Antiemetics are a type of medication that can help you feel better when you're nauseated (you feel like throwing up). There are both over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription antiemetics.

ASCO releases guidelines for antiemetics in oncology The updated guidelines will help clinicians prevent and manage nausea and vomiting caused by antineoplastic agents or radiation therapy in ...

Antiemetics are drugs that combat nausea and vomiting, with different drugs designed to address specific causes of nausea. Anyone who is unsure whether an antiemetic may be helpful should speak ...

The first ASCO guideline for antiemetics was published in 1999, 1 with updates in 2006, 2 2011, 3 2015, 4 and 2017. 5 This update of the 2017 guideline provides guidance on the use of dexamethasone as ...

All the tested antiemetics appeared to be similarly effective. Ondansetron and other 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 antagonists are considered relatively safe, ...

So, Dr. Hesketh, what prompted an update to this an antiemetics guideline, which was last published in 2017? Well, as you know, Brittany, each guideline panel is instructed by ASCO to regularly review ...

Drugs known as antidopaminergic antiemetics (ADAs) that are widely used to relieve nausea and vomiting caused, for instance, by migraine, chemotherapy or radiotherapy, and after surgery are ...

Other combinations of antiemetics use dexamethasone with other agents. “BDR” would be diphenhydramine 25 mg/dexamethasone 4 mg to 10 mg/metoclopramide 10 mg.

Should antiemetics be given prophylactically with intravenous opioids while treating acute pain in the emergency department (ED)? Response from: Sergey M. Motov, MD ...

Antiemetics can help prevent CINV in about 60%-70% of patients. According to the WHO reports in 2018, the incidence of cancer globally has risen to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths.

Antiemetics are overused in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy, and this overuse results in unnecessary spending associated with chemotherapy treatment, assert researchers reporting a new ...