The doctor called in a prescription of promethazine to help with the nausea. Helpful but I spent most of the day sleeping and when I was awake my mouth was so dry I I could have drank an Olympic size pool of water and maybe I did.

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    6 hours ago

    I am not familiar with what happened with Lil Wayne but will do some research over the weekend.

    Promethazine is a heavily abused drug, often called “lean” or just “purple drank”.

    Lil Wayne has actual medical issues that promethazine would treat…

    And if he just sipped lean at doctor recommended dosages, he’d be a lot better. Instead he just recreationally chugs a month or so worth at a time, which makes it worse.

    I was just hesitant about all that, so my doc just skipped it.

    But it’s not really “adding” drugs, it’s just trying shit till you find one that works with acceptable side effects. There’s no way to know what will happen before you try it. So telling your doc you’d rather try something else is rarely an issue.