Nausea remedies

When starting a SSRI, the abrupt increase in serotonin may cause side effects. In the brain, the short-term effects include headache, sleep disturbance, nervousness, anxiety, and tremulousness. The digestive system effects include nausea, loose stools, decreased appetite, and indigestion. Most of these effects are mild and shortlived or can be managed with over-the-counter remedies. Nausea, for example, can be minimized by taking a SSRI after meals. These effects are also commonly seen with venlafaxine and duloxetine, atypical antidepressants that block serotonin reuptake like the SSRIs. 

In flatulence, colic and nausea. Usually combined with other remedies when a complete stomachic is needed. Particularly suitable for children. Dose, wineglassful of ounce to pint infusion. 

C Well, there can be unanticipated effects due to the chemical behaving in ways that are not in the original design. Do you remember Thalidomide The molecule is chiral and one enantiomer is a great remedy for nausea while the other causes birth defects. 

A 58-year-old man developed nausea, vomiting, anorexia, and weight loss (3). He had taken germanium lactate citrate, illegally purchased in a pharmacy, recommended as a natural antioxidant, anticancer, and immunostimula-tory remedy. He took a total dose of 426 g orally over... 

Dysosma pleianthum (bajiaolian), a species of mayapple, has been widely used for thousands of years in China as a general remedy and for the treatment of snake bite, weakness, condyloma acuminata, lymphadenopathy, and tumors. Podophyllotoxin is one of its main ingredients. Five people who drank infusions of bajiaolian developed nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, abnormal liver function tests, sensory ataxia, altered consciousness, and persistent peripheral tingling or numbness (6). 

Willow bark has been a remedy for pain and fever for hundreds of years. In the late eighteenth century, scientists isolated the compound in willow bark that is responsible for its effects. They then converted it to a similar compound, salicylic acid, which is even more effective. In the late nineteenth century, a German chemist, Felix Hoffmann, did research to find a pain reliever that would help his father s arthritis, but not cause the nausea that is a side effect of salicylic acid. Because the technologies used to synthesize chemicals had improved, he had a number of more effective ways to work with chemical compounds than the earlier chemists. The compound that he made, acetylsalicylic acid, is known as aspirin. It is still one of the most common pain relievers more than 100 years later. 

Reported human toxicity occurs from either ingestion of the plant itself or from ingestion of a herbal remedy derived from the mistletoe. Ingestion of the plant, most commonly the berries, may be associated with the development of gastrointestinal distress consisting of nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. Mistletoe berry exposures most commonly occur in children during the Christmas season development of symptoms is rare. 

Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, and the cardiac effects seen in acute toxicity may be seen. In chronic exposures, patients may not demonstrate the classic finding of hyperkalemia, which is frequently seen in acute exposures. Decreased renal function may interfere with clearance of the glycosides. Patients may be more sensitive to the effects of their squill remedies if they are on medication that also slows AV conduction such as quinine, beta blockers, or calcium channel blockers. 

Though generally considered harmless and present in a number of remedies for weight loss or to lower cholesterol, adverse effects have also been reported for use of the mints germander (Teucrium chamaedrys) and T. polium. For example, acute hepatitis, nausea, and asthenia (loss of energy and strength) were common symptoms in nine cases associated with their use... 

Flavonoids in herbal preparations may also affect the GI tract (e.g., cirkan causes chronic diarrhea [Maechel, 1992]) and a phlebotonic French drug, cyclo-3 fort containing Ruscus aculeatus, herperidin methyl chalcone, ascorbic acid can elicit colitis (Beaugerie et al., 1994). Reports of nausea and vomiting induced by other herbal remedies are represented throughout the chapter. 

S Lead (tap water, j leaded paint i chips, herbal remedies, gas sniffing, glazed j kitchenware, etc.) Acute nausea and vomiting, GI distress and pain, malaise, tremor, tinnitus, paresthesias, encephalopathy (red or black feces) Chronic multisystem effects—anemia (i heme synthesis), neuropathy (wrist drop), nephropathy (proteinuria, failure), hepatitis, mental retardation (from pica), 4-fertility and t stillbirths Decontamination—gastric lavage + dimercaprol (severe) or EDTA or succimer (penicillamine if unable to use dimercaprol or succimer) Children succimer PO... 

W 0 (X X w Caffeine Adenosine receptor antagonist. High dose T Ca++ permeability in sarcoplasmic reticulum and T cAMP by inhibiting phosphodiesterase. Stimulates CNS, constricts cerebral arterioles, induces diuresis, stimulates heart, bronchodilates. Prolonged apnea in pre-term infants (unlabeled use). Included in some over-the counter analgesic preps, particularly headache remedies. Insomnia, restlessness, anxiety neurosis, nausea, tachycardia, diuresis. 

Nausea and vomiting that occur during the first trimester of pregnancy should be treated with nonpharmacologic remedies since amtimetics can cause possible harm to the fetus. 

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