Hi SueMin,

I'm sorry to hear about the nausea after the kidney transplant. Sever nausea is an ongoing symptom of kidney disease. Ginger is used to alleviate postsurgery nausea as well as nausea caused by motion, chemotherapy, and pregnancy. Your friend might try taking some of the common forms of ginger including fresh or dried root, tablets, capsules, liquid extracts (tinctures), and teas to alleviate the symptoms of nausea...but for the long-term your friend will have to consult with the nephrologist about the real cause of this bothersome symptom.

Here's more information on anti metic medicines for nausea.

Hello...I am a post kindney/pancreas transplant patient of 3 years. I also suffer from symptoms of ongoing nausea. Every morning I ran to the toilet religiously. Sometimes it is so severe, I would have to be admitted to the emergency room with severe vomiting and dehydration( as you know dehydration in kidney transplant patients is a BIG PROBLEM!). I was presribed everything from Phenergan to Zofran(taken orally in pill form, liquid form, and under the toungue dissolve caplets to avoid vomiting from swallowing). I could only get relief by going to the hospital and receiving anti-nausea meds intravenously. Well, I can't run to the hospital every time I had an episode...what kind of life would I have. I decided to take my health into my own hands. Seems the only way I could control this is by(no joke)...smoking marijuana. I have told my transplant and nephrology doctors and they have no differences about it, as long as I don't abuse it. Only problem, they can't presrcibe it to me. because of federal/state laws where I live. In California and 12 other states, marijuana is prescribed to chemotherapy and HIV patients to treat symptoms of severe nausea. I haven't been to the ER in 8 months and have gained 10 pounds...all in all my lifestyle is better knowing I don't have to wake up feelin like I'm in my first trimester of pregnancy!

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