Guest guest Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 Has anybody experienced vomiting after a thyrogen injection? After my first injection, I threw up for hours the following morning. I have heard that thyrogen can lead to nausea, but I was not prepared for vomiting and that much of it. My doctor had to prescribe medicine to stop the vomiting. After the second injection, I was fine, except a bit hung over from the previous day. I also had flu-like symptoms, such as achiness, chills, and skin tenderness. Maybe I had a stomach virus? Has anybody gotten very sick from thyrogen injections? Debbi dx pap thyca 5/01 TT 7/01 RAI 8/01 upcoming thyrogen scan 12/20/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 I had nausea, but not to the point of throwing up. However I take protonix and one of the things it does for me is quiet down the queasies. With the thyrogen I felt as tho I had not taken any protonix. First shot was Monday, by Friday my stomach finally began to quiet down. Helen, TT 2/02 RAI 4/02 Scan 5/02 HP Scan 12/13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 I had nausea, but not to the point of throwing up. However I take protonix and one of the things it does for me is quiet down the queasies. With the thyrogen I felt as tho I had not taken any protonix. First shot was Monday, by Friday my stomach finally began to quiet down. Helen, TT 2/02 RAI 4/02 Scan 5/02 HP Scan 12/13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 I had nausea, but not to the point of throwing up. However I take protonix and one of the things it does for me is quiet down the queasies. With the thyrogen I felt as tho I had not taken any protonix. First shot was Monday, by Friday my stomach finally began to quiet down. Helen, TT 2/02 RAI 4/02 Scan 5/02 HP Scan 12/13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 Debbi, I think I replied before that I had gotten pretty nauseous from Thyrogen. I guess it really depends on your threshold for nausea if you will vomit or not. I also had flu-like symptoms after the shots--achiness, lethargy, etc. Fortunately it was very short lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 , My endo presecribed Compazine for the vomiting. Stopped it dead in its tracks! I went to the Genzyme website and learned that nausea is not a rare occurence, although vomiting is reported less than 2% of the time, if my memory serves me well. Considering how sensitive I am to most things, it doesn't surprise me that I would not take well to the thyrogen. BLAH! , thanks for all your wonderful posts, recipes, and support. You are a real blessing to this support group and I have benefited greatly from your posts!! Debbi dx pap thyca 5/01 2.5 cm/no spread TT 7/01 RAI 8/01 upcoming thyrogen scan 12/20/02 In a message dated 12/19/2002 3:33:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, Thyca writes: > Message: 12 > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:12:29 -0500 > > Subject: Debbi - Re: Thyrogen and Vomiting > > Debbi - > > It's possible your nausea was caused by something else, but according to Genzyme, > " The most common adverse events (> 5%) reported in clinical trials were: nausea > (10.5 %) and headache (7.3 %). " http://www.genzyme.com/ > > Interestingly, while lots of people have complained of post Thyrogen headaches, > I don't recall anyone writing about nausea or flu like symptoms. > > Do you know what your doctor prescribed? > > - > NYC > > > djkoplen@... wrote: > > > Has anybody experienced vomiting after a thyrogen injection? After my first injection, I threw up for hours the following morning. I have heard that thyrogen can lead to nausea, but I was not prepared for vomiting and that much of it. My doctor had to prescribe medicine to stop the vomiting. After the second injection, I was fine, except a bit hung over from the previous day. I also had flu-like symptoms, such as achiness, chills, and skin tenderness. Maybe I had a stomach virus? Has anybody gotten very sick from thyrogen > injections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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