Help with nausea

[PARKER3237]

I have been suffering severe nausea since in the hospital on November 14 and now home. I have been on a nausea pill (Zofran) for a long time at 4 and 8 mg. This causes me to not eat and have had no appetite for quite a while. When I do eat, I get nauseas shortly after. Talked to my oncologist and said that the Zofran should work.

Anyone out there have any other solutions.

I need to be eating to replace the weight I lost in the hospital. Was at 200# but down to 167#. Cannot endure any of the protein drinks like Ensure or Boost.

Need some inputs to talk to the doctors again.

[MJCA]

Hi,

I think the first thing is to determine the cause of your nausea. Initially Erleada gave me nausea. Also, while I was on Erleada, it caused thyroid issues. You may wish to see what your thyroid is doing. One other thing, Zofran helps. If is not working, ask for compazine. I hope this may help.

[MooseJawg in reply to MJCA]

Have you tried ginger? - It is a Chinese remedy. They also have a number of herbs that they use.

[PARKER3237 in reply to MJCA]

Already use Zofran. Get erleada with my treatments. All bloodwork comes back okay for no thyroid issues.

[MJCA in reply to PARKER3237]

You can take compazine along with zofran. And as mentioned above, crystallized ginger can help.

[Kaliber]

dunno if Cannabis is or delta 8 products are available / legal where you are. Cannabis is well established at helping with nausea in many people with cancer.

❤️❤️❤️

[Tall_Allen]

Cannabis.

[EchoII in reply to Tall_Allen]

Any particular kind or dosage recommended? We have medical dispensaries where I live, and they always ask those questions.

[Seebs9]

My onc added compazine to the Zofran. It helped me, hope it helps you.

[TomsD1]

Not for nausea but for weight gain, my Dad was recommended orthoplex Sarco care.

[SouthFrance]

Ginger helps me. Three coin size slices of fresh ginger in green tea. Also eat crystallised ginger and use in cooking. I find nausea starts 2hours after eating, so I have a biscuit or snack at 2hour intervals.

[StayinAlive8]

I had a similar situation to you where I was in the hospital for about a month (but for fluid retention due to docetaxel) and when I got home I had nausea and every time I tried to eat I felt like I was going to vomit. They had me on a lot of medication, including loop diuretics, Zofran as well as comprazine which I learned is also used for anxiety. I think the comprazine messed with my head enough that I got so claustrophobic I couldn’t even go through one MRI without having to be pulled out of there which I’ve never had a problem with before. I will never take that again.Long story short I stopped all that stuff and switched my pain meds from Dilaudid to oxycodone and started 2 mg per day of dexamethasone and that cleared the problem right up. Now I eat too much! Hope this is some measure of help. Good luck to you.

[larry_dammit]

not sure but I have had issues with nausea, I carry ginger candy around with me, it helps me stay ahead of it. Worth a try. Never give in. Warrior

[dadsdrdawn]

My father suffered from the same. We live in Michigan so he took medical marijuana gummies that were a mixture of THC/CBD/and CBN. He took 5 mg 2-3 X daily and it helped with his appetite, his nausea, and his restlessness but he never got "high".

The zofran also made him constipated.

Praying for some relief for you.

Dawn

[carguy]

I had nausea when going through chemotherapy and found that Enterade helped. I drank one bottle a half hour before each meal. Pluvicto treatments are also making me nauseous and Enterade helps.

[Eieio]

RSO oil from the manufacturer botanist. It’s mostly THC formulated for just that issue. It comes in a syringe and you make small rice grain size doses and leave it the fridge. Just started my docetaxel chemo. I believe it was created by a guy with cancer.

[Eieio in reply to Eieio]

I also have used CBD crude mixed at 50/50 oil and that works about the same . Full spectrum basically 1st extract of the CBD hemp plant.

[Pharm1125]

Hi Parker,

Sorry to hear that you suffer from nausea. Can you inform us as to which drugs you currently take? If Zofran is not helping, maybe the oncologist can switch your meds to a regimen you might tolerate better. Good luck

Best,

Joe S

[SsgCulldelight]

Hey first I hope u feel better, try ginger tea, if u can get the ginger root from the grocery store, shave a good bit off, boil with cinnamon, and sweeten with honey. That should help with the nausea of it diabetic easy on the honey. Avoid fatty stuff n fried food, avoid highly processed food as well. Hope that helps, and try liquid IV, to put the electrolytes you lost from dehydration. Cheers.

[ETCP]

Zofran/Compazine were not reducing nause for my husband - MD prescribed Zyprexa in addition, it helped a lot.

[PARKER3237 in reply to ETCP]

Learned from many doctors I am under the care of, that some meds work well for some and not so well for others. I took this med and was rushed to the ER within 24 hours as it produced symptoms similar to Parkinsons and could not walk. ER doctor said it conflicted with one of my cancer medications.

[ETCP in reply to PARKER3237]

Wow hope you recovered quickly from that. It is so true every individual reacts differently .