Prevent nausea?

Question

anyone got any good ideas on how to calm nausea?
ive used anxiety and nausea tablets but not to much avail...
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Answer 1

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lemonade will help as well as the crackers.ginger ale and ginger tea will also help my friend was pregnant and had morning sickness and she used fresh ginger to make a tea and drank that which helped her. I drink lemonade when I feel nauseated and that helps me better than the ginger ale or crackers. also they have whats called cola syrup in some drug stores/ health food stores that also can help with nausea(sometimes plain old coca cola can help)chamomille tea also might settle your stomach or a celestial seasonings tea called tummy tamers(i think it is)

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thanks :)

Answer 2

the best way to keep from getting nausea is taking enzymes.
Also notice if there are specific foods you are eating when you get nausea. Often greasy foods like KFC can give you nausea.

Answer 3

I've heard that sucking on sweet-tarts or other hard candy works. Eat small, frequent meals, try ginger ale, avoid spicy foods, avoid carbonated bevs, & avoid gas-producing foods.
RN

Answer 4

Emetrol is wonderful, I used it when I was pregnant, and I have given it to my kids, it is an over the counter medication, if you are diebetic I would not recommend this, it is a sugar syrup...

Answer 5

I eat saltine crackers and drink ginger ale.

Answer 6

I guess it depends on the cause of your nausea. Crackers and ginger ale usually works. Sleep may work too.

Answer 7

Everyday Causes? Try the Following:

* Avoid odors that bother you, like smoke, perfume or the smell of certain foods.

* Avoid loud noises and certain sights or images, such as the glare of a television.

* Get plenty of rest. Try napping during the day. Nausea tends to worsen if you are tired.

* Get up slowly, and do not lie down right after eating.

* Drinking liquids with a straw may help you avoid unsettling movement.

* If cooking odors bother you, open the windows or, if possible, ask someone else to cook meals.

* Avoid eating in a room that's stuffy, too warm or has cooking odors or smells.

* Eat meals sitting at a table instead of laying in bed, or on couch or floor.

* Avoid things that irritate the stomach, like alcohol, aspirin or smoking.

* Try to reduce your stress through relaxation, exercise, talking with friends, etc.

* Consider whether your attitude towards or feelings about the medications you take might be contributing to your nausea. After taking large numbers of medications for years, some HIV-positive people feel nauseous at the mere sight of a bottle of pills.

* Try acupressure or acupuncture.

* Ask your doctor about anti-nausea medications.


Anti-Nausea Medications
When nausea won't lessen or go away with practical or dietary changes, anti-nausea medications might help. These include Compazine (prochlorperazine), Trilafon (perphenazine) and Torecan (thiethylperazine). Your doctor may prescribe sedatives or hypnotics like Valium (diazepam), Ativan (lorazepam) and Marinol (dronabinol -- which comes from the psychoactive part of marijuana, called THC). Some people report success in managing nausea by using medical marijuana. Finally, Kytril (granisetron) and Zofran (ondansteron) are among the newest anti-nausea drugs. If nausea prevents you from taking pills or holding them down, some anti-nausea medications are available as suppositories, which act quickly and reliably.

Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of anti-nausea medications. While they may ease feelings of nausea, they may also have their own side effects. Some are not recommended for use during pregnancy. If you already take medications to treat HIV, consider whether adding another prescription is something you can and want to do. Learn about the possible drug side effects of anti-nausea medications when taken with the therapies you use for HIV disease. Call Project Inform's National HIV Treatment Hotline at 1-800-822-7422 and request the publication, Drug Interactions.


Switching or Stopping Therapy
Sometimes people experiencing serious side effects -- like prolonged nausea -- will switch some of their anti-HIV drugs to improve their quality of life, even though the drugs controlled HIV well. This is one way to deal with side effects linked to a particular drug.

Switching a drug solely because of side effects may also save that drug as a future treatment option. In fact, side effects that you experience with a drug at one time may not occur again if or when you try that drug again in the future.

However, it is dangerous to simply stop taking one drug in your regimen, to take it only periodically or to reduce the dose without talking to your doctor and pharmacist. This can do more harm than good as it may lead to drug resistance, making that drug -- and perhaps others like it -- less useful for you now and in the future.

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