HyperemesisPatient

As an OB patient with severe Hyperemesis, I was recently hospitalized for rehydration & nausea control. I also am highly sensitive and my body does not react well to meds. I had been taking the dissolving Zofran pills at 8mg 3x day. Once hospitalized, the nurses administered the same dosage of a slow 1-min. push of Zofran through syringe into my IV line. My side effects from both types of administration were lethargy, headaches, dizziness, persistent nausea, and (the taste of rubbing alcohol in the back of my throat through the syringe push). At least I could keep food down. What happened next really scared me.... The young on-call doctor decided to have the pharmacy mix the Zofran into my saline IV. After about an hour of this mixture, I woke up gasping for air, coughing and retching. It seemed surreal! The nurse came in yelling for me to calm down & then seemed to panic and started calling people on the phone. After a few minutes of me feeling like I was near death, the nurse disconnected me from the IV and the doctor came in. Both agreed that this was an " exaggerated effect" and that there is no way this episode was associated with the Zofran. The doctor said it was a panic attack. I had never had a panic attack before, so I felt like they were trying to cover up something. The home health nurse with 30+ years of experience says that the Zofran/saline IV was pushed too fast causing this episode, not a panic attack. Thinking back now the IV drip was dripping about 2x as fast as the original saline solution. The doctor admitted in later conversation how she and other doctors would try different things with patients IVs as a guinea pig method. I was not happy to be part of this doctor's "testing."