I have been prescribed Maxalon from my GP. But I am not vomiting, just feel extremely nauseous all day. What are your experiences with this medication? Did it work for nausea?
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I have been prescribed Maxalon from my GP. But I am not vomiting, just feel extremely nauseous all day. What are your experiences with this medication? Did it work for nausea?
It was weird, for me it masked the nausea. Like i could still feel it but it was easier to deal with. But i was vomitting up to 20 times a day and lost 15kgs so needed something so i didn't keep losing weight.
That's all I need. To just NOT feel the nausea :lol:
Tasha I had heard that you can become resistant to it. I am still on the edge of vomit all the time and sometimes tip over into pukeville. It really takes away some of the enjoyment and maybe if I had my time again I would have taken some drugs for the sickness, although I kept being told and hoping that it would pass. It hasn't for me :(
If you want to take it then do it, if it doesn't work for you there are other things I think you can try as well.
;)
Joeve, I have to be honest. When you said you still suffer from it at 27 weeks, I made the decision to get something :lol: The thought of enduring this for months frightens me!!
Ask about zofran (I think) if maxalon doesn't work. I can't take maxalon, so never found out if it actually worked for me. The first 3 times sent me off my rocker, so I never took it again.
Never worked for me, nor did stemital. My dr prescribed Ondansetron (Zofran) as it is meant to work On 90% of people... Never worked for me either :(
What do mean by 'off your rocker' ?? Should I be worried?:
Oh, you poor, poor thing! How awful!!:
Maxalon makes me very drowsy and irritable in my body.
I now put it down as an allergy.
The others have suggested good alternatives.
You could also try Vit B6 tablets which you can buy over the counter from your chemist.
All Maxolon did for me was put me to sleep for about 3 hours and make me feel drugged :( Still felt nausea and threw up on it. Ondansetron helped with vomiting, but no so much the nausea. What made a huge difference for me with nausea and still does is Restavit.
Maxolon doesn't have a good success rate with NVP only seems to help a small number o people from what I have read.
I hate taking anything :( But it became a necessity for me unfortunately.
I had morning sickness throughout my entire pregnancy and I mean vomiting every day and night. My GP prescribed me with maxalon but since I'm allergic to it, I felt more sick and I had the worst anxiety from it. Went to hospital and I swear the hospital thought I was some kind of freak as I was kicking and scream as I became so anxious that I couldn't sit still. Never again. Stemitill is the exact same as maxalon but doesn't that nasty part in it. Although stemitill made me very tired so I couldn't take that during the day as I had to work. U may just be like me and have to deal with the nasty sickness for time being.
Hmmmm, having second thoughts about taking it now :( I have tried ginger, didn't work. Peppermint tea, didn't work. Tic tacs worked for a short time. lemons work while I am sucking them. But other than that, nothing works.
I don't think I have ever winged so much about anything in my entire life :(
I tried all that too to no avail. Whinge away it is absolutely horrible! :hug:
I've taken maxalon for ms lots of times and its always done wonders but I've only taken it when I really needed it I didn't take it 24/7.
As with everything it works for some and not for others, if the ms is making life hell its worth giving it a go :hug:
I feel as though I shouldn't take it because i am not physically vomiting. But the nausea is so bad I don't even smile any more, ever.
TMS, I was thinking of just taking it in the evenings when it's really bad.
ETA: Ya know what's worse. We just got a new leather couch on Saturday and the smell of it makes me so ill. :lol:
Take it.. What's the worse that can happen it doesn't work and you have to try something else?!?
Maxalon, stemitil and zofran didn't work for me. I was like you - not vomiting much, just constantly nauseous.
Restavit was awesome. It's over the counter and non-addictive. You'll be sleepy (it's a sleeping tablet) but it's better than nauseous.
Your poor thing, it's such a horrible feeling.
You could also try acupuncture, I have heard of people having success with it for morning sickness.
Sometimes the nausea is so overpowering it's worse than the vomiting. I could hardly move from my nausea, I couldn't drink or eat enough and was losing weight rapidly with out vomiting. So feel it's not bad enough because you're not vomiting! :hug: But if you feel you can handle not taking something go for it :) It's a tough one isn't it :(:
I took maxalon otherwise I could. not. move. When combined with ginger, sea bands and sniffing lemons (try it!) I could get through the day.
I'm giving in tonight. Every morning I wake up and as soon as I open my eyes, the nausea comes. I just cry. This is the worst experience I have ever had. While I am not actively vomiting, the constant nausea 24/7 is wearing me down. It's been 7 days of it, how can I handle possibly another 5 weeks?
FX I don't have any side effects.
Hi, I took maxalon with both my pregnancies, sometimes up to three tablets a day and found it great. I found the nausea crippling otherwise. I had an allergic reaction to Stemetil (distonic reaction - a very scary fit) so I stay very clear of it.
Good luck with it.
I took it when she ^^ told me to, and did all the other stuff too. Made life so much more bearable. With DD I only took it once or twice, but I was nowhere near as sick.:
I found maxalon really good for taking away the nausea but put me to sleep so couldn't take it. If you need alternatives I found nux vomica from the naturopath really good with no side effects.
How did you go Tasha?
Maxalon is an anti-emetic (vomit) drug, not an anti-nausea one. it forces the stomach to empty into the intestine more quickly, essentially making sure you keep food down - but with MS, a lot of the problem is that your stomach is empty and you feel like crud - if you're throwing up, maxalon helps cos it helps you get food/energy - if you're just feeling horrible, it can actually make you feel worse (this was my problem) because you are sick from hunger, and then you force the food through and feel sick quickly again.
It worked (or should I say helped) when I was pregnant with DD2. I too didn't vomit, just had 24/7 nausea until about 15 weeks. I'd highly recommend it and snack often if you can. I always had snacks on my bedside table and would nibble whenever I woke at night, even if I was just going to the loo quickly.
Hang in there, it feels like forever at the time but it quickly becomes a distant memory.
I took one tablet around midday, felt a little better for a while, but now I feel the same as before. I've eaten a little more than usual this afternoon, which is good. I had some carrot sticks and some cubes of cheese. I seem to feel really sick after i eat every time, but then it passes and I just feel nauseas again.
It feels like every day goes on and on. And I have a 10 hour shift tomorrow, I can feel tears in the morning. I just want this nightmare to be over :(
I feel guilty for hating this since it took me so long to get it.
hun i had ms (severe nausea) until the day DD was born - we went ot hell and back to get her, and when i wasn't enjoying my pregnancy, i felt like crap even more than the MS did - BUT, a friend asked me why i should ignore feeling *****, just because i'd been to hell and back to fall pregnant? and she's right. you shouldn't have to pretend like this part of being pg doesnt suck just because you fought to fall pregnant. it sucks! really it does! and you're allowed to be unhappy with it. doesn't mean you don't want to be PREGNANT, just means you don't want to feel crap - and who'd blame you for that?
I took Maxalon 4 hrly for about 6 weeks as it is the only way I could stay out of hospital. It enabled me to keep water an food down and to keep working, I even woke during the night at about 4 am to take a tablet otherwise I'd wake up feeling terrible. Whilst I would have liked to not take anything and cope, it just wasn't possible.
Hope the ms passes really quickly.
I feel for you, my dear.
Maxalon - worked fabulously for about a week, but made me very drowsy. It then started tapering off, and cut the nausea for a shorter and shorter amount of time, but still made me just as drowsy, and as I was still working full time, it was not worth it any more.
Zofran - didn't do a thing for me, other than make me cry as I was so disappointed it didn't help, as EVERYONE I knew who'd had it had fabulous results from it ... but alas I did not.
Periot (sp?) - this cuts down the acid in your belly, which can be the cause of your nausea. This ended up doing the trick for me, and I was on it for a week, and then when my acid was under control, I could manage it with Zantac. Second pregnancy my Ob wasn't comfortable with me taking it, so I took Zantac basically right through my pregnancy. It didn't stop the m/s (I threw up right up to and including the morning of the c/s) but it kept it more manageable. More vomiting, less nausea.
There's nothing that I can say, "oh, this worked long term." but I can say that it's worth it :)
I feel for you though, because I always expected that I would really, really enjoy my pregnancies, and I was too sick to, in the end. But you will enjoy your baby :D
Thanks girls, nice to know others have been on the crappy end of pregnancy too :( My whole house stinks like our new leather couch and I can't stand it. last night I was walking around with cotton buds up my nose! Peanutter :hug: It's so crap :(
Briggsy, I had a good friend of mine say something to me last night. When i said to them that I 'hate' being pregnant (which, so far, I do) and that I still don't know how to talk to little kids (never really have) She asked me weather this is something that I really want or if this is just something that I felt 'had to be done' in life. It kinda hurt because I started doubting myself and my choices. Yes, it's true, I just don't do little kids. Never been the one to play with them, I'm just awkward with them. I'm not really the maternal type. I don't baby talk either. I just said to my friend that I kinda wanted to skip pregnancy and baby and toddler and meet my little person who I can hold an adult conversation with. A version of me, what will they be like? What kind of personality will they have? I guess I'm a bit uncomfortable with the whole baby stages. Maybe I'm just scared...:
Sorry, this turned into a novel! :lol:
You'll be fine when the baby is here :) My good girl friend was the same as you when she was pg with her first, She'd spent little time around kids and just wasn't the kid type and had never felt maternal. She was an awesome mum!! As soon as that baby was here she fell in love and never looked back, she now has 5 kids :D
As for the new lounge that would have nearly killed me!! :sick: I have had every possible window and door in the house open for months just so smells don't linger. Everyone has been cold at night but I can't stand having the house closed up. I did find sniffing a lemon very helpful to mask other smells and the lemon was the only smell I could stand. Looked silly but who cares!! I just had a fresh lemon and would stick my nail into it to release a bit of extra scent and hold it under my nose for relief. I hope the nausea passes for you soon!! :crossfingers:
Mega hugs, hun.
I totally get it.
Some people will give you the guilts for complaining about any aspect of your pregnancy, crying, "I would kill to have morning sickness! I'd *love* to be woken sixteen times a night by a screaming child! I would do anything to have your PSD!!" and please, please, ignore all that crap.
Being sick all the time sucks balls. Great big hairy balls.
Sleep deprivation is a method of torture still allegedly used, because it is such an effective way to break down the most hardened of soldiers.
You in no way are saying you wish you weren't pregnant, or weren't having a baby by complaining about these things.
No one says, "I would like to get pregnant, and pretty pretty please may I have incontinence, a 4th degree tear, six months of morning sickness, and if possible, a spot of sciatica? Oh, and when the baby comes, I'd *love* some silent reflux, attachment difficulties, and perhaps a dislocated hip."
You want a baby, and we all want a hassle free, glowing nine months, an uncomplicated selivery, and a baby in perfect health who feeds and sleeps well and develops normally and healthily.
We don't regret having a baby if we have difficulties with our pregnancy or labour, and we don't love our children any less if there are physical, mental or developmental issues.
We all take the side effects as part of the package, but we all reserve the right to have a whinge about the less glamorous, painful, embarassing bits, and have a vent or a cry over difficulties faced once our babies arrive.
Isn't that part of what we all do here? In a supportive environment?
Share with our village, seek comfort and wisdom from others who've gone before us?
:hug: this too shall pass, my dear ... and until then, I hope the maxalon brings you some (heaps of) relief.
Oh gosh, this is me! I was crying yesterday because for the first time in 2 weeks I had enough energy to do my hair and make up and the smell of the products was making me feel so sick!! Even the smell of the flowers coming through my window makes me run out of the room. I can't go any where for long because I walk around making these ridiculously loud gagging sounds - NOONE wants to hear that!:
I truly hope you get some relief soon!
Sweetie I feel the same. Totally crappy and I hate being pregnant. No one likes feeling sick and you shouldn't feel bad that you do. Try and get it out here because I keep a lot of how I was feeling inside for fear of sounding ungrateful that I was finally pregnant and to be honest I started to boarder on depression.
Your friend is clueless! How horrible to say something like that:
Reality is, you will have your baby, you'll freak out a bit about knowing nothing, and then you'll learn it. And your baby will teach you. You'll learn to interact with a toddler as your bub grows. You may still have zero time for other kids, but your own is different.
Grrr to people making you doubt yourself!
i have started a new chatter thread for morning sickness, that way this thread can remain purely about Maxalon, any morning sickness chit chat can be done over in the new thread
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...eral-Chatter-1
I had maxalon a couple of times in my first pregnancies with no worries, but in my second pregnancy I had a reaction (lock jaw). I've been prescribed ondansetron wafers this time around.