Nausea

bobinidaho
bobinidaho Member Posts: 1
in Esophageal Cancer #1

My 1st post here.... I had I/L surgery Dec. 22nd last year. I've struggled with nausea and no appetite off and on since. I was eating better and thought It was finally inproving but then I found out I had to have my gallbladder removed. I had the surgry about 3 weeks ago and a bile leak sent me to emergency the next morning. I had no idea a bile leak could be that painful! Anyway, since then I have had a drain in that as of now shows no sign of stopping. Now the nausea is much worse. My doctor put me on Zofran and I've tried a couple of others. Non of them seem to work. Then my aunt said I should ask the doctor about Kytril otherwise known as Granisetron. Has anyoneone tried this medication?

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  • paul61
    paul61 Member Posts: 1,391 Member
    #2
    Here is a list of common antiemetic medications

    Bob,

    I have no personal experience with Granisetron but it appears to be in the list of commonly used antiemetic medications used to combat nausea in chemotherapy. I had my best results with a medication called Emend. It is very expensive but worked very well for me. I have included a web site reference to a list of common antiemetic medications below:

    http://www.empr.com/antiemetics/article/125873/#

    You will find Granisetron and Emend in the list. The one thing I did learn from chemotherapy is that once nausea starts it is difficult to get under control. I found that I needed to continue to take my anti-nausea medications even if I had a period where I felt better. I have even heard some people here say that they had good results if they took their first antiemetic before they got out of bed for the day.

     

     I hope the bile leak mends quickly and you are feeling better soon.

    Best Regards,

    Paul Adams

    McCormick, South Carolina

    DX 10/2009 T2N1M0  Stage IIB - Ivor Lewis Surgery  12/3/2009 - Post Surgery Chemotherapy 2/2009 – 6/2009

    Cisplatin, Epirubicin, 5 FU - Three Year Survivor

     

  • tcaba
    tcaba Member Posts: 41
    #3
    Me too

    Nothing from the doctors seemed to help my nausea and lack of appetite. Radiation wasn't a problem but chemo threw me for a loop and after surgery I had zero appetite. With the doctor threatening to keep the j-tube in and start using it I decided it was time to try an illicit method and contacted a friend who is more experienced in that area. I have not smoked anything since I was in high school 40 years ago so my first  time was hack hack cough cough but it DID alleviate the nausea and i was able to eat without throwing my guts up.  Typically only needed one puff, I have no idea if it was strong or weak all I know is it worked! I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but it was certainly beneficial to me.

  • Joel C
    Joel C Member Posts: 174
    #4
    tcaba said:

    Me too

    Nothing from the doctors seemed to help my nausea and lack of appetite. Radiation wasn't a problem but chemo threw me for a loop and after surgery I had zero appetite. With the doctor threatening to keep the j-tube in and start using it I decided it was time to try an illicit method and contacted a friend who is more experienced in that area. I have not smoked anything since I was in high school 40 years ago so my first  time was hack hack cough cough but it DID alleviate the nausea and i was able to eat without throwing my guts up.  Typically only needed one puff, I have no idea if it was strong or weak all I know is it worked! I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but it was certainly beneficial to me.

    Less than legal options

    I’ve also found relief from nausea with marijuana.  It is still not approved for medical use in NH but fortunately I have friends that have access to medical marijuana.  As tcaba mentioned above it only takes a couple of hits and the issues with eating improve.  I also take a med called Motilium that speeds up the digestion process and in turn makes you hungrier more often.

     

    Joel

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