When using the feeding tube, he shouldnt lay down right after doing a feeding. He should either sit up or be on a 45 degree incline for at least an hour after the feeding to help avoid the nausea or GERD feeling. Its common for patients doing tube feedings to feel bloated after doing a feeding. Sitting up or on an incline helps alleviate the bloated feeling too. When using a feeding pump to do feedings, its usually at a much slower rate than the gravity or push methods which make it easier to tolerate as well. Most common anti-nausea m eds are compazine and zofran. Most patients have needed to take the anti-nausea meds 24/7 around the clock for days at a time or we'd end up sick as a dog. Some meds have pretty bad side effects, especially iof taking them along with other meds. Im wondering if compazine is something your husband had been taking prior to his hospitalization as theres some pretty dramatic side effects for some patients. Take a look at the side effects compazine can cause...
Compazine side effects web search resultsRX list, Compazine side effectsWhen I used compazine, I had even more problems than controlling my nausea. Compazine caused me to have restless leg syndrome where I was pacing and could NOT sit down or stop walking back and forth. Up until that point I never really believed there was such a thing as restless leg syndrome, until I went thru it and saw how awful it truly was. I ended up hospitalized at one point from the compazine. For me, zofran worked the best, even now I still take zofran when my stomach acts up.
