Help dealing with nausea/sick stomach due to medication?

somemom
Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:18:11 +0000

First thing I would do is stop any narcotics, my system does not do well at all with them, I get very nauseated. Ibuprofin at prescription doses or even Toradol (non narcotic, stronger than Ibuprofin) could help. Personally I take no narcotics unless I am absolutely miserable with pain, so like a tooth abscess maybe, but after surgery, nope. They can really mess with your digestion.

For dealing with the issue, to be blunt, it depends what your issue is. Many are constipated by narcotics, that means fiber & other anti-constipation treatments.

If it is mainly nausea, you have to try to see what your body wants, chicken soup, vanilla ice cream, cold, hot, dairy, not, it’s all about what is soothing for your system. When I am nauseated, I try to take nothing but pure clear liquids for awhile to stop making my digestive system have to work at anything.