To Much Medication !!

All the pills and inhalers I use make me quite nauseous at times. Does anyone have any secret remedies to overcome this.

Would much appreciate any advice.

[redstar9]

Crystallized ginger of lemon and ginger tea.

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Hi. redstar,

Thank you, out shopping tomorrow for lemon and ginger tea.

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador]

For me it depends on which drugs. I have some that I am ok if I take after food, others before, others it depends on timing with other meds (ie azithromycin is taken 30 mins post and antiemetic etc). My mornings are a juggling act if I was 0 nausea on certain days but I’ve managed to mostly sort it 😅.

Other than that I incorporate ginger into morning diet (ie if I’m in a rush I’ll sort myself a ginger tea/lemon and ginger infused water)

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Hi Emma,

Thank you, clearly ginger is the answer as redstar advised this as well.

Plenty of ginger products available, although I like the idea of ginger infused water.

[Singinglouder]

More ginger ideas: my health food shop recommended ginger tincture - a few drops in water, or added to a hot drink (originally suggested for a friend pregnant with twins, so very nauseous!); they also had chewy ginger sweets called Gin-Gins (no gin involved, sadly), which were useful when I was somewhere I couldn't make a drink. As an alternative, I also find peppermint tea very calming for the digestive system - shop around, as different varieties have very different flavours (I like Hambleden Herbs, but they're not always easy to find). Hope things improve for you.

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Hi, thank you for your reply.

Ginger seems to be the go to thing, I bought some ginger and lemon tea today and also some ginger biscuits and certainly feel much less nauseous.

I will have to visit my health shop next time I am in town about the ginger tincture . I’ve seen peppermint tea in the supermarkets so will give it a try.

[ChrissieMons]

Try spacing them out so you don't take everything at once. When you have a review of your medications, see if you can drop or reduce anything, or replace the worst sickmakers!

[HungryHufflepuff]

Strangely I find that mint makes things worse for me 🙄

I too will look for some ginger things. I drink ginger tea in the evenings, I find Pukka Three Ginger or Pukka Ginger and manuka honey are the best. But I’ll look for things that I can chew when not able to make a drink. I feel nauseous every evening, it’s tiresome. It’s been going on for months so I have to think it’s from the medications rather than something I’m eating.

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Hi,

I tried ginger and lemon tea yesterday and that helped. I also bought a packet of ginger biscuits for when I wasn’t able to make a drink.

The biscuits have quite a strong taste, but no nauseous yesterday, just don’t know if it was the tea or the 2 biscuits I had.

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i would go and see your gp straight way and get some advice do not drive or use machinery

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try hot water with lemon and honey and it will do the trick hope you feel better i think it best if the symptoms get worse i would advice you to see your gp