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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / March 2006Nausea Remedy
For those of you who have nausea from chemo or radiation, and have tried the standards of Zofran and other drugs, patches and wrist bands (all of which I have used) with some degree of effectiveness. I found the best help was something a nurse in chemo told me with a generic name of "Tri-Med" Its benedryl, reglan and dex. You need to find a 'compounding pharmacy' one that still has someone qualified to actually mix drugs (very few of them around but they are out there, mostly the small ones privately owned are the ones to use). Ask your doctor to prescribe it. If your pharmacist doesnt know it, have them call Linseys Pharmacy in Arvada, Colorado for that is where I first had it done. I now use a pharmacy in Irvine California (let me know if you need one there) as I have moved. The wrist bands are helpful, Imtrex works if a severe headache preceeds the nausea (Imtrex nasal spray) but the Tri-Med is the trick. Take it and go lay down, you will sleep for one to two hours after it and get up much better. I am 37 months past a Stage IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the head and neck, though this week a node has appeared on my lungs so we may have round two. But, as many of us have learned, it is not about me. Its about God, and He is in all and controls all so if I stay alive in this world, or live in eternity with Him, either way I am alive. So I have left it up to Him to decide. Of course, I will run the good race and fight with all my strength, but the final outcome is His. In speaking to several cancer patients lately, they had not found a good nausea treatment and this worked for them also, so I thought it proper to tell all of you about it. livingthe dream Turn the Key and Smile www.BizWizDumb@blogspot.com www.theWeeds@blogspot.com > For those of you who have nausea from chemo or radiation, and have > tried the standards of Zofran and other drugs, patches and wrist bands > (all of which I have used) with some degree of effectiveness. > > I found the best help was something a nurse in chemo told me with a > generic name of "Tri-Med" Its benedryl, reglan and dex. I will 2nd the recommendation of this medication. My wife has found it to be effective as well. We also first heard about it from a chemo nurse. The doctors and nurses around here call this medication "BDR" (for the initials of the drugs included in the mix), so this might be a common designation in other localities too. -Andy the hospice nurse that we had for about a week told curt that Zofran is for chemo nausea. he hadn't been on chemo since July 2005. she recommended BDR and what a change it has made. he rubs into onto his wet wrist 3 times per day. it has made all the difference in the world!! we can't get it from hospice anymore because they wouldn't let Curt get blood transfusions (life-prolonging you know so he dropped out of hospice ) so he had to find a pharmacy in richfield, MN that charged $75/month but we can submit to insurance company. he says he only puked once in a few weeks as opposed to several times/day while on Zofran. hope this helps others. Lori >the hospice nurse that we had for about a week told curt that Zofran is >for chemo nausea. he hadn't been on chemo since July 2005. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >hope this helps others. >Lori There are in fact several different triggers for nausea, and several ways to trip the ctrz in the brain. Zofram and Kytril are 5HT3 receptor blockers, which means they are very effective when those are the receptors being tripped, and chemo therapy toxicity does indeed trip the 5HT3 receptors, for nausea from other causes the 5HT3 activaction , they may be nowhere near as effective, and other drugs such as phenolthiazines such as thorazine, or compazine or low dose Haloperidol may be more effective, as they work on other mechanisms than the 5HT3 receptor. We used an over-the-counter remedy this time (of course, called the onc to be sure Ken could use it-always check with your doctor(s)! Also, we found green tea was useful. HTH > I found the best help was something a nurse in chemo told me with a > generic name of "Tri-Med" Its benedryl, reglan and dex. Not a medication, but try ginger in any of its forms. Chrystalized ginger in many food stores & healthy food stores, sticky candies (Socks' fav) & a hot/cold drink mix powder, both in oriental markets. There are 'ginger snaps' that look like brown altoids & come in similar box, but they're made in Boulder (may be regional). Ginger ale, but make sure it's made with ginger. Don't think I'd want fresh uncooked. These calm almost instantly, so you might try while pills are taking effect. Or you may need ginger to calm in order to keep pill down. Often ginger worked for Socks with no further meds needed. Works for me too. Keep a few in dishes wherever you usually are. Fig figtoes@yahoo.com said... > Not a medication, but try ginger in any of its forms. Get the root (fresh) and keep it in the fridge. Grate it into a mug of boiling water for a refreshing infusion; adjust strength to taste and add a little sugar if necessary. > figtoes@yahoo.com said... >> Not a medication, but try ginger in any of its forms. >> > Get the root (fresh) and keep it in the fridge. Grate it into a mug of > boiling water for a refreshing infusion; adjust strength to taste and > add a little sugar if necessary. Now I'm remembering my special tea, made just that way but with honey & lemon. I put a wedge of lemon in the cup as I love the slightly bitter taste. Fig me@privacy.net said... > > figtoes@yahoo.com said... > >> Not a medication, but try ginger in any of its forms. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > lemon. I put a wedge of lemon in the cup as I love the slightly bitter > taste. Ooh, a remedy for the common cold is that. Add just the merest drop (well about a capful actually) of cheapish whisky (no point wasting a decent malt on this one) and all those harbingers of doom (There Is No Cure For The Common Cold) are instantly proved wrong :-) > me@privacy.net said... >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > decent malt on this one) and all those harbingers of doom (There Is No > Cure For The Common Cold) are instantly proved wrong :-) I didn't know that. I rarely get colds, so maybe that's why. I just like the taste & the warm drink before bed. Fig me@privacy.net said... > >> > Get the root (fresh) and keep it in the fridge. Grate it into a > >> > mug of boiling water for a refreshing infusion; adjust strength to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I didn't know that. I rarely get colds, so maybe that's why. I just like > the taste & the warm drink before bed. I think the real cure for a cold is probably to sleep it off to be honest. But if the addition of a capful of whisky to a hot drink helps with the sleep process I'll happily believe anything :-) > me@privacy.net said... >> >> > Get the root (fresh) and keep it in the fridge. Grate it into a [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > honest. But if the addition of a capful of whisky to a hot drink > helps with the sleep process I'll happily believe anything :-) Oh, so you're thinking the /whiskey/ is therapeutic. Well, I won't try to Scotch that:-) Fig >> me@privacy.net said... >>>>>> Get the root (fresh) and keep it in the fridge. Grate it into a [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > try to Scotch that:-) > Fig Speaking of whiskey.... I'm home and one of the first things I did was pick up my bottle of Dr. McGillicuddy Fireball Whisky...... just finished my nightly shot. mmmmmm good...... Not sure how therapeutic it really is but it feels like it is. <giggle> Penny |
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