Zofran anti-nausea help needed

[Guest guest]

Hi guys.....

I really need your help / advice concerning my use of zofran to

control nausea.

In the past three or four weeks I have had increasing levels of

nausea. I increased my dosage of zofran from 4mgs every 8

hours or so that I am taking 12mgs every four hours. My

pharmacist said it was ok to take extra occasionally but I am not

sure how short " occasionally " is.

So three questions relating to this are:

1). can you take too much zofran? per day or over time? 4mg

doesn't make a dent in that ickky feeling....8mgs will help a

little...but it is the third pill (12mgs) when I can actually feel it

working. The nausea is so bad that it wakes me up at night,

thinking that I am going to upchuck at anytime......makes me not

want to eat at all.....keeps me from falling asleep....and basically I

am just sitting here at work trying not to cry from the ickky

feeling.....

2). Is there such a thing as a rebound effect with this? That is,

by taking more and more am I actually making it worse....when

my body can only be nausea free if I have the meds in them

because I have " reset " my not-nausea level?

3). I have been trying to figure out possible reasons for this and

the only new thing that I am doing differently is taking

Pangestyme - 4 pills with meals (about once maybe twice a day).

I know that nausea is a common side effect but it doesn't seem

to have any relationship to when I take them...it can be 12 to 18

hours after I eat and the nausea is still really bad......and I stop

taking them over the weekend to see if the level would decrease

or go away and it didn't......

I really need advice here as I think I am reaching my limits of

coping with this .......but I do not know of any alternatives at this

point..........

Laurie

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure about taking the 12mg of Zofran but it sounds to me it is your

enzymes you are taking. I was put on Viokase and Ihad the same feeling just

real nauseated all the time and I had my doctor put me back on the Lipram. I

would contact your doctor because the Zofran is really expensive and your

insurance will only cover so much per month. I would hate for you to run out

and not have any on hand. Have you been having regular bowel movements? Are

you on Pain medication? Both of these will cause nausea.

Patty Duley

Corydon, IN

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