Medications to decrease the amount of acid in the stomach. Occasionally a feeding tube will be placed through the nose, past the stomach, and into the small intestine. The feeding tube is used to put liquid nutrition into the small bowel. This encourages the small bowel to work better and can decrease the nausea. Most women need the feeding tube for just a week.
Some women do well with home IV therapy.
Occasionally women need IV nutrition through special intravenous catheters. This treatment is usually used only after other treatments have failed.