Hi Julie,

Thank you for the comment and information. I couldn’t find an article to link so I didn’t add this information to the post but I’ll leave your comment for people to see.

Thanks!
Caroline

Evidently suicidal thoughts are likely to occur the first few times a person takes this medication, however I was not informed of this when the medication was administered. I only found this out when I did a little digging on the possible side effects of this medication. When I brought this up with my physician later on they told me that this is not a known side effect, however that is inaccurate when you look at the drug information. I mentioned my frightening experience with Zofran to a family member who took the drug while undergoing chemotherapy. She recalled at least one specific incident in which she asked her husband to hide his handgun where she could not find it because she felt she might harm herself. She was never warned about this side effect by her doctor or pharmacist when it was prescribed for her, which is unacceptable. The administration of this drug in cancer patients seems particularly problematic to me since cancer patients are likely to experience major depression and may not be able to resist the suicidal thoughts that this medication can bring about. It is frightening that doctors and pharmacists not only fail to warn patients about this side effect, but as I experienced, tell their patients that suicidal thoughts are not documented, thereby making it seem as if you as the patient have experienced something that is remarkably rare.