Nausea and Cisplatin

[westajul]

Evening, my sister had her first chemo with Cisplatin. She has been very nauseous for the last 3 days. She has tried drinking ice water, ice chips, propel, ginger ale . She is taking the following ani-nausea medicines zofran every 8 hours and taking promethazine every 4 hours.  Does anyone have any suggestions to help with the nausea? Also if you are on or have had cisplatin , please let us know what your dosage is and how bad the nausea is? Her intial treatment was ( i think ) 160 mg and it is to be given every 28 days. her DR is planning on either doing a reduce dosgae every 2 weeks or 1 a week to help reduce side effects...Thanks Theresa

[bohan54]

I had Cisplatin with Gemzar.  First treatment I was so sick I said I would never do another.  I had Emend, Aloxi, Zofran, Compazine, Ativan, Phenergan and every other anti nauseant imaginable.  Could not pass anything between my lips for several days.  Second treatment (done as a promise to my husband) landed me in the hospital for 10 days on IV fluids.  I will not be taking it again.  I would suggest Emend and Aloxi for your sister along with dosage reduction if she plans to continue this treatment.

[bmcd]

Hi,

Ashley had cisplatin as part of her chemo cocktail.  It also made her very nauseous.  She had the zofran, which helped some but did not completely control the nausea.  What I believe really helped her out with the nausea that the cisplatin caused was an anti-nausea drug called amend.  That in combination with the zofran controlled her nausea very well.  

Take Care and God Bless,
Bob

[sheri938]

hi - i had the meds -i don't know what the the dosage i  had the same problems i lived on apple sauce- and pop cycles.i know they changed me to taxol - which is  so strong and that caused the hair to fall out-but in the end it all worked- i had the cisplatin while i was in the hospital- so i slept most of the time- - they had me on a pain med that was a patch - i have to look up the name of it-i took the same meds  that your sister is on, for the -my husband might know the dosage - i'll check with him when he gets home-i only had it twice before they changed it  and i also got carboplatin (sP?) best of luck to your sister and tell her  to be tuff  , the other 6 treatments were taxcol 5 after surg,my best ti her.