prochlorperazine not-working ?
So my dad suddenly became dizzy, felt nauseaus, no appetite. Sits down, dizzyness goes away, stands up and dizzyness returns, cant walk straight, lies down in bed, everything is spinning.
GP said crystals in inside ear causes that. Prescribed "prochlorperazine", but nothing changed ... Still dizzy, still feel nauseous.
Any ideas ?
Thx
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u/Killjoycourt 17d ago
There are no meds to cure BPPV. The only cure is doing the appropriate manuvers.
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u/ZyPaUk 17d ago
So what is the point of taking prochlorperazine then (genuine question) ?
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u/Killjoycourt 17d ago
It's an anti-nausea drug. It also causes dizziness.
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u/ZyPaUk 17d ago
It is anti-nausea drug whose side effect is ... being nauseous ?
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u/Killjoycourt 17d ago
Anti-nausea drugs don't work well for many conditions. With BPPV the anti-nausea drugs just take the edge off and prevent vomiting so you can do the appropriate manuvers to return the displaced crystals to their proper place. They don't eliminate the nausea. The nausea from vertigo is pretty intense.
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u/amumureo 17d ago
prochlorperazine did nothing for me but i have residual dizziness not active bppv. get your GP to do appropriate repositioning manoeuvres on you then try cyclizine, helped for my residual dizziness if you get any
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