What about side effects?

Avoid using alcohol or other medications that causes drowsiness at the same time (e.g. lorazepam, clonazepam, other opioids)

• Keeping yourself distracted
• Take the opioid with food 
• Medication management

There are a couple medications you can use to manage nausea. To get these, you’ll have to talk to your doctor and get a prescription:

• Haloperidol 
• Prochlorperazine
• Domperidone 
• Metoclopramide 
• Dimenhydrainate (Gravol): 50 to 100 mg every 4 to 6 hours

• High fiber diet (more vegetables and fruits!)
• Increased water intake 
• Increased physical activity (work out more! stay active!)
• Medication management: 

1. Start sennoside (Sennokot) 8.6 mg two tablets daily with a maximum of 4 tabs twice daily 
2. Add docusate sodium 100 mg: 200 mg at bedtime 
3. If combining the first two medications still doesn’t work: add polyethylene glycol (PEG 3350) (Restoralax/Laxaday): 17g powder dissolve it in a glass of water (250mL) and drink it once daily 
4. Methynaltrexone (Relistor): is a prescription medication which you need to see the doctor for

• Keeping yourself distracted
• Meditation, relaxing therapy
• Medication management

There are a couple medications you can use to manage agitation and anxiety. To get these, you’ll have to talk to your doctor and get a prescription:

• Diazepam
• Clonazepam
• Lorazepam

• Meditation and relaxation exercises
• Gently massaging your temples and neck
• Medication management (make sure to double check these with a physician or pharmacist to ensure they are right for you):
  • Acetaminophen (Tylenol) 325 mg to 500 mg every 4 to 6 hours when needed (maximum 4 g/day) 
  • Ibuprofen (Advil) 200 to 400 mg every 6 to 8 hours when needed (max 1200 mg/day) 
  • Naproxen (Aleve) 220 mg every 12 hours when needed (440 mg/day) 

• Maintain good hydration (drink more water!)
• Avoid oral desiccants (coffee, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis use)
• Avoid low-humidity environment (e.g. air-conditioned stores, centrally heated houses)
• Use humidifier
• Medication management (make sure to double check these with a physician or pharmacist to ensure they are right for you):
  • Artificial saliva (Biotene, Aquoral): Swish and spit 3 to 4 times daily

• These symptoms may be due to pseudoallergy related to histamine release within your body! Histamine is a substance that causes itchy and red rashes in your body, it also causes seasonal allergy symptoms such as teary eyes and runny nose 
• Medication management (make sure to double check these with a physician or pharmacist to ensure they are right for you):  
  • Diphenhydramine (Benadryl): 25 mg every 4 to 6 hours when needed or 50 mg every 6 to 8 hours when needed 
  • Ranitidine (Zantac) 150 mg twice daily