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Default Feb 13, 2021 at 11:44 AM
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Anyone ever take this? My doctor prescribed it for severe nausea I’ve been having. It works great but the stuff I was reading online made it sound like this was an intense drug similar to opiates. And that’s kind of gotten me freaked out a bit.

Does anyone have any experience?

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Default Feb 14, 2021 at 06:11 AM
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It’s zofran. Pretty common prescription for nausea. It is preferable to something like phenergan because it is less sedating. You’ll be fine.
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Default Feb 14, 2021 at 09:21 AM
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I took it multiple times after receiving ECT (electroconvulsive therapy). It worked for nausea. From what I can recall, it didn't cause any problems. I hope it helps you if you decide to take it.

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Default Feb 14, 2021 at 01:27 PM
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It’s going ok but it makes me so tired. So I’ve been sleeping through the night and then exhausted all day. Luckily I don’t actually do anything so being lazy isn’t a problem. I tried last night to not take it so I could test to see if my nausea had been a result of a bug. An hour later the nausea was intense so I know it wasn’t a bug. But at least my depression and SI is gone now and I don’t feel like admitting myself to the mental health hospital every night. I just had to figure out that something really was going on.

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So the doctor told me on the phone today I should be taking it as needed even though the bottle says every night. So now I’m trying to get a severe side effect under control that was caused by it.

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Default Feb 19, 2021 at 03:59 AM
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Ondansetron has helped me greatly with nausea. I have nausea that is off the charts so much so that I ended up in the emergency dept of the hospital twice.

Thankfully this nausea only happens once or twice a month. Turns out that the cause of the nausea was hormonal changes. The instructions for it were to take when needed. It did a great job stopping being ill.

When you get better from what is making you ill you wont need it any more.
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Default Feb 25, 2021 at 09:27 PM
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My gastro doctor seemed concerned I was on it. He said it could interfere with my psych meds. He prescribed something else that I will take daily in the morning instead of as needed at night. The zofran really helped and I for sure could use it right now.

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Default May 22, 2021 at 01:47 PM
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I don't know what you've been reading online, but zofran is nothing like an opiate. I've been practicing and prescribing zofran for 14 years and I have zero patients addicted to zofran. That said, all medications can have some drug interactions, and so are not ideal for every person depending on their other meds
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Do you know if it causes increased hunger or weight gain? I haven’t taken it in a number of days and I’ve lost a lot of weight and I haven’t been hungry.

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