PATIENT EDUCATION
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- 4. Often given on a scheduled basis to prevent nausea/vomiting.
- 8. Often used to treat severe nausea/vomiting. Can cause extrapyramidal symptoms.
- 9. Acts as an antihistamine often used to treat nausea/vomiting.
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- 1. Mood stabilizers that can be used to treat nausea/vomiting caused by cancer treatments.
- 2. Blocks certain chemicals in the brain thus easing both acute and delayed nausea/vomiting.
- 3. Commonly used with highly and moderately emetogenic cancer chemothearphy.
- 5. A benzodiazepine often used for breakthrough nausea/vomiting and can be oral or sublingual.
- 6. Antiemetic that can cause severe hiccups.
- 7. Selective 5 HT3 receptor antagonist commonly used to prevent nausea/vomiting due to cancer medications and radiation thearpy.
- 10. Used for intractable nausea/vomiting, can cause prolonged QT's and arrhythmias.