Is all these anti nausea meds I'm on really necessary???

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Kerriwilkie42
Kerriwilkie42 Member Posts: 4
edited July 2018 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

I dont think all these nausea meds im on are necessary .I was dianogsed with ductal carsonoma stage 2 an I've got the palb 2 mutation gene

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  • Ingerp
    Ingerp Member Posts: 2,624
    edited July 2018

    You're only supposed to be taking the anti-nausea meds if you need them. (I haven't so far.)

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  • Kerriwilkie42
    Kerriwilkie42 Member Posts: 4
    edited July 2018

    yes exactly an that i understand ! Here's what I don't understand the only really med that's prescribed to me for nausea is my zofran the other three I looked up on web M.D. an thyere used to treat schizophrenia an bipolar disorder so I'm totally confused

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  • Lula73
    Lula73 Member Posts: 1,824
    edited July 2018

    we may be able to help more if you post what the names of the meds are and if you’re doing chemo or rads and what stage/grade/HR status

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  • moth
    moth Member Posts: 4,800
    edited July 2018

    I agree with Lula. Without knowing your chemo protocol & your medications, we can't really offer any info. Usually physicians prescribe a certain set of meds which have to be taken, and then the rest are as needed (PRN).

    The reason you might feel you don't need them is because they're working.

    Without them, you might be curled up on the bathroom floor for days.

    Some chemotherapies are highly emotegenic. Before all the medications were available & the protocols refined, many people on chemo were throwing up all the time and wasting away. This is why chemo used to be given in hospital - so they could hook up people to IV fluids and enteral feeding tubes to keep them alive while undergoing chemo. Even now, I know people have posted on this board that they're in other parts of the world where the anti-nausea protocols aren't all available and they're throwing up for many days.


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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited July 2018

    Though they are used to treat other conditions, they are also used for nausea.

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  • hapa
    hapa Member Posts: 920
    edited July 2018

    I got ativan for nausea, which is usually prescribed for anxiety. I only had to take it once, when the compazine didn't work. If you don't need it don't take it. I got IV push meds with my chemo and usually didn't need anything else.

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  • Leatherette
    Leatherette Member Posts: 448
    edited July 2018

    You’d be surprised what those drugs are suppressing. After my first round of chemo, I thought I felt fine, so stopped taking the Zofran. I quickly and painfully learned why I was on it, stayed on it, and was never nauseous again while on chemo.


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  • WC3
    WC3 Member Posts: 1,540
    edited July 2018

    Kirriwilkie42:

    Is it compazine. It is used for psychiatric conditions but it is also used for nausea. A lot of drugs have off label uses.

    I have zofran and compazine for at home use but have managed with just sporadic use of the zofran.

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  • NotVeryBrave
    NotVeryBrave Member Posts: 1,287
    edited July 2018

    The only drug I used for nausea during chemo was Compazine. I would start taking it two days after the chemo (when done with the steroids) and continue for a few days. I only took it morning and evening and never was nauseated.

    Sometimes multiple drugs are prescribed in case one or another doesn't work. You most likely are not expected to be taking all of them. I would clarify this with your MO or nurse.


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