Lorazepam for Nausea/Vomiting User Reviews

• Anonymous
• March 17, 2012

Ativan (lorazepam) "Lorazepam is the only thing that touches my nausea after having chemotherapy and for breakthrough nausea from the chemo. I was not aware that this was a medicine used for nausea until my Dr. prescribed them for me and told me to dissolve them under my tongue for the nausea. It almost always helps immediately and doesn't make me too drowsy to function. I just use 1mg dosage and only when needed for the nausea and that is improving so I am very thankful."

• Really...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 2, 2013

"I suffer from bad anxiety and panic attacks pretty much 90% of my day. I suffer from the fear of throwing up which makes me nauseous all the time, and Ativan really helps relax me and helps with my nausea. I take 1 mg 2 times a day and helps me take the edge off feeling sick and worried."

• blue-...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 24, 2018

Ativan (lorazepam) "Ativan is a wonderful medicine. The people that abuse it are ruining it for everyone. I got food poisoning, followed by 3 rounds of what doctors called 'stomach flu.' They couldn't figure out how to help me. Ativan is the only thing that helped my nausea. The stomach issues I had also caused me anxiety that I never had in my life before. Ativan helped both nausea and anxiety with zero side effects. Took Ativan for 6 weeks, then switched to Klonopin to wean off. Both of those meds are far better than any other SSRI, which seems to have so many side effects."

• Optia...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 6, 2013

Ativan (lorazepam) "Ativan is the only drug that can stop my vomiting when I'm in the middle of a bad cycle (I have cyclical vomiting syndrome which is triggered by neurally mediated hypotension). I've never had any nasty side effects. I just get pleasantly loopy and very sleepy, which is usually a blessing after staying up all night. I don't have a prescription for it, so I end up in the ER a few times a year, which is when they give it to me. (By the time it's that bad, I need IV fluids anyway, so...)"

• Anonymous
• March 18, 2012

Ativan (lorazepam) "This is amazing! It helps so many things. But the 3 main ones are nausea, insomnia, and panic disorder. I also have fibromyalgia. I do try to keep the dosage as low as I can. I am prescribed a 1 mg pill 4 times a day. I take 2 of those at bedtime with a muscle relaxer, and I sleep all the way through the night. I try to keep it to only 3 pills a day. I also take 60 mg of Cymbalta a day. Combined with the Ativan, it keeps me and my husband sane. I also do yoga 2 to 3 times a week and walk. Exercise is a must with fibromyalgia."

• dizzyat
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 7, 2019

"I was prescribed lorazepam for anxiety, and while it works fine for that, I have found that it treats my undiagnosed nausea and dizzy spells the best! When the lightheadedness begins, I take one, and 15 minutes later I'm fine. Since it doesn't make me sleepy at all, I can go about my day, no problem."

• Minnie
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 12, 2018

Lorazepam Intensol (lorazepam) "I’ve been using Lorazepam for 22 years. I get a prescription of 60 pills 0.5 mg at a time. I take around 10 pills per month and only when I absolutely need it. I use them for my fear of vomiting and the anxiety I get at times due to this fear. It has been a godsend for me. You cannot drink alcohol with this medicine. I have taken it hours after I’ve drank because alcohol gives me anxiety and nausea."

• Sarit...
• October 3, 2016

"I am going through chemo for recurring lymphoma. Naturally, there is anxiety involved, lack of sleep, nausea, and complete lack of appetite. I have a tumor on the trachea and difficulty breathing. In the hospital, I received Ativan, which so profoundly helped with all of the above: anxiety, nausea, and breathing. I am so grateful for this medication, it made my life bearable. Ativan enhances the effects of the anti-nausea drug by far. And the anti-anxiety helped me breathe better. It soothes the racing thoughts at night, and I can sleep. All this on 1mg at night, no more. This tiny under-the-tongue is a miracle for me."

• Marie...
• May 27, 2014

"Lorazepam is the only one of the many medicines I've been given with my chemo that stops my stomach from feeling like someone is at it with a blowtorch. I take it every night to help me sleep-1 mg once or twice a day. I really need it the first 2 weeks after chemo."

• Randi
• March 24, 2009

Ativan (lorazepam) "I was completely non-functional as a result of persistent nausea (which seemed to be somewhat stress-related). A combination of therapy with Ativan, Phenergan, and Reglan has allowed me to resume somewhat of a normal life."

• Kath
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 14, 2019

"I was miserable with gastroparesis, then because I have several other conditions, my doc gave me Ativan. OMG, it has practically eliminated gastroparesis! No nausea, no pain, I am still constipated, but am successfully dealing with that!"

• ATiVA...
• July 23, 2015

"I have tried Promethazine (Phenergan), Zofran (Ondansetron), and Hydroxyzine (Atarax), and I can honestly say all those medications did work pretty well for me. Promethazine being the best, followed by Zofran, and then Hydroxyzine to list them in order. But once I tried Lorazepam (Ativan), it blew all the rest away! It's such a godsend. I've always had stomach problems where in just a matter of minutes my stomach becomes so nauseous it starts to hurt me so bad, and I would get dehydrated and would need medical assistance (ER). But not anymore, Ativan took that all away!"

• KassM
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 14, 2016

"I would like to share my experience with lorazepam - I have breast cancer, which entailed a right-side mastectomy and axillary node dissection (painful), where I am on hydrocodone 10/300's for pain. I am on my 4th extensive chemo, where the first 5 days after chemo every food smell causes severe nausea, where I cannot eat - I just want to cover my nose. They had me on Compazine (really needs to be off the market as it is a useless drug - did not work during my pregnancies either, that and Phenergan) - they put me on Zofran - all this did was make me want to sleep with no relief relative to nausea. After consulting with my oncologist, he placed me on lorazepam, and would you not know, as soon as I took it - within 15 minutes, the nausea feeling was gone!"

• Ziggy...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 2, 2017

Ativan (lorazepam) "This med. Was given as anti anxiety medication. Straight knocked me out an hour after taking. Girl friend took it. She some how functioned to go to work. I was completely unable to cut hair, even unable to get out of chair. Anxiety was gone. And u should only take this drug short term then wean off it.My girl friends Dr. doubled her dosage from 1mg to 2 mg and without it she completely freaked out, yelling, screaming at me. She completely changes her personality if without it. When she stopped taking it, it was like she was coming off heroine. Was a worse situation coming off it, Dr. Did not lower her dose slowly, nor gave her something that could help her come off it. Mixed with cymbalta? Even worse. Mass hallucinations, both bad drugs."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 5, 2020

Ativan (lorazepam) "Don't you believe it! I was admitted to hospital for colitis. They gave me every nausea medicine and it didn't work then gave me Ativan. It didn't work either. The only reason they gave it to me was by then they thought my complaint was psychosomatic and wanted to prove me a liar by showing that Ativan stopped my symptoms so my complaints were not real only anxiety. Useless drug Ativan. Don't use it."

• Jlema...
• November 4, 2014

"I was on this med during chemo, and it worked fine during the first 4 months. After that, I started getting uncontrollable crying spells. Would just burst into tears for no reason. Found out this was one of the side effects. Believe me, I don't cry easily, at least until I was on lorazepam. Even went to a psychologist twice, and even she wasn't sure why I was there since I don't have issues to work out. Other than the crying problem, I did like this med. It worked well for me during the first 4 months of chemo. Good luck!"

• Remin...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 18, 2020

"I have been taking Ativan for five years now for nausea and anxiety. Originally it was just for nausea. They gave me Zofran which worked but I couldn't take the side-effects and Compazine which didn't seem to do anything. When they gave me Ativan at 1mg taken three times per day as needed, my nausea went away and I was calm. The only thing is (and I'm sure it's the doctor's fault) I get 60 pills in one bottle to take 3 times per day. I'd run out of pills in 20 days! So I have to use them sparingly. I don't know how I made it through back when I was on the Cisplatin / Taxol combination. It helped tremendously but sometimes wore off a couple of hours early and I'd start vomiting. But with all the other chemo drugs it worked like a charm. I guess Cisplatin is just an extremely strong drug. Maybe if they gave me 2mg I'd have fared better."

• Anonymous
• September 29, 2016

"Severe motion sickness....nothing seemed to help. Meclizine and Zofran did OK but still nausea on a plane. Brought Lorazepam into the mix with the other two and WOW just like sitting in my living room no symptoms at all."

• Nikki
• Taken for 10 years or more
• January 10, 2021

"I've been on this stuff for 14 years now. It was originally prescribed to me when I was 15 years old because my bad back was causing severe nausea and cyclic vomiting. Besides helping with nausea it also works great for sleep, I get a few interdose withdrawals here and there but they aren't severe, after an interdose withdrawal the medication will work like a charm again."

• TK Vi...
• January 22, 2016

"It was interesting reading through the other opinions. My experience with Ativan has not been great, I have severe headaches every time I have tried taking it. In addition to having cancer I also have PTSD and chronic pain syndrome, so I have to take Cymbalta, hydrocodone and hydromorphone for breakthrough pain. I recently added Xanax and it helps with anxiety, BUT I loose giant periods of memory. I am a wife and mom of two teenagers and I can't stand thinking about all of the memories I am loosing every day. Does anyone have a better suggestion for replacing both the Ativan AND Xanax?????"

• Gem
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 1, 2022

"I was recently diagnosed with CVS (it's been just under a year now). CVS, or Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome, causes episodes/flare up, or 'flares' of severe vomiting & nausea. For me these flares of uncontrolled vomiting & nausea can last anywhere between 1-2 days all the way up to 10 days+, with medication sometimes that time can be shorter. Due to all my current medications, allergies and multiple underlying health conditions I was prescribed Lorazepam 1mg, to take twice a day PRN (only for flares) I've found this to be the best medication I've tried that has helped to control my symptoms when starting or in the middle of flare (if I manage to catch it early enough, I can sometimes sleep through it. Although this has only happened once)."

• LeniR...
• December 23, 2014

Ativan (lorazepam) "For post-chemo nausea, this works better than ondansetron (Zofran) for me."

• Miss...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 27, 2016

Ativan (lorazepam) "Ativan helped with nausea tremendously. I've been dealing with nausea for 8 months, stress-related."

• robbyyz
• January 10, 2009

Ativan (lorazepam) "Great for anxiety. Not great alone for nausea. Works well with other drugs like Zofran, though. Helps take the 'panic' out of being sick."

• 7527
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 13, 2016

Ativan (lorazepam) "Have gastroparesis. Gag reflex problem. Helps smooth the large muscles. Cannot tolerate side effects of Reglan. Use with Zofran at times."