Hey, as for the nausea and the illness that your wife is experiencing with the opiates: there are some people who are very sensitive to those. There are sometimes when it happens to me either. I am also having a condition in which is causing me to experience the nausea very often as well, and so I have become an expert at alleviating it or something in this matter.
The last thing that your wife wants to hear it is that it is in her head, I know it from myself, however the dread and fear of nausea sometimes is a self fulfilling prophecy. Very well, it is pretty much like to tell somebody not to think of an elephant and then they all of what they can think about it is that elephant. That’s how human brain works and that’s important to keep in your mind.
So well, first of all, she should tell her doctor the very exact symptoms of her nausea (you’ve got to know that there are several types, actually) the exact way it is coming on and so on. That doctor is able to prescribe a couple of the antiemetics. There are some antiemetics that are exclusively for the opiate nausea itself. I guess that you and your wife truly need to ask for those as they might be very helpful. and try at least a couple of them because there are many of different kinds.
And next, when she is taking her opiate, have her to lie down and to distract herself with some music or maybe a book or TV or something in this matter. it might distract her from the pain, side effects etc. sometimes placebo is very important. she needs something calming and engrossing. You should not wait for the nausea or it is going to surely arrive. Don’t expect it to come. Try to make your wife forget that something bad is about to happen because if she thinks so then in most cases it would happen.
Also, you’ve got to remember that you need ginger and peppermint. But mainly ginger. You’ve got to give your wife a lot of ginger as it truly helps. ginger it is full of 5HT3 antagonists and it does work very well. it can be fresh or candied! I am usually drinking Hansen’s ginger ale. (check the label of the ginger ale, most of them are not made with the actual ginger itself so that’s very important). or you’ve got to tell your wife to chew on a fresh piece of ginger. In case you are in a medical marijuana state then I have heard that a small amount of marijuana are also pretty good for the nausea as well as for the pain too. in case your wife have never tried it out then I guess she should, might be a good idea. I have not tried that, though, but I would… you’ve just got to know that after her system is getting used to the opiates and she is finally going to be able to manage to avoid the nausea a couple of times then it is actually going to stop to happen anymore to her.
I wish you good luck.