Anti-vomiting/anti-nausea Medications

[emeraldskies]

Does anyone know of an anti-emetic that does not contain gluten or dairy? I also need to avoid phenylalanine. Is Dramamine safe? I just found out that Bonine contains dairy... Cola syrup or anything like it is too weak.

[tarnalberry]

It's not OTC, but you might check with your pharmacist about Tygan.

[Merika]

Why is it that when I first came down with symptoms - including major ongoing nausea, no doctor *ever* mentioned to me that there were drugs for this??? (insert rant here, lol) For over a year I carried around bottles of Emetrol (?) - a sugar syrup OTC thing that sort of worked.

Traditional Chinese Medicine is what finally cleared up the bulk of those icky feelings for me though. Might want to check out another kind of doctor.....

Merika

PS. Don't know if Emetrol is gluten-free - it probably is, but this was years before diagnosis.

[emeraldskies]

I wasn't given any suggestions in this area by a doctor either. Sometimes, I have so much trouble with vomiting that I will vomit all day long and can't keep down medicine or fluids. I can't lose anymore weight, and I need to take my medication, so in those times, I would like to be able to take something to help prevent further vomiting. I used Emetrol for awhile, but it's relatively pricy, so I switched to cola syrup. I agree with saying it sort of worked (for nausea), but it wasn't ever enough. I guess I will need to look into Chinese Medicine.

[Jenn2005]

I realize this post is old but in case anyone needs to know I called Pharmacia Consumer Health 1-800-382-7219 (the maker's of Dramamine) on 10/7/2005 to find out if it was gluten-free. They confirmed the product to be gluten-free & offered to mail me some coupons. I did call about a specific product & that is the only one she verified so I don't know if it makes a difference. The one I verified is Dramamine Less Drowsy Formula in the vile with 8 tablets.

[Claire]

Does anyone know of an anti-emetic that does not contain gluten or dairy?  I also need to avoid phenylalanine.  Is Dramamine safe?  I just found out that Bonine contains dairy...  Cola syrup or anything like it is too weak.

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Hi there - haven't seen you here for awhile.

Some info below:

Kytril: Manufactured by Roche. Gluten Free: Yes. Vegetarian: Yes. Verified: 10/26/04. Comments: No Roche products contain gluten as of this date as the company uses cornstarch.

Phenergan Syrup w/codeine: Manufactured by ESI Lederle. Gluten Free: Unknown. Vegetarian: No. Verified: 11/9/04. Comments: Company doesn't use any gluten containing ingredients, but can't say it's Gluten free since they don't know the source of the raw materials.

Dramamine Chewable Tablets: Manufactured by Pharmacia Upjohn. Gluten free: Unknown. Vegetarian: Yes. Verified: 2/10/05. Comments: No gluten containing ingredients are used, but cross contamination is possible. Claire