Levomepromazine for sickness issues.

Hi there!

Hi there!

I suffered from nausea and sickness throughout my treatment. i was hospitalised alot too. I used various combinations of sickness tablets at the same time to stem this and try and stay out of hospital over the Christmas period in 2018.

I used levomepromazine as an anti sickness tablet - looking at my prescription box I was taking 3 to 5 mg twice a day. I also took this as a 24 hour syringe driver too. Apologies i can't really remember what the doses were but it looks as if the doses weren't as high as what your mum is taking.

If the dosage is knocking her out then I would discuss this with the oncologist.  If you don't mind me asking - is she just taking this at night? So how is she the sickness being controlled rest of the time?

I also took cyclizine 50mg 3 times a day for a period of time. There were various other tablets I took too - I will need to search the names of these. These were taken in various different combinations ie I took two types of anti sickness tablet to get 24 hour relief from sickness in order to help me.

If one doesn't work there are loads of other different anti sickness tablets out there that will help. The oncologist just needs to find the right combination.

Don't stick to the one type if it doesn't help.

I would take the anti sickness meds for 2 weeks and if it didn't work then they would be changed.

I will try and find out which other tablets I took - apologies I didn't take notes throughout my treatment and my hubby was too busy trying keep things normal for the kids. I will have a wee hunt as I probably still have the meds and I will let you know.

Regards,

Rf2k18 

Hi,

Site up & running.

My mum takes 6.25 mg's of Levomepromazine as she gets in bed. So the sedative effect is actually a bonus. It seems to be working although we've only been on it for 5 days now. She used to be on Cyclizine  but that didn't work at all. I am fairly confident that the new tablet is the correct one. It seems to stay in the system for 24 hours, but the sedation wears off by midday. 

We have our own hospice nurse who I keep a daily diary for. She's here again tomorrow. She is my mothers GP's best friend which is handy. They are such nice people, they will move mountains to help my mum. So it was a combination of 2 minds that came up with the new anti sickness pill.

Mum also had a stent fitted 3 weeks ago. The Oesophageal stricture is extremely narrow & mum had trouble drinking water!!! Most people don't have this narrow a stricture, so they lose the pain within 2 weeks. But I've spoken to Endoscopy this morning, they assured me that the pain will pass but it will take a little longer. So they have mum on slow release 25 microgram Fentanyl patches, along with Oramorph & soluble paracetamol. The patches are working but mum will get the occasional stabbing pain from the stent fitment. It only lasts up to 2 minutes, whereas before the patch the pain was constant all day.

1 last thing, if we let ginger ale go flat, we can put it through mums PEG tube before food. Again this was on medical advice. It does seem to work. We just need mum to be able to eat enough food for her energy levels to grow. With extra energy we hope she will wake up & stay awake more than at this time. At the moment mum manages 3 200ml bottles of Ensure 2 Cal. And I leave enticing foods by her chair, she can have these any time. But the aim is to get her on 4 of these bottles. She stays hydrated with fruit juice's, fizzy pop, camomile & lemon tea, & fresh water. They want her to get at least 2 litres a day, she is getting at least that, maybe more.

I have so many contacts if mum has a problem. Hospital, Hospice, & her GP.

I do hope that you are free of cancer now. And I very much am in your debt for your advice, Thank you. What great people there are on here, like yourself.

My best wishes to you, your husband, & your children.

Regards,

Graeme.