Anyone Have A Solution For Nonstop Hiccups?

My dad is stage IV stomach CA and taking epirubicin, oxaliplatin and xeloda and for the past 3 days has had non-stop hiccups.  The doctor gave him Thorazine in addition to the Compazine he has been taking for nausea but it didn't help and then another doctor ordered him Baclofen but that didn't work either.  He is really sufferring from these hiccups.  Anyone ever have this problem w/ their chemo regimen or have any idea on another way to help with these relentless hiccups?  Any help would be greatly appreciated at this time.  As always, thanks for your kind attention and concern and God bless to all reading this site.

Lila

Hi Lila

Therese here....do they think the hiccups are from the chemo or the tumor? Other than hiccups, how is your father?

 T

hey lila, it's kris. sorry i haven't kept in better touch. hope that all is going well for your dad......

my dad has had really bad hiccups too, after chemo. they will last about 3-5 days after a treatment. the dr said that it is a side affect of the chemo...i cannot remember if it is the xeloda or the oxaliplatin. but it is one of those 2. my dad has also had issues w/ hiccups cuz his liver had been swelling and pushing his diaphram up and causing the hiccups. but the liver has shrunk a bit and that hasn't been much of an issue in the past 2 months.

my dad has learned to sleep through the hiccups now. at 1st he couldn't. but now he and my mom both do. but they are bad. i feel so bad cuz i know  that when i get them and they won't go away...for like 15 minutes, it gets tiring. i can't imagine going days w/ them.

i hope you are staying strong. take care.

Hi Lila! I'm sorry to hear your Dad is suffering from those horrible hiccups.  My Dad used to get them bad, but all he could ever get was the Compazine and Thorazine.  They helped some, but he still struggled with those hiccups for some time. God bless...

Hi Therese,

Thanks for your response.  My dad and mom just came out for a visit and it was wonderful to see my dad and my mom.  They really enjoyed the warm weather when they were here.  The doc has not said what he thinks it's from...instead they call it ideopathic which is a technical term for "they just don't know".  They've doubled up his dose of Thorazine and started him on neurontin and it seems to have subsided for the moment.  Thanks again for your support.  So how did things go at Stanford?  Did you find anything out?  How is your husband doing?  Keep in touch and let me know how you are making out....

Lila.

On 2/10/2008 LSUSAN wrote:

My dad is stage IV stomach CA and taking epirubicin, oxaliplatin and xeloda and for the past 3 days has had non-stop hiccups.  The doctor gave him Thorazine in addition to the Compazine he has been taking for nausea but it didn't help and then another doctor ordered him Baclofen but that didn't work either.  He is really sufferring from these hiccups.  Anyone ever have this problem w/ their chemo regimen or have any idea on another way to help with these relentless hiccups?  Any help would be greatly appreciated at this time.  As always, thanks for your kind attention and concern and God bless to all reading this site.

Lila

LILA

 My dad had stomach cancer and has had the full stomach removed. shortly after he got severe hiccups that nearly killed him, he could hardly breath.  After alot of chasing doctors and pharmacists he got a liquid drug call laragactal (not sure about spelling).  It almost worked immediately.

hope it works for your dad

take care