Talk:Ondansetron

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Ondansetron has also been used as a treatment for the eating disorder Bulimia Nervosa (Faris et al., 2000). Results revealed that the ondansetron treated group was associated with a significantly greater decrease in binge eating followed by vomiting than the placebo group (Faris et al., 2000).

Reference: Faris, P., Kim, S., & Meller, W. (2000). Effect of decreasing afferent vagal activity with ondansetron on symptoms of bulimia nervosa: a double-blind trial. Lancet 355, (6), 792-797.

Is it approved? No. It is being used often? No. So let's leave it out. With ondansetron they're both bulimic and constipated. Woo. JFW | T@lk 07:25, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

I concur. No it is not approved and nor has been used often. My post merely serves to inform that ondansetron has been used as a treatment alternative for bulimia. That is it. Have you considered reading the article?

I have a fairly heavy reading routine, and decided to pass this one over. Is there anything you'd like me to comment on? JFW | T@lk 21:13, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, the point I am trying to make is this, despite the fact it has not been approved as treatment and or used often does not necessarily render it ineffective or not useful. This is why I am suggesting you at least read the work first before you say “NO NO NO”. Constipation is a small price to pay where bulimia is concerned.

No, no , no. You are confusing a scientific finding with notability. JFW | T@lk 09:39, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Morning Sickness

Why no mention of its use to treat morning sickness? It's becoming fairly common, from what I understand. I've heard OBs describe it as anything from "completely ineffective" to a "silver bullet". In the interest of NPOV, I'll not edit this article, but perhaps somebody who has seen a report on it's use for morning sickness can add something here. maybe this: [1] --W0lfie 14:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I am using it for morning sickness and it works great! It is perscribed for once every 12 hours and that just constipates me beyond belief. Plus I don't seem to vomit in my sleep, so I just take one in the morning. Saves on cost and constipation. Then have some dried apricots, psyllium, and prune juice throughout the day as well as eat more veggies than usual. It is great, I have my life back. Before I was throwing up 4+ times a day - couldn't leave the house, see friends or do anything- just felt like sleeping all the time. Now I can function. The only thing that bothers me besides the constipation is that there is no conclusive evidence that there are no problems with birth defects. The OB says its fine, but they get kickbacks from drug companiesand have you sign releases for arbitration instead of lawsuits. I swear to g-d I hope it doesn't harm the baby. Only time will tell. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.22.34.208 (talk) 17:24, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I am preganant and have recently been told that my baby has some complications and im worried that it may be this medication doing it. it works but i dont know how to contact someone that may tell me something so im asking someone to please contact me at the_one_penguin_only1@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.0.61.113 (talk) 23:58, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

attn: above comment I used Zofran until my 4th month of my first pregnancy. I could not even keep ice chips down. Any time I didn't take the medicine I was very ill. I took it about every 4 hours (so 3 times a day). My baby was born completely healthy. Remember that that mom has to stay healthy for baby to thrive, and sometimes that warrants medication. Another note: has anyone heard about long-term effects on children exposed to Zofran in the womb, or long-term effects on the mother?

According to this article it's Pregnancyy Cat. B, though if you have worries (or reason to) you should contact a professional, and/or the pharmaceutical company in regards to this. On a lighter note congratulations on the healthy newborn.--Astavats (talk) 21:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I took this for my first pregancy. I wasnt on insurance so my OB was giving me samples. It worked wonders! Although many times I waited until the last minute to take it and it was too late by then. My baby too, was born totally healthy, minus the fact that he was born 3 weeks early. I doubt this medication had any impact on that though. I am satisfied with it and asked for it again on my current pregancy. Although this time around, I have constant nausea and only 2 times of vomiting (total opposite of the last which was all vomiting and no nausea). So I am taking it more often, but at least now I have insurance. Insurance limits me to 12 pills at a time, paying the co-pay each time. But can you blame them? 12 pills cost $250! OUCH! -Stacy P. Washington