antiemetic drug

The other commonly used antiemetic drugs are not associated with these side effects.

Antiemetic drugs should be given to awake persons.

Benzquinamide is a discontinued antiemetic drug used in post-operative care.

Patients with multiple alleles tend to be unresponsive to the antiemetic drug and vice versa.

A variety of antiemetic drugs may be used, including granisetron, ondansetron, metoclopramide and cyclizine.

There are also many antiemetic drugs which inhibit (D) receptors in the CTZ.

Steroids are sometimes used as single agents against mildly to moderately emetogenic chemotherapy but are more often used in antiemetic drug combinations.

The study also said: "The risks of postoperative nausea and vomiting were similar after P6 acupoint stimulation and antiemetic drugs."

Dacarbazine is considered to be highly emetogenic, and most patients will be pre-medicated with antiemetic drugs like palonosetron or aprepitant.

This could indicate that the 5-HT3B receptor subunit could be used as biomarker of antiemetic drug efficacy.

Antiemetic drugs do not seem to control ANV once it has developed;[2] however, a variety of behavioral interventions have been investigated.

Batanopride (BMY-25,801) is an antiemetic drug of the benzamide class which acts as a selective 5-HT receptor antagonist.

All patients received concurrent antiemetic drugs (prochlorperazine,lorazepam, and diphenhydramine) and high-dose chemotherapy (cyclophosphamide,cisplatin, and carmustine).

Schallier D, Van Belle S, De Greve J, et al.: Methylprednisolone as an antiemetic drug.

This side effect can often be reduced or eliminated by antiemetic drugs (including marijuana and ondansetron, or Zofran); "desensitization" therapy involving deep relaxation; acupuncture, and dietary manipulation.

Dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, is often used alongside other antiemetic drugs, as it has synergistic action with many of them, although its specific antiemetic mechanism of action is not fully understood.

At the same time, assisted suicide group Dignitas reported no single failure among 840 cases (fatality rate 100%), where an overdose of a former sleeping pill active agent Nembutal was used in combination with antiemetic drugs.

An updated Cochrane Review published in 2009 concluded that both penetrative and non-penetrative stimulation of the PC6 acupuncture point was approximately equal to preventive antiemetic drugs for postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Chlorpromazine, an antipsychotic and antiemetic drug, which is classed as a "major" tranquilizer may cause paradoxical effects such as agitation, excitement, insomnia, bizarre dreams, aggravation of psychotic symptoms and toxic confusional states.

In general, Dignitas uses the following protocol to assist suicides: an oral dose of an antiemetic drug, followed approximately 1 hour later by a lethal overdose of powdered pentobarbital dissolved in a glass of water or fruit juice.

A 2004 Cochrane Review initially concluded that acupuncture appeared to be more effective than antiemetic drugs in treating postoperative nausea and vomiting, but the authors subsequently retracted this conclusion due to a publication bias in Asian countries that had skewed their results.