Have you ever had hiccups with or after chemotherapy?

We did this all the time as kids. Even just dissolving the sugar in the water and drinking it slowly worked too.

Vherzog777, oh I'm sorry to hear that your husband has developed hiccups related to chemotherapy. This doesn't happen to everyone, but when it does, it can be really bothersome and have serious discomfort. I moved your message to this existing discussion where others are talking about hiccups related to chemotherapy so you can connect with @susu2 @auntieoakley @becsbuddy @richcolleen @merpreb @mdcjb @susan2018 @packgb19 @dax @anacreon who have also had this experience.

Vherzog, what kind of chemotherapy is your husband getting? Have the hiccups settled? And most importantly has he been able to eat?

This discussion was started to gather members' experiences with chemotherapy and hiccups through a survey. Your participation resulted in the publication of this study.
- Frequency and Symptomatology of Hiccups in Patients With Cancer: Using an On-Line Medical Community to Better (April 2021) Understand the Patient Experience https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10499091211006923

Dr. Jatoi continues her research into hiccups and chemotherapy having just published the follow-up paper this month (Jan 2022)
- Establishing the Groundwork for Clinical Trials With Hiccupops® for Hiccup Palliation https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10499091211063821

Has anyone heard of or tried Hiccupops, a hiccup-stopping lollipop?

Can’t remember having hiccups as it’s been 2 years and 2 months and went off chemo treatments hated being sick 10 days out of every 21. Put on Keytruda last two years and taken off it also. Feeling good and all cancer is at stand still for know.

Happy New Year @richcolleen. Nice to see your positive post today. Hope to see you tomorrow. You have had a rough journey.

May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris

I have taken much chemo, and have had many hiccups. I understand the hurting from violent hiccups all night. I hope this is a temporary thing for him. I found that holding my breath and slowly drinking a big glass of water will often make them stop for a while. Has your husband tried any of the home remedies?

Yes. Peanut butter did the trick! Crazy!

I was diagnosed with JAK2 617F in 2/2020 and began hydroxyurea treatment in 4/2022. I just started to experience hiccups in mid 12/2021. I do not experience hiccups daily, nor is it lengthy when I do. However, it is noticeable that I get hiccups a few times each week for about a minute each time.

@vherzog777 Hiccups are no fun even though we all start laughing when someone gets them. And, boy, did i get hiccups. I don’t know which of all my medications started them. I always got them at dinner time. And i still get them occasionally, even though I’m not on chemo or monoclonal antibodies now, I don’t have any special remedies to suggest, sorry. Tell your husband that were all silently rooting for him!

Violent hiccups after Whipple surgery. So violent, the stent broke free and had so much swelling, the surgeon was unable to go back in and correct the problem. Not one to mince words, his words were “ NO chance of survival!” The only thing that helped was a young male nurse ordered throat lozenges from the pharmacy and had me hold them on the roof of my mouth with my tongue. That was good for several hours of relief. After four or five days, the hiccups went away with infrequent bouts during chemotherapy.