Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I am not advocating giving up meds without discussing this with your doctors but I was one that couldn't shake my constant nausea until I finally stopped taking all my meds. My docs were skeptical that my meds were my problem but it did stop my nausea and allowed me to keep food and water down and it made a big difference. Note that I did not have a Peg to fall back on so I had to swallow all my food and water.
I'm also not a pill expert but the list of meds your husband is taking seems excessive; perhaps overlapping or perhaps the wrong combination but that's just my uneducated opinion. Has he been seen by a Pain Management Team?
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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