Nausea, lion's breath, and ondansetron

Ben Malcolm, the 'Spirit Pharmacist', usually talks very good sense about psychedelics. Here he writes about psychedelic-induced nausea: "Nausea is one of the most common and unpleasant sensations associated with use of almost all psychedelic agents. In this video and written blog post I share my perspective on the occurrence of nausea with psychedelic, strategies that persons could use to manage nausea, and somatic techniques and mindful visualizations to potentially deepen therapeutic benefits or provide an avenue for cathartic experience. In clinical trials of MDMA and psilocybin-assisted therapies, nausea is one of the top reported transient side effects associated with use. Similarly, nausea is commonly reported as a side effect of ketamine use. Vomiting or emesis is also possible with the use of these psychedelics and occurs even more commonly with psychedelics such as ayahuasca, which can induce emesis in over half of persons that use it. A one-time episode of emesis is also relatively common with mescaline containing cacti like Huachuma or Peyote as well as Iboga."

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