Posted by yxibow on April 3, 2006, at 15:13:39
In reply to Re: Depression Can Be Fatal! » yxibow, posted by SLS on April 3, 2006, at 7:15:09
> Hi.
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> > Yes -- percocet is wonderful stuff ... :) For a week or two. Then tolerance sets in and you can't go to the bathroom -- which is why Imodium is such a good drug because it is an opiate that cant cross the blood brain barrier.
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> What would work to alleviate the nausea associated with opioids?
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> - Scott
>Meclizine is similar to Cyclizine and is OTC as Dramamine II (and generic), and you can use it "off label" -- with the side effects like Cogentin if you get to a full dose.
If you can stand it, and I dont particularly mind, a lot of macerated raw ginger does partially block 5HT3 (I had to do that the other week for a virus in my inner ear -- so we think)
And then there's Tigan, which has some but not all the pitfalls of Compazine, and does carry some but not all the risks of TD. But as ed says, its worse than a stiff upper lip, so the people across the pond say.
Some people are very sensitive to nausea with opiates -- myself I fortunately haven't had that. Its a problem with pain mediation.-- Jay
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