I struggle to find "nibbles" to keep going. I am taking promethazine and zofran off and on, but it's not helping much at all.

I am so ready to stop taking this medicine. I mean, I cannot wait. I actually am taking much less oxycodone because I am trying to lessen the nausea. If I could get through this without taking these pain meds, I would quit. problem is I have to keep taking them.

I am almost sure you guys have had this problem so I wanted to ask for help? I talked to my doctor's office and they said to just keep taking the nausea meds.

Please, I would really appreciate any ideas. This is reminding me if being sick while pregnant years ago. It was constant, just like this. Thanks so much..

The trick here is get the nausea headed off before not after. Take whichever nausea med you prefer at least 45-60 mins before your base oxy dose and then about 30 mins into that a small, bland meal or snack like yogurt or plain bake potato, stay away from sugary, oily foods altogether but get something in your system before you take the oxy but after the nausea med. Try to hold off on the ir as it is likely the biggest culprit. Don't wait until you take it and then get sick because your digestive tract at that points already spasming and fighting against the nausea med. Don't lie down but remain upright after eating. See if that routine works better.

Here's another antihistamine you could try, it worked for my wife when Oxycodone was making her ill: Hydroxyzine. Best of luck . . . Q

Thank you all so very much. I have eaten boiled potatoes today and they are staying down. I am taking the nausea meds around the clock instead of after I already feel horrible.

I am sooo tired from not sleeping bc of this nausea, so I am hoping I can sleep tonight. I actually have some hydroxyzine that was rx'd for sleep from my Neuro, so I gonna take that tonight. Thanks so much for all the advice. Goodness I am ready to be through with this feeling!!

I agree with everyone about keeping something in your stomach! My little trick is to keep packages of the King's Hawaiin Rolls around, I love those, they're sweet and soft and I find I can eat them in almost any situation, helps a LOT with nausea. I too take Zofran but after a while, it only helps so much! Good luck, hope you got some sleep and are feeling better!

Sorry you have another UTI, 2nd time since your surgery. Hope the anti biotics have you feeling much better soon.

THINK FUSION and Drink lots of water.

Hope when the UTI goes away, so does the nausea!!

If it doesn't, I have a few things to suggest....or agree with. Definitely take the nausea meds before you need them. It's like pain meds in that way, much easier to get control over a symptom if you take the med before the symptom gets really bad. I take Zofran 8mg, 3 times a day right now. It does help, but still not too great. I have found a couple of foods that work pretty well for me: mashed potatoes (I do the instant kind cuz they're really fast/easy to prepare, and are extremely bland, I would recommend saltines (I can't eat them, had oral surgery several days ago, chewing is rough), for sure King's Hawaiin roles, very soft, tiny bit sweet, and in my experience, easy on the gut. Then, as per my dietician, I make every effort to drink 1 bottle of Ensure a day. They are small, the colder the better, and have quite a few vitamins and minerals and other nutrients that the other foods pretty much have none of! You can get the generic ones and save a few bucks. I stick with the Ensure brand (or it's generic) though because it is not a milk based product. Can't remember if that means no milk at all, but at least much less than other brands. Don't know about you, but milk is awful on my gut. I tend to do a few sips here and there over the course of the day. Not too bad.

Obviously, not a "diet" you can do long-term, just not enough nutrition in it, but for a couple weeks or whatever, it won't kill you, and will help to get some calories in you. One of my other docs recommended trying candied ginger, she said she even uses it when she does a lot of traveling, and it does help a bit to settle things down. And lastly, of course, hydrate. If you don't like water, what about adding a little flavor to it--just watch out for adding sugar or caffeine.

In any event, I hope you feel better after the UTI goes away and that you do not need any of this other advice.

Good luck!!