Thought i'd stick my 2 cents worth in as I have a vast experience of these drugs due to a stomach condition called gastroparesis. I personally live on maxolon, but in a lot of people it causes parkinsons like symptoms such as you describe Lindy...that response is actually quite common and can led to permanent parkinsons like damage if they dont take you off the drug. I still have times when I need zofran though....but because it is so expensive I have to be in absolute agony before I will take one. It is very likely any pregnancy will flare up my gastroparesis to the point of needing it regularly so I am glad that someone was abke to get at pbs prices.......I think you just have to apply for a TGA exemption...one of my other stomach drugs i get like this (still have to pay $180 a script for that one though!!). Stemetil attacks nausea by correcting the balancing centres of the brain hence good for motion sickness.....maxolon block the chemical receptor that tells the brain you feel sick...stomach could still be ****house you just dont know about it and zofran works in a similar way to maxolon but to different more powerful receptors....gotta love the zofran - life would be so much more livable if i could take it more often. You're damn right it should be on PBS not just for cancer patients!!!
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