Yeah the Zofran (Ondansetron) helps with more than just the nausea. check this link to clinical trial done: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01549652
Plus a lot of forum posts around the web with people advocating for its usefulness in opiate withdrawal.
One thing I regrettably haven't been able to acquire is clonidine, but I also foolishly never brought it up when I've visited doctors during withdrawal. I've always just gotten Ativan, imo they are better than xanax for withdrawal. I do take a beta blocker regularly so that might cause the docs to be hesistant to prescribe another BP lowering med like clonidine, but my BP is still high when in w/d, heart rate goes up but stays within normal range, because the B blocker keeps it down in the 60s regularly, in w/d its up in the 90-100 area.
I've also read about the long QT syndrome associated Zofran. Kinda freaked me out because its an interaction with any beta blockers, but its a longshot to be an issue and dose of one or the other would need to be much higher than what I was taking.
Plus a lot of forum posts around the web with people advocating for its usefulness in opiate withdrawal.
One thing I regrettably haven't been able to acquire is clonidine, but I also foolishly never brought it up when I've visited doctors during withdrawal. I've always just gotten Ativan, imo they are better than xanax for withdrawal. I do take a beta blocker regularly so that might cause the docs to be hesistant to prescribe another BP lowering med like clonidine, but my BP is still high when in w/d, heart rate goes up but stays within normal range, because the B blocker keeps it down in the 60s regularly, in w/d its up in the 90-100 area.
I've also read about the long QT syndrome associated Zofran. Kinda freaked me out because its an interaction with any beta blockers, but its a longshot to be an issue and dose of one or the other would need to be much higher than what I was taking.