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April 16, 2007, 9:59 am PDT
 Quote From: cashee Yikes! I am sorry you had such a traumatic time! It sounds like you tried quite a few antiemetics.
I myself have tried Reglan and I had a severe allergic reaction to it (my uuvula swelled so that I felt like I was choking, my facial muscles locked in place, my tongue jutted out to past my chin and froze that way, and I vomitted even more).
I was also on Phenergan for a short time and that was no picnic either. I felt really doped up on it and was too drowsy to move, eat, or drink, even if I wanted to. I just had to lay in bed the whole time.
With Zofran (for me), life was so much different. I still felt nauseaous all day long and still vomited a couple of times a day, but I could resume a half-normal life. It seemed as if I was only taking a vitamin that made everything magically a lot better. I did not feel drugged at all.
My point was that HG itself is not a mental illness; it is a physical illness. There can be complicating factors that may lead to mental problems (like with any other severe physical illness) but HG itself is a physical illness.
Thank you so much for your post so that people understand that the meds to treat women with HG are not perfect. Often women are given cheaper drugs that have bad side effects instead of the more expensive Zofran that can be positively life altering.
I'd just like to add that I had been given Reglan 10 years before my pregnancy (temporarily to control vomiting for another reason) and that is when I had that allergic reaction.
I was given this med in Canada where it is called Maxeran.
I told my OB that I was allergic to Merxeran but when she prescribed Reglan to me, she didn't even check to see if these meds were even related... let alone the same med! I took my prescription to the pharmacist who filled it. As they were handing it to me, I asked them to check if Maxeran and Relan were in any way related. They researched it but could not give me an answer. I told them that I would not take it unless I had a satisfactory answer so after more research they found out it was the same med. They then took the Reglan out of my hand and sent me back to my OB. ... My OB told me to take Flinstone vitamins and sent me home even though I was in dire need of help. I ended up in the ER several days later.
As sick as I was, I could not even begin to imagine how sick I would have been had a taken this med. I would have been home alone with a severe drug reaction since the army had deployed my husband and refused to allow him to come back early to assist me.
I was repeatedly told that I had to switch to Reglan or Phenergan. I would not accept that as I knew from experience that my health would deteriorate further. It is sad that in such a weakend condition women with HG have the battle of their lives with the people who they seek help from. |
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