Zofran addiction?

blonder · Silver Member Joined: 24 Jun 2001 Posts: 268

I had cervix cancer surgery and I finished my chemotherapy treatment two weeks ago, but my question is related to zofran addiction. Is it possible to be addicted to zofran for I was on zofran for quite some time and that is during all my chemo in order to stop nausea and vomiting? And now when it’s all finished I‘ve noticed that as soon as I stopped taking zofran my hearth beats faster and I’m anxious and depressed. Do you think I might have zofran addiction?

hargis · Newbie Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 16

No I don’t think you might be zofran addicted for it’s been proven this drug can’t make the patients dependent on it. Maybe those are just some kinds of zofran withdrawal that makes your hearth beating faster, but also in some other patients this could make their hearts beating slower. Anyway zofran was prescribed to you to deal more easily with your nausea and vomiting that usually comes along with chemotherapy and usually is prescribed to the patients who feel nausea and vomiting even 2 or 3 days after the chemo is performed. I am positive that here’s no case of zofran addiction for it is proven zofran is well tolerated but only in small percent of cases in some patient it may cause-headache, diarrhea, fever and constipation and also fatigue but all those side effects are of mild character and are easily to deal with. And I recommend keeping in touch with your physician and telling him about how you feel, but I’m pretty much sure those are just the signs of zofran withdrawal and it’s more likely they will go away on their own without causing any serious condition.

Zofran addiction?

LIFEFORM SOCIAL COMMUNITY NETWORK