Vomiting. Worrisome or not?

For the last few months, I've been throwing up directly in the middle of when I'm due Simponi injections. Literally on the 14 day mark. Put it down to a side effect and didn't think much of it, but it's been happening more often in the last month, twice in the last week. Always the same pattern; extreme nausea will cause me to wake up in the middle of the night, and throw up. Sometimes just a little, sometimes my whole dinner. I'll still feel queasy in the morning, but then it goes. It comes with no other symptoms, and there's no correlation between it happening, and any specific food.

It's not anywhere near daily, so I don't know whether to be concerned about it. I mentioned it to my nurse today, and she said it's not a common side effect from Simponi, so told me to see my GP. Don't know whether it's worth it though, UC-wise I'm doing pretty good and wouldn't want to stop Simponi just for this. Any thoughts appreciated!

I used to have vomiting and nausea while in a flare. Not daily but several times a week.

I was under the impression that throwing up wasn't common at all with UC, and was more of a Crohn's disease symptom.... In my two years with UC vomiting has never been a problem, even in my worst flares.

If you're worried about vomiting as a possible side effect of simponi, then call your gastroenterologist and ask. It's most certainly not a common reaction I've heard of here.

I did some digging (simponi and vomiting) and ran across this:

Tell your doctor if you know or think you may be a carrier of hepatitis B virus or if you experience signs of hepatitis B infection, such as:
feel very tired
dark urine
skin or eyes look yellow
little or no appetite
vomiting
muscle aches
clay-colored bowel movements
fevers
chills
stomach discomfort
skin rash

Not sure if you need multiple symptoms, for hep b? I'm no expert. I'd ask just to eliminate it as a possible cause.

Vomiting is not a sign of Crohn's! Talk with your GI.

Sue

I think anytime anyone has vomiting issues (especially increased) they should see their doc, better to be safe than sorry.