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Diphenhydramine for Nausea/Vomiting User Reviews (Page 2)

Brand names: Benadryl, Banophen, Benadryl Allergy, ZzzQuil, Diphen, Unisom SleepGels, Sominex, Benadryl Children's Allergy, Calm-Aid, Diphenydramine Quick Melt, Nytol, Unisom SleepMelts, Diphenhist, Diphendryl, Buckley's Bedtime, Hydramine Cough Syrup, Diphedryl, DPH, Diphenyl, Beldin, Hydramine, Hydramine Compound, Allermax, Dytuss, Dormin, Snooze Fast, Sominex Maximum Strength Caplet, Unisom SleepMinis, Unisom Liquid, ConRx Allergy, Dicopanol, Hyrexin, Bydramine, Diphen AF, Diphen Cough, Aler-Dryl, Allergia-C, Benahist-10, Benahist-50, Benoject-50, Diphenadryl, Genahist, Aller-G-Time, Sleep Tab II, Nytol QuickCaps, Trux-adryl, Valu-Dryl, Altaryl, Belix, Vicks QlearQuil Nighttime Allergy Relief, Silphen Cough, Diphenylin, Nytol Caplet, Compoz Nighttime Sleep Aid Sleepinal Help I Can't Sleep Twilite Banaril Aler-Tab Siladryl Allergy Sleep-ettes D Diphenmax Ben-Tann Dytan Vanamine PD Pharbedryl Histaprin Z-Sleep Aurodryl Children's Allergy Simply Sleep Complete Allergy Relief Miles Nervine Scot-Tussin Allergy Sleepwell 2-nite …show all brand names

Reviews for Diphenhydramine

Commonly mentioned side effects
  • Mmw...
  • December 29, 2015

Diphenhydramine "I get severe migraines and was given this in the hospital instead of traditional nausea meds. It works well and I now use it at home and actually works better than Zofran or Phenergan."

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  • wor...
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • October 2, 2015

Diphenhydramine "I use it for nausea. It works wonders for me."

10 / 10
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  • cd1...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • November 30, 2014

Diphenhydramine "Great for nausea. However, does cause sleepiness."

9 / 10
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  • November 24, 2015

Diphenhydramine "I have Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and take Benadryl every day. It helps take the edge off. There are fewer side effects than other anti-nausea medications and is safest for the body."

9 / 10
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  • mai...
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • May 8, 2018

Diphenhydramine "The nurses at my cancer center, where I get my chemo treatment, give me Benadryl before my chemo medicine, and it works wonders, but it puts me to sleep once every week."

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • September 2, 2017

Diphenhydramine "I take Methotrexate weekly, 25 mg, and have found that taking Benadryl at a dose of 12 and 24 hours after my weekly dose helps reduce the nausea."

8 / 10
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  • joy...
  • Taken for 2 to 5 years
  • November 6, 2022

Diphenhydramine "Benadryl works better than Zofran for me, but it knocks me out. But when you're so sick with nausea, you don't care. I take 1 full tab."

7 / 10
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  • Ano...
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • January 24, 2021

Diphenhydramine "Take it for my migraines or cluster headaches to help with nausea. Works amazing for me."

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  • Dia...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • September 12, 2020

Diphenhydramine "Benadryl seems to help with light nausea from hormones and/or motion sickness."

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  • Alm...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • February 29, 2020

Diphenhydramine "Made me very anxious and didn't help my nausea at all."

1 / 10
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  • Tin...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • July 26, 2022

"It works great for nausea and vomiting at maximum doses daily. The problem is it cannot be used as a maintenance drug. Chronic use has been documented and linked to Alzheimer’s."

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  • Anonymous
  • April 12, 2012

Diphenhydramine "Didn't seem to work very well for me."

2 / 10
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  • Wil...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • March 22, 2021

Diphenhydramine "I used it originally for food allergies but ended up puking (expected, to be honest). Not long after, I took another to wave off the extra symptoms like nausea. All it did was induce vomiting again."

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  • Amy...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 7, 2018

Diphenhydramine "I took a single pill of Benadryl, and it made me vomit, nauseous, diarrhea, dry throat, and gave me a stuffy nose. I wouldn't give this to my worst enemy."

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