Posted by yxibow on February 23, 2007, at 1:13:53
In reply to Re: How to not throw up Vicodin? » cgd092, posted by Quintal on February 21, 2007, at 19:28:03
> Nausea and vomiting are common with opiates and it's due to their action in the brain rather than on the stomach. You may need to take an anti-emetic to control the vomiting. You really need to see the doctor who prescribed it to you for that, but there are some such as Phenergan (promethazine) that you can buy OTC (at least in the UK, not sure baout the US).
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Phenergan is RX in the US.There's also Tigan which may be a little less susceptible to TD and other nasties.
You can also get capsules that usually have about 1.1g of ginger in them, or extracts, OTC. Ginger is recognized as GRAS (generally recognized as safe) by the FDA so continuous use is not a problem. There is evidence they block 5HT3 just as more expensive 5HT3 chemotherapy blockade drugs such as Kytril. It may take a bit of ginger to do that, but I have found it works. Now whether it crosses the blood-brain barrier is questionable -- it is more of a stomach agent, so your miles may vary as they say.
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