23-05-2006, 14:46
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Calling Dr Salu!
One for the resident doc! 
Had a cold for a few days (thanks to the GF) - had a few dizzy spells on Sunday / Monday. Normal bloke practice is to do......absolutly nothing becuase it'll go away by itself but the GF got me to phone the doc.
Had a phone appoitment this morning and been told I probably have some ear infection causing balance to go - in turn causing dizzy / sickness...
Been perscribed some prochlorperazine maleate tablets - can't find anything that says they are to combat the dizzyness - just the sickness. I suppose it's all connected in some way...ENT and all that....
So - Dr Salu - what does this drug do then?
BTW - Ear Nose and Throat - what a bloody stupid combo - who thought of that!!
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23-05-2006, 15:06
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
I just read somewhere it's treatment for schizophrenia 
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23-05-2006, 15:17
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
Ask your pharmacist, they are the medication experts.... 
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23-05-2006, 15:17
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
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I just read somewhere it's treatment for schizophrenia |
which one of you said that ?
it is used for treating phsychiatric illness, but in higher doses than when used as an anti-emetic.
I hope the doc told you not to drink alcohol while taking them, though, lsainsbury .
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23-05-2006, 15:26
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
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Ask your pharmacist, they are the medication experts.... |
Well - I did but he was errrr - not English so couldn't really understand him...
I did ask the usual like do I take with food etc and did try and quiz him on what they where for....he said for sickness...
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I hope the doc told you not to drink alcohol while taking them, though, lsainsbury . |
Ohhh - it's my birthday today and I was planning an evening of drunken antics such as looking through peoples bathroom windows whilst they where in the shower....
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23-05-2006, 16:01
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
Prochlorperazine (also known as Stemetil)
Simple explanation - It stops the "feeling sick" signals from getting to the brain and registering nausea.
Technical explanation - It belongs to a family of drugs called phenothiazines. They are dopamine antagonists which block the dopamine receptors in different areas of the brain.
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....and a thread title named after me.......It's going to my head and I'm starting to feel dizzy....
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23-05-2006, 16:04
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
Does it actually help with dizzyness symptoms?
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23-05-2006, 16:29
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
Sorry, that'll teach me to skim read your post...
Yes it may help with dizziness although noone actually quite knows the exact mechanism. Paradoxically it can also cause dizziness.....you'll have to try it and see. It can have a sedative effect on some people too and alcohol will potentiate this effect and make you drunk quicker too....
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25-05-2006, 00:28
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
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Prochlorperazine (also known as Stemetil)
Simple explanation - It stops the "feeling sick" signals from getting to the brain and registering nausea.
Technical explanation - It belongs to a family of drugs called phenothiazines. They are dopamine antagonists which block the dopamine receptors in different areas of the brain.
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....and a thread title named after me.......It's going to my head and I'm starting to feel dizzy.... |
I used to take stemetil tabs regurlarly as they were prescribed on repeat for stigmatisms i used to suffer.
Not too sure how they cover sickness.
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25-05-2006, 00:43
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
I use to take them in powder form for sickness with migraines
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25-05-2006, 09:18
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BTW - Ear Nose and Throat - what a bloody stupid combo - who thought of that!! |
As an old hand of the ENT they logically go together as they are all connected. I had grommets fitted (ear), Adenoids removed (nose) and Tonsils removed (throat) all at the same time (in the days when they operated on New Years Day  )
Good luck  and I hope the medication works.
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25-05-2006, 09:20
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
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Well - I did but he was errrr - not English so couldn't really understand him...
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What was he, Scottish?
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25-05-2006, 09:25
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Re: Calling Dr Salu!
Welsh?
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