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Is There Any Calming Liquid For Vomiting Sensation When Suffering From Parkinson S Disease?

Hi Dr Grief: I am taking care of an 82 yr old parkinson s lady who is in her 9th year of living with PD. Recently she lost her husband of 62 yrs and has started dry heaves-she turns white in face and cannot vomit-yet she goes through the symptoms and stages of vomiting-should I feed her when she is sick with this feeling of needing to vomit. Or is there some kind of calming liquid I should give her???
Thu, 13 Feb 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted the symptoms, which could be related to the medications she is on, for Parkinson's disease (PD).

Both levodopa and pramipexole/ropinirole have an adverse effect of causing nausea or vomiting.

To reduce the sensation of nausea or vomiting, you can give her ondansetron liquid just before her feeds, and then she can be fed within half an hour of that.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Is There Any Calming Liquid For Vomiting Sensation When Suffering From Parkinson S Disease?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted the symptoms, which could be related to the medications she is on, for Parkinson s disease (PD). Both levodopa and pramipexole/ropinirole have an adverse effect of causing nausea or vomiting. To reduce the sensation of nausea or vomiting, you can give her ondansetron liquid just before her feeds, and then she can be fed within half an hour of that. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in