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I'm battling with morning sickness. Anti-nausea Sea Bands have helped a little, but I still throw up once a week. My nausea isn't as severe as some though, and there's been concern over drugs to help ease nausea for pregnant women because it's during the crucial first trimester.
But The New England Journal of Medicine did a study on the widely-used anti-nausea drug metoclopramide, sold under the name Reglan, and they deemed it safe.
The New York Times reports that the study ruled metoclopramide "does not affect fetal development, even when taken during the first trimester."
Doctors studied the outcome of over 80,000 births over a decade. The babies of 3,458 moms who were prescribed the drug during the first trimester were no more likely to be at risk for death or malformation, born premature, or have a low birth weight.
"We can now say with a high degree of confidence that it's a safe medication," Dr. Rafael Gorodischer, one of the study's authors, said.
This drug isn't for women with mild nausea and vomiting, and doctors say they still will not prescribe in these cases. The nausea and vomiting must be severe, affecting the health of the mother and her ability to hold down food.
What do you think of this study's findings? Would you take Reglan (metoclopramide) if recommended by your doctor?
Comments (10)
Reglan just got an FDA Black box warning put on it. There are actually lawyers taking on class action suits right now because of how many people this drug has damaged. The fact that they're pushing this drug on ANYONE is irresponsible and disgusting.
Reglan is also used to increase milk supply. But in all seriousness meds are being handed out like candy and not enough research is done on them.
For morning sickness I recommend Red Rasberry Leaf(RRL) Tea and Ginger Tea, sipped slowly first thing in the morning. They bags can be steeped together. RRL tea can be found at health food stores - it is NOT the same thing as raspberry tea.
I also recommend 1tbsp apple cider vinegar mixed with 8oz of room temp water first thing in the morning.
Eating small meals throughout the day is also helpful.
Reglan is commonly prescribed for reflux infants as well.
Does it have risks? Absolutely. Personally, I'd try LOTS of other things before I'd try Reglan.
I have hyperemesis and was hospitalized when I was 6 weeks pg due to severe vomiting and dehydration. I have been prescribed to Reglan, Zofran, Phenergan, B6, and Unisom. Reglan works for milder nausea days but it made me anxious and horribly dizzy.
I used Zofran and Protonix and found that Reglan was not as effective as Zofran.
Unfortunately Zofran is very expensive - but that shouldn't stop a sufferer from getting it ! It is commonly covered by the insurance industry because it is used only for short time periods for chemo. in contrast to the amt of time needed for the rare sufferers of H.G. so hence ( I believe the jack up in price ) - nonetheless it worked for me - along with being in another home that had venting above the cookstove and a home health visiting nurse. Being on a P. I. C. - so zero was ingested and the meds and vitamins and nutrion all went in to my bloodstream. It worked. I advise avoiding the drug Compazine. It is awful and I had a severe reaction to it. Do not let a doc. push Compazine on anyone ! Grateful for Zofran.
I may have mistakenly typed that Zofran is commonly "covered " by the insurance companies...what I meant is --for Cancer patients...so getting a "scrip' for Zofran may or may not be easy...I had to "fail" the other anti nausea drugs before they would cover me for Zofran. when we knew it would work. and it did.
My daughter was born with GIRD (gastro-intestinal reflux disease) and like anyone who has food come up, she held her breath, but she held it till she turned blue. They did tests and diagnosed her. Along with the monitor that they put her on, they put her on Reglan. It didn't really have a big affect on her. We had to prop her up after eating and I can't tell you how many onesies were thrown out because it had once been pink and was now yellow. But that was 9 years ago come Friday, and I am sure that they have come a long way.
I said all that to say, don't expect too much from a "miracle" pill. You might want to mail the proof that it doesn't work as well as it should to the manufacturer if it doesn't work for you. LOL
I tried pretty much everything for my morning sickness nothing really helps me at least. I tried the preggie pops and sea bands and the only one that worked for me was emetrol it is considered safe during pregnancy and it actually works. It does for me at least I'm still having some morning hangover feeling but no puking.
I took Reglan with my first pregnancy because I had no appetite, and my doctor had told me that it's used more in cancer patients to help with nausea and give them an appetite. It worked really well for me for both reasons it was prescribed, but I'm now seeing commercials everywhere that it causes other illnesses. In fact, my son was born 12-09-08 and when I found out I was pregnant with my daughter (4months later) my doctor would no longer prescribe it to me.