Experience with zofran? If I take it for just a few days will it be effective?

[susannah14]

Hi all, got a question about zofran. So I've got some nausea and vomiting...it's nowhere as bad as it could be and I am managing well with B6+unisom. Some days are great but some days I want to die, and car rides are BAD.

We are going on a road trip next week for a wedding. I do NOT want to feel sick or throw up in the car or at the wedding so I called my DR to get a script for zofran. If I only take it throughout my trip, will it be effective, or is it the type of thing that takes a few days or a week to build up to a level where it will work?

Also, as an aside, has anyone been warned about the cleft palate + cardiac abnormalities thing by their DR? Apparently the FDA has warned against the drug in pregnancy but it's based on this incredibly small study and I just don't know what to think. It will probably be fine since I'll be around 11-12 weeks when I start it, and will only take for 4-5 days? The risks will be small, right?

Thanks for replies and experiences!

 

[EMSwife1124]

Zofran works pretty much immediately esp if they give you the dissolvable tablets..

I had heard of the study too but my Dr didn't think the risk was high enough for me to not take it.

I also got very car sick in the beginning even when I was the one driving. If not for zofran, I'd not have made it thru.

 

[foreternity]

I took it every day on a 2 week trip to Europe. I was either on a plane, train, or road trip each day and the motion from those tended to make me feel the worst. It was just as effective day 1 as it was at the end.

I didn't read anything about the study/FDA not recommending it until after I got back. My doctor had prescribed it, though, so she wasn't concerned and didn't give me any kind of warning about it.

 

[Vicki_Cream]

I had to take it every day up until I gave birth due to severe HG, and my daughter is a perfectly healthy and thriving 10 month old

It does work more or less immediately, and I would take it every day you are away if you want to avoid being sick etc. The thing I found with it, is that it worked really well whilst I was taking it, and I felt more or less ok on it. My doctor used to make me take a break in between packs to see if I was over HG...nope, within 3 days I was back to square one. After 4 of these "breaks", he stopped doing that and just kept me on it until little miss made her appearance!

 

[Catiren]

i have zofran (the kind that dissolves on the tongue) and it works pretty much immediately on me. i also have a pack of 30 from having acid reflux before pregnancy but those arent dissolvable and i dont dare take them while pregnant although i think they're the same thing, just one isnt dissolvable. i dont take it often though because it causes constipation and i already get that from being pregnant, and although it makes me feel wonderfully morning-sickness free for a few hours, i dont feel safe taking it ever yday so i only take it when i absolutely cant handle the sickness anymore... so far ive taken 4 of my 10 prescribed zofran tablets since being 8 wks + 6 days.

 

[Vicki_Cream]

There really is no harm taking it every day.

I took the non dissolving tablets twice a day until I gave birth, and like I said my DD is perfectly healthy

I understand your scepticism and concern though, I was the same when I started taking them.

 

[susannah14]

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this, but thanks for all your replies, it really helped! We are leaving on our trip tomorrow morning and I plan to take zofran the entire time I'm gone. I have taken one here and there just when I feel my worst, and it really does help.