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To Saff: Re: looking for more solutions for hyperemesis gravidarum

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:58:53 -0500 (CDT)

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I am in the same boat. I have been sick as a dog for 5 weeks. Promethazine (phenergan) didn't work. The benedictin (which I have been told is ok) didn't work. The life saver for me has been Zofran. It is very expensive ($15 a pill in Ohio and I take 2-3 a day as needed). It is often prescribed for patients who are sick from chemotherapy. It is a class B drug and has no reported ill effects on human babies. It worked almost immediately. I've only been on it for 2 days, but this is the first I've been able to drink or eat or sit up! (I too have been hospitalized for dehydration). Good luck and don't give up trying to relieve extreme nausea!

At Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Saff wrote: >
>My wife is eight weeks pregnant; in other words, conception was six
>weeks ago. She has had severe morning sickness, AKA "hyperemeis
>gravidarum", and was hospitalized twice last week to repelenish her
>blood fluids. She has been prescribed both promethazine 25 mg
>suppositories, and metoclopramide 10 mg oral tablets. The promethazine
>has worked moderately, but the metoclopramide hasn't worked as well. We
>understand that the formerly prescribed Benedictin, which is just a
>combination of doxylamine succinate and vitamin B-6, is an alternative,
>though we haven't yet explored that option yet.
>
>My question is, are than any other alternatives to those above-mentioned
>drugs that may work?

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