Hiccups!

Hi Chicadee

Hiccoughs are an annoying side effect of my Cisplatin chemo treatment... tried a few things...nothing quite worked...then I tried sucking ice cubes...very small or crushed (large can be a choking hazard}....worked for me...now on liquid dexamethasone (the culprit?)....best consult your support team first (pharmacist)

Good luck

Peter

Many thanks Peter, will try that if it happens again after next Chemo. Its actually stopped after two days...big relief as affecting his sleep.  The nurses say its the Chemo that affects the diaphragm nerve. 

Hi Chicadee16

My husband was exactly the same as yours, everytime he had chemo he ended up with hiccups all night, his oncologist put him on Lansprazole 30 mg, they seemed to do the trick. 
Fingers crossed he can get rid of them. 
Mandy x

Peter the ice did work first time! It went on for three days in all...hoping its stopped now but dreading next chemo...wonder if it will happen again?

Hi Chicadee

Glad it worked...I keep a supply in the freezer....just to nip the hiccoughs in the bud...they did start again after next chemo...but comfortably controllable....

Peter

I will keep some in freezer too. I wonder if gripe water works too?

Thanks for your help x