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Forum > Treatment: Diclectin

Effectiveness of Diclectin

NVP Counselor
Date: 2006-11-16

Question:
hi, i am 13 weeks 5 days pregnant. i suffered nausea and vomiting starting week 6, around week 12 my canadian doctor prescribed me diclectin, 2 at bedtime and one in the morning and was taking it until a couple of days ago as i felt it did not make much difference, the nausea did not go away and i still vomited from time to time, so i stopped taking diclecting and seemed to be doing ok with reasonable nausea for 3 days, but the last 2 days have been miserable, i dont seem to be able to keep any food or drink down. I dont know if I should go back to taking the medication or not as I really was never sure that it worked the way it should for me. My normal days are either reasonable or very bad. I am currently in the US and my US Doctor refused to give me any medication until i am totally dehydrated! Please advise. Is it possible that Diclecting did just not work for me? Thanks,

Answer:
The recommended dose of Diclectin is actually 4 time per day and you were only taking 3 per day. That is perhaps why it was not totally effective for you. Call the Motherisk NVP Helpline at 1-800-436-8477 to discuss effective doses.

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