"Take medication with food"

[skygazer]

"Medication may cause nausea. Take with food."

Yeah, except I'm so nauseous from last night's dose, just the thought of food makes me turn green. ~sigh~

[xmas74]

1. Just like pregnancy-

eat a few saltines and then take the med.

The saltines will help calm your stomach. Besides, if you take it w/o food the nausea will be even worse and it might lead to vomiting.

Doesn't do you any good if you've vomited up your med!

[skygazer]

3. Yeah, saltines are a good idea

It's been a long time since I was pregnant - kinda forgot about that one. Thanks. :hi:

[xmas74]

6. Saltines and Sprite

saved me during my pregnancy seven years ago.

A piece of dry toast might help too.

[MissMillie]

2. my doc gives me Zofran for the stuff that may cause nausea

that's one of the drugs they give chemo patients for nausea.

Most narcotic pain meds make me :puke:

[skygazer]

4. I'm usually okay with them

This is a med I haven't taken before and it hit me hard. ~sigh~ Does the Zofran make you drowsy? I know the stuff they give me for nausea when I have a migraine (Compazine) knocks me out. I can't take any of that because I have to go to school in a couple of hours.

[MissMillie]

5. no, it doesn't

but when I'm taking it w/ narcotic pain meds, the narcotic pain meds usually make me drowsy.

[skygazer]

7. These are antibiotics

Narcotic pain meds have never given me much problem in the nausea department - both a blessing and a curse at times :eyes: - but for some reason, I have problems with certain antibiotics. :shrug:

[ThomCat]

8. Ugh. I'm sorry.

:(

I describe the taste of my three main meds like this.

1. Cherry flavored nail polish remover
2. Rancid chalk
3. Sour, metalic vomit.

:puke:

Someday they will find a way to make medicine taste good, and they'll charge us extra for it.

[skygazer]

9. Mmmmm..... rancid chalk....

Thanks Thom - I feel a LOT better now! :rofl:

[ThomCat]

10. Always happy to help.

:7

:hug:

[flamingyouth]

13. OMG, you are so right....

And I swear, I take one med that tastes and smells so bad that I can smell it oozing out of my pores (though everyone else thinks I'm imagining it). :D

[ThomCat]

14. I have that same thing with one of mine.

One of my meds has a smell I swear I smell in my sweat. Nobody else seems to notice, and I can't imagine how that's possible.

It's a conspiracy to make us buy more soap. :P

I've gotten into the habit of using cool scented soaps because of this. I have chocolate soap and Wintergreen soap in the shower right now. I smell edible. :9

[flamingyouth]

11. Yeah, I'm kind of going through that too.

Cereal with rice milk has been about the only thing that helps me. :pals:

[skygazer]

12. You have my sympathy

It seems backward that something that's supposed to make you feel better makes you feel so lousy. Feel better soon. :hi: