I've been terribly sick for a couple days, some kind of stomach bug that had me holed up in the bathroom. Today I can once again keep down solid foods, so that is progress.
One of the things that bothers me about nausea is that the over-the-counter drugs to treat it are such utter bullshit. Take, for example, Emetrol which bills itself as "For Nausea Associated with Upset Stomach". Here's the ingredients of Emitrol:
Glucose (sugar)
Fructose (sugar)
Phosphoric acid (a flavoring found in Coca Cola)
FD&C red No. 40 (a carcinogenic dye)
Flavors (artificial? natural? Doesn't say...)
Glycerin (alcohol)
Methylparaben (a preservative)
Purified water
In other words, there's nothing here that I can't find in Coca Cola except for the Glycerin, which is there as a preservative anyway since alcohol isn't actually good for nausea, is it? But Emitrol is much more expensive than Coca Cola, and doesn't even have a nutritional box to tell me how many calories I'm consuming downing this sugar syrup "every 15 minutes" as prescribed. I mean what a load of crap this product is. And the only other thing my pharmacy had for nausea? "Cola syrup" which is literally the same stuff found in Coca Cola but without the carbonation.
My mom used to give me coke when I was sick to my stomach as a kid. She's a doctor. I guess she knew what she was doing.