What Causes Nausea While On Nitrofurantoin And Nexium?

Posted on Sun, 23 Jul 2017

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Question : I'm taking this medicine in the morning and also nexum
For the last 4-5 weeks I'm have nauseous .is this because of nexum?

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (38 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
what's the other drug?

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

you've mentioned that you take nexium and another drug. Which is the other drug?

Nexium may cause nausea very frequently (1-10% of patients taking it). If you've been having nausea since the day you started nexium then this is a likely cause.

I'll be waiting for your response.

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (1 hour later)

It's nitrofurantoin mono-MCR 100mg

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
nitrofurantoin may also cause nausea

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the additional info!

Nitrofurantoin may cause nausea as well. Actually it can be caused as frequently as with nexium. So it is possible that one those drugs may be the cause.

If you don't have any other symptoms then you can talk with your doctor about alternatives. For example nexium can be substituted with ranitidine depending on the reason you're taking it for.

Kind regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar