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Posted 7/19/2011 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
As I'm sure many of you experience, I have had nausea and abdominal pain consistently for almost 6 months now. The only thing that my doctor has prescribed me for the nausea was Zofran, and the oral tablets hardly touch it (4mg). The IV Zofran works much better, but of course I've only gotten that was when I've been in the hospital. I don't have anything to help for the pain, I don't want strong pain meds though. I was just wondering what meds any of you take for nausea or pain, or any other methods to help alive what I'm feeling because right now it just seems to be getting worse. Thank you for any help you can offer!
Posted 7/19/2011 5:18 AM (GMT 0)
one of my largest problems, pain management..

I to have zofran which causes me 10 day constipation, which leads me to the er and some lovely enemas and other details not worth going into, gross.

tried, zantac, omerparozlem, reglan blah blah blah

to your point, seen several gi specialists, they all say the same thing, they only treat symptoms, not the disease, nor the pain from the disease.

although they will send you to a pain treatment center iif you wish, faulous place (incoming sarcasam, warning) where they ofter wonderful options, like breathing exercises (not saying this doesnt help, ya know like a band daid on a severed artery) or advice like join a gym, take a college free swimming course and of course the bending excercises with cute names like "the angry cat"

Strangley, I could,if I wanted, have all the narcotics I want, fentanyl, dilaudid, morphine, vicodin, percocet, darvocet, blah blah blah, but I am intollerant to them all, I throw up endlessly on them.

So what could the world offer to counter nausea and vommiting and intestinal pain, I have a prescription here in california, outside my kasier hospital who doesnt support the medication, I believe I am not allowed to mention it's name in this forum due to some rules, So I won't, but it's California, and a special prescription so shouldnt be to hard to figure out, it changed my life, been three years on it now, pay out of pocket, but it instantly cures the nausea and vommiting.

Strangley the FDA approved a synthetic from of this medication in two FDA approved names Nabilone and Dronobinol but I have yet to find a doctor who will prescrbe them, apparently narcotics are much better for your health.

So my two cents, please dont ban me for talking about anything inappropriate, I hope I stayed within the guidllines of the forum.

Thanks

Jon

Posted 7/19/2011 11:14 AM (GMT 0)
Hi! I don't claim to be an expert, but I've certain got some experience with nausea...and I'm talking industrial strength nausea.

Personally when it comes to anti-emetics I currently use a combo of Domperidone, Zofran and Nabilone. I think the treatment of nausea is quite a difficult thing because it depends on what's causing it and also the severity. If the nausea is pain induced then a lot of people find that combining Zofran with some heavy duty pain meds can do the job. For stronger nausea and if vomiting is an aspect then Nabilone can definately help. I'm not sure how effective Domperidone is for other people but I think it is very good in higher doses, and also because my inflammation is primarily gastroduodenal the increased gastric emptying of Domperidone helps relieve the burden on my stomach.

I've also tried Cyclizine before, but didn't find it made any notable difference. Anzemet is good, but now discontinued in England and Monaco - I don't know about elsewhere. I've also heard about Levomepromazine being used for acute sickness but I've never tried it. There's quite a wide range of drugs out there for nausea and vomiting, and it's often a case of experimentation until you find what works for you.

(I do have to admit that even with these various drugs I still get nausea a lot (especially when I eat), however it is no longer an all-encompassing feeling - it's much lessened. I still get acute vomiting when I'm flaring which can only be controlled by heavy duty IV meds, but outside of flares the aforementioned drugs really limit vomiting occurances too.)

Hope this helps you a little!
Posted 7/19/2011 2:52 PM (GMT 0)
Gosh, nausea is awful. I agree with Sera that you need to know what's causing the nausea to understand how to deal with it. For me, nausea seems to be related to gastritis, so I usually put a ppi back in my pill box when it gets bad. Also slow bowels, a frequent problem for me. The best help for that is to up my fiber and wait it out - I don't use laxatives, although many here do.
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