Zofran for Nausea/Vomiting User Reviews (Page 4)

• Penny
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 2, 2019

"I find Zofran to be totally worthless regardless of format or strength. Not only does it not help but also, it causes constipation that greatly aggravates my existing nausea and abdominal pain even further. I am dealing with that now after a recent ER visit and regretting not having refused it."

• Sickly
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 30, 2018

"I have easily upsettable IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and this has been a wonder medicine for me. Sometimes when I get up in the morning, I am so nauseous I can not function. The dissolvable tablet leaves me feeling better within a minute. It has also worked when I had the stomach bug. It is working wonderfully now with a depression medicine that I just started taking that has a side effect of nausea and vomiting. I was seconds away from throwing up and quickly popped one of these in my mouth... back to normal within thirty seconds! Zofran is a lifesaver!"

• savvy...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 6, 2016

"I was given this drug by injection in the emergency room because I had a reaction to another drug. It stopped me from vomiting. However, since Imunetherapy I have become allergic to all nsaids, and several other drugs. One drug for a heart problem I take makes me vomit so they gave me this drug in pill form and well....I threw it up and, and tried again, and threw it up and this went on until I again went to the emergency room. An injection works but the pill works only before you become nauseated. I went to another medicine phenergan and that was a suppository which worked very well."

• Gabzzie
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 20, 2017

"It cost me $3 for six tablets with insurance. When I was vomiting every couple hours for a week and was prescribed Zofran, it reduced my vomiting to one or twice a day for the next two weeks as compared to every couple hours. It is now the third week I've been sick, and the drug works within an hour for me. There were a couple days my prescription ran out, and I started throwing up 10 times in a day again. Highly recommend"

• MrsP
• May 29, 2009

"This morning at about 1 am I was admitted to ER with uncontrollable vomiting. Literally within seconds of the Zofran injection, the nausea was gone, which says a lot because I was actively vomiting when the injection was given. God bless the men and women who developed this drug. It truly is a miracle."

• icono...
• March 3, 2009

"This drug has saved my life at least once. I took it when I was pregnant and had unrelenting morning sickness that wasn't helped by any other medications. I'm now taking it again for nausea caused by severe pain (as well as the nausea caused in turn by pain medications, as I seemingly can't win on that one). But perhaps most importantly, it was the only drug that got me out of opiate withdrawal when I had the stomach flu. Without this, I would have been in the hospital because I couldn't otherwise keep anything down and without opiate therapy the withdrawal and the pain combined could easily have killed me. The only possible drawback is cost; even the generic would be completely out of reach for someone without insurance."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 11, 2018

"It might have helped a tad with my nausea but I woke up the following day with an excruciating migraine so I won’t be taking this product ever again. If you have a history with migraines or headaches, I probably try alternative methods."

• Juju
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 30, 2021

"Acute vomiting - was given I V push Zofran. Within minutes a headache ensued. Massive headache which I did not know or was told can be a side effect. Released from ER 2 hrs later MASSIVE MASSIVE HEADACHE! Headache got worse and worse over the next 3 days. Had to then take Excedrine for headache and had instant digestive pain - NEVER EVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I HAD DIGESTIVE PAIN! Within 24 hrs had shoulder pain in both shoulders - that radiated down both arms. Nausea gone and vomit gone next day. Since Tuesday at the ER I am bedridden still on Sat. with massive headache still - shoulder pain and what feels like an ulcer. I'd have been better off living through the vomit. Especially since at 61 yrs old - headache - digestive pain- shoulder pain have never ever been an issue for me."

• Anonymous
• July 20, 2011

"Have been taking this medicine for the past 17 weeks with severe hyperemesis. Have been hospitalized 7 times with dehydration. This was mainly when I had the flu on top of the morning sickness. Zofran is a really great medicine, I'm on 8mg three times a day. Side effects include lack of appetite and constipation. But the benefits far outweigh the risk of not having it. I am able to eat and drink what I need to keep this baby growing and although I am still not able to return to work, I am able to do day to day tasks. In Australia this isn't covered by any insurance at all and for the 8mg they are $120 for 10 tablets so at 3 a day and not being able to work it is costing us a fortune but again on the positive side the baby is healthy!"

• ycnim
• June 2, 2009

"I began having severe nausea and dry heaving during my pregnancy. Doctor prescribed Zofran, and within minutes the buzz of nausea was gone. Instant relief. It really took the edge off. I highly recommend Zofran."

• Anonymous
• April 10, 2009

"I was given Zofran for ALL DAY morning sickness during pregnancy. It works very well, but causes constipation, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. If I wait at least 12 or more hours between doses the side affects are milder and the nausea is almost completely gone. Before I had this drug I was miserable and missing work."

• chron...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 16, 2018

"This is the only thing that stops my all day vomiting spells. Get the one that dissolves under or on your tongue if you’re like me and vomit every 2-5 minutes and you don’t have to worry about not keeping it down. Kind of a weird taste but not bad by any means. I’m quite certain this pill has saved my life and thousands in hospital visits for when I become dangerously dehydrated from the constant vomiting."

• AlyCat
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 3, 2021

"I took Zofran on May 3, 2021 to help my nauseated stomach. After a little while when it kicked in I started feeling very drowsy and tired and my stomach seem like it was hurting worse. I now know that this medication Zofran is not something for me to take. I want to get better not worse."

• Anonymous
• May 29, 2009

"I've had severe morning sickness with both of my pregnancies. No other medication worked. I've been off work for a week, unable to get out of bed. After only two days on this drug I can finally start living again."

• Fran
• December 20, 2018

"I received Zofran for severe nausea for 3 days. It did not work! I was vomiting within 30 min. of each injection. This is supposed to be the wonderful new drug that works for everybody. So I got severely dehydrated. It doesn't work for everybody."

• Hein
• October 25, 2013

"Took my 2 year old grandson to ER after vomiting/nausea all morning. Zofran was administered. He had seizure within 2 minutes after the drug was administered and another two seizures within 12 hours. Spinal fluid showed no abnormality neither the EEG or the MRI brainscan. Neurologist decided Zofran to have caused the seizures. The amount administered not known but a seond dose were given because " he spit out" the first."

• Mallo...
• May 5, 2017

"Was given Zofran tablets that dissolve a few months ago for the stomach flu and it worked wonderfully. Now, they gave it to me in an IV which worked for a few hours, but the tablets they sent home didn't help me with the nausea, only stopped the dry-heaving. Also, didn't last 8-12 hours, only lasted about 4."

• marilyn
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 12, 2019

"I have had severe nausea and vomiting 2 times in 2 weeks from eating seafood, so I'm guessing no more seafood. The nausea stopped after taking 2 pills. Threw up first time then second one stopped it within 20 min. I'm so happy. First time I had nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for 5 hours had to go to emergency room once diarrhea stopped they gave me this medication and all stopped."

• Anonymous
• February 21, 2010

"i was prescribed to this medicine for morning sickness. I never vomit but always feel nauseated. It only works for me sometimes. Sometimes I feel like a million bucks..other times its like I didnt even take any medicine"

• Anonymous
• June 11, 2008

"I took this drug when I was pregnant. I was Vomiting so much I had to be hospitlized at least 4 times and had to have in house IV treatments. Once I took this drug I was able to go back to work. The only problem was my insurance stopped covering the drug. "

• mom...
• September 23, 2009

"I take this medicine for seviere morning sickness. I would have lost my job if it weren't for this medicine! It's the best! I only have good things to say about it! The only side effects I have are light headaches, anxiety at night sometimes, not often, and constipation but I will take any of those any day over having to be glued to the toilet and in bed for 3 or more months!"

• Anonymous
• September 24, 2008

"Until my doctor gave me Zofran, I was one of the millions of women who suffered terrible morning sickness. It was so bad, in fact, that I couldn't work. The first day I took it, I became dizzy, but the vomiting stopped. The dizziness was gone by the second day. It did cause constipation and I was hungry all the time. By the second trimester, I went off of it and found that my bowel movements returned to normal and my appetite had returned to somewhat normal. It definitely serves its purpose during the first trimester."

• Alice
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 24, 2022

"Went to bad hospital with diagnosis of heart failure. Endured three weeks there with severe nausea, no vomiting. Begged cardiologists, all staff, for nausea meds. Cardiologist said “It (nausea) has nothing to do with me (cardiologist.) Hospitalogist, who had been on vacation, responded to my pleas. Zofran was magic! I swear it only took minutes to kick in . I took it for 8 to 10 days and have not needed it for the past year. I am an assertive individual, but I was sick. I should have threatened to leave the hospital, gone to the E.R., screamed, gone on a food strike (food actually eased the nausea), or done something sensational to get help. My insurance was paying thousands for me to be treated like a non-entity."

• Joan
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 6, 2021

"I use the sublingual. Every time I take it, I envision the guys designing this: "We're making an anti-nausea sublingual medication? Great! Let's give it the nastiest fake berry flavor we can possibly come up with. That will help nausea, right?" It really is disgusting. I use it because it doesn't make me sleepy and dangerous to drive like promethazine does, but it's not nearly as effective. It works for queasiness, but on full blown nausea its pretty worthless. But for just queasiness, it's relatively effective"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 30, 2012

"I first used this med while going through chemotherapy for cancer. It was the third or fourth medication that my oncologist prescribed after unsatisfactory results with the previous. Zofran capsules worked to control my chemotherapy-induced nausea. Most recently I had it given via IV in the ER for viral nausea. I was sent home with a prescription for Zofran ODT which seems to work even better."