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Originally Posted by InTheBlack
The patient below seems not to have had severe fluid loss. But they did give him an anti-nausea drug. What OTC and "reasonably safe" prescription drugs might one put into their kit for nausea?
My philosophy is to have stuff in my disaster kit that I don't know how to use, because I can probably find someone who does know how to use it.
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Not a lot of good OTC meds for nausea - diphenhydramine (benadryl) can be used, but it has sedating effects. Pepto-Bismol and similar compounds may help some.
Best safe antiemeitc by prescription in my book is ondansetron (zofran) - and I treat a lot of nausea in my profession.
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