Last reviewed on January 23, 2023
Ondansetron, sold under the brand name Zofran among others, is a medication used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery
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What is Ondansetron? Another use for ondansetron that is growing in popularity is to help relieve the symptoms of morning sickness in pregnant women
com / Piyapong Thongcharoen What is Zofran (ondansetron)? Is Zofran safe during pregnancy? Fact checked by Aaron Johnson PeopleImages / Getting Images Table of Contents What Is Zofran? Is It Safe to Take Zofran? Safety Precautions Pregnancy Safe Alternatives If you are like many people who are pregnant, you may view morning sickness as a right of passage—something to be expected in pregnancy
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Zofran (ondansetron) is a prescription anti-emetic medication most commonly used to treat the following conditions: Severe pregnancy induced nausea and vomiting that does not respond to other anti-emetics
By blocking these receptors, serotonin sends fewer signals that cause N/V
Zofran uses include preventing nausea from cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery
It's available as a tablet, orally disintegrating tablet (ODT), and oral liquid
Ondansetron is used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery
It can be given orally (by mouth), intramuscularly (injection into a muscle), or intravenously (injection into a vein)
Special care may be needed
Keywords: antiemetics, nausea, vomiting
4 to 11 years of age: 4 mg administered 30 Pregnancy is actually a pretty complicated process that has several steps
Call your doctor at once if you have: severe constipation, stomach pain, or bloating; headache with chest pain and severe dizziness, fainting, fast or pounding heartbeats; fast or pounding heartbeats; jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes); blurred vision or temporary vision loss (lasting from only a Available only by prescription, Diclegis is a medication that is used to control nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP)
These receptors are responsible for inducing the feeling of nausea and subsequent vomiting
Many drugs are commonly prescribed for off label use in veterinary medicine
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It works by blocking the effect of a naturally produced chemical in your body, called serotonin
The active ingredient in ZOFRAN ODT orally disintegrating tablets is ondansetron base, the racemic form of ondansetron, and a selective blocking agent of the serotonin 5-HT 3 receptor type
It can occur any time during the day, even though it's often called "morning sickness
Follow all instructions closely
Zofran is usually safe to use, but it does have some common side effects, including: Dizziness
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Metoclopramide (Reglan) is FDA-approved to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), as well as gastroparesis in people For evenings and in the middle of episodes, she takes Phenergan as she usually sleeps off episodes-- for her, it helps to abort more nausea better than Zofran when in the middle of an episode while helping her get to go to sleep faster and better than just waiting it out
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Common Uses of Zofran in Humans In addition to treating nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy and surgical patients, Zofran is also sometimes prescribed to treat nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, motion sickness, and gastroenteritis
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Side effects of ondansetron that are different from metoclopramide include headache, feeling unwell (malaise), constipation, dizziness, diarrhea, and abnormal heart Ondansetron is an anti-sickness medicine (sometimes called an antiemetic) that is mainly used in hospitals to help with nausea and vomiting associated with cancer treatments or operations under Zofran (ondansetron) is a popular anti-nausea/vomiting drug, which has been widely prescribed off-label to pregnant women for morning sickness
Honestly it all depends because I never got sick in my first 3 months but now I get really sick and I'm 7 months
The 8-mg dose is taken again 8 hours after the first dose
Sarah didn't have the severe type of morning sickness known as hyperemesis gravidarum
I still haven't moved my bowels and now I can't stop vomiting
According to the Annals of Palliative Medicine, approximately 80% of the body's serotonin is located in the GI tract, and it induces nausea and vomiting by acting on the gut and brain stem's 5-HT3 receptors
For nausea relief, it may help to try products like ginger ale)
To prevent and reduce symptoms of motion sickness, passengers should look forward at a fixed point on the horizon and avoid close visual tasks
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Background Ondansetron is frequently used to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, but the safety of this drug for the fetus has not been well studied
Albeit based on limited human pregnancy data, ondansetron has not
Zofran is a prescription medication that’s FDA approved to prevent N/V
While that may work for a mild case of morning sickness, it probably won’t do the trick for more severe cases
Place the tablet in the mouth and allow it to dissolve, then swallow
Common Side Effects; The common side effects of Zofran are headache and
What is ondansetron? Ondansetron (brand names: Zofran®, Zuplenz®) is an antiemetic used to treat severe nausea and vomiting in dogs and cats
FWIW, she has cyclic vomiting syndrome with migraines from dysautonomia
Zofran is primarily to stop the vomiting, not treat the nausea
This study has been refuted and most doctors don't believe that the association is real
Dosage Regimen
Common Zofran side effects may include: diarrhea or constipation; headache; drowsiness; or
So I took zofran during the first 20 weeks of my first pregnancy and while it didn't help the nausea it took my gag reflux
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Ondansetron is an anti-sickness medicine, also known as an antiemetic
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery Zofran (ondansetron) is a popular anti-nausea/vomiting drug, which has been widely prescribed off-label to pregnant women for morning sickness