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First I want to thank all the people that responded. There were so
many of you! And because there were so many I felt it would be
easier to copy and past most of the response (without names of
course) so everyone can read for themselves.
There were lots of good suggestions about combating the nausea.
Also, there were conflicting views about zofram being GF and some
people warned that reglan is pretty serious drug with serious side
effects to consider while being pregnant. The reglan will be covered
in part 2.
Thank you,
Aimee
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I know an acupressure tip for nausea. You can gently press the little
dip where your neck meets your collar bone. Just gently press for a few
seconds. This helped a friend of mine greatly with her nausea while she
was pregnant.
Also, there are many herbs and teas for nausea. Try chamomile tea,
peppermint tea, or ginger tea which is always best for nausea (make this
one weak-pregnant women can have a little ginger, but not too much.)
There is also crystallized ginger which you can just eat (small amounts)
for nausea, also ginger candy or powdered herbs in capsules. These are
all available at health food stores. You can always consult a
professional herbalist about your pregnancy nausea. Many times they work
at local health food stores.
Anyway, these are drug-free suggestions. You can also do a google
search on "nausea remedies" and see what comes up.
All the best!
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rxlist.com is a good place to look up the ingredents of drugs. I dont
know about those in particular but try there. or try here too
http://www.celiac.com/st_prod.html?p_prodid=285&p_catid=19&sid=91hH9H10EA8t5OV-53104292523.d0
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I have taken Phenergan (generic promethiazine) with no problems. It does
tend to make me very sleep, however, it helps immensely with nausea.
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I take Phenergan and it is GF.
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My daughter was sick for the first 4 months of her first pregnancy
and just recently had her second child. This time she figured out
that she keeping something in her stomach at all times really helped
this time around. If she got hungry, she would get sick. For her as
a non-celiac it was lots of saltine crackers. GF pretzels would
probably work for a celiac.
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Zofran is gf. I don't know for certain about phenegan but I do know
that before I was diagnosed that when I was so sick that every time
they gave me phenegan for vomiting I vomited even harder. Zofran is
the best for me and I know for sure that it is gf. It became my
staple in life.
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Zofran was NOT GF last time I checked. Promethazine (generic
phenergan) will be made by different companies. I do take
Promethazine without any problems. Reglan is GF according to
www.glutenfreedrugs.com . Good luck!
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I did want to pass along one natural options that might help, too.
Ginger is a natural anti-nausea herb that has been a lifesaver for
me. I suffered from horrible bouts of nausea for 10 years when I had
chronic fatigue syndrome. I learned about ginger from cancer patients
who used it to fight nausea from chemotherapy. I have since read a
great deal about its digestive and anti-nausea benefits in
alternative medicine books and articles. It also saved me once on a
cruise ship when I was so seasick that I was bedridden. After eating
a few ginger candies, I literally got up and enjoyed the ship's
activities most of the day.
There are many ways to take ginger:
- Buy ginger tea in a health food store, brew like normal tea
- Buy fresh ginger, remove the skin, chop up a few pieces and put
into hot water to make your own tea (let it brew a few minutes, then
remove the ginger pieces)
- Buy ginger candy (usually it's pieces of ginger dipped in sugar -
available at places like Trader Joe's if you have those in Texas, or
often in Asian food stores) - Ginger can have a bit of a spicy "bite"
so take small bites of this candy to make sure it's not too strong
for you
- Buy ginger tincture (liquid) or ginger capsules in the health food
store and take as directed
I don't know what the right dose is - I would usually just sip a cup
or two of tea, or eat a few pieces of ginger candy.
I think that ginger might be a blood thinner (not sure, I know garlic
is) so please check with your physician about any ramifications for
using during pregnancy.
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Part 2 coming soon...................
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