Question:
Can I use Ipecac?

I retch violently a whole lot of the time and can't bring much of anything up to relieve it. Is it safe to use Ipecac occasionally to help me vomit? Thank you! <br> Hugs,<br> Tracy    — Tracydarlin (posted on August 30, 2004)

August 30, 2004
Why are you having troubles? You REALLY want to avoid throwing up. Its tough on our pouches. Have you seen your surgeon about this?
   — bob-haller

August 31, 2004
I'd have better luck meeting with the president than getting into see my surgeon, sadly enough, he is often too busy to see patients after their post op. He only sees patients on Wednesdays, and it could take up to a year for me to get into see him, and he will only spend five minutes with me. It's a five hour car ride just going there. <p> My regular doctor wonders if it ties in with the hernia and my ulcer. <p> I would love to blame it on my eating habits, the trouble is, this has happened even when I don't eat or drink anything. <p> Any handy advice would be aprreciated! <p> Hugs,<br> Tracy
   — Tracydarlin

September 3, 2004
The reason you retch, rather than vomit is prolly because there's nothing in pouch to vomit. Ipecac won't help that.</P> Find the cause. Ipecac is *not* something that anyone should use regularly. It makes you barf because it;s toxic, and body wants to get rid of it. </P> It would just flow right thru your stoma into gut, prolly *not* make you barf, and good ness only knows what kind of havoc it might wreak.
   — RWH G.