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Antinausea medications and cancer.
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- Author(s): Hoey, Nicole M. Van, PharmD
- Source:
Salem Health: Cancer (Online Edition), 2026. 2p.
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- Abstract:
DEFINITION: Antinausea agents, or antiemetics, encompass a range of drug classes that act on the peripheral and central nervous systems to prevent nausea and vomiting. In patients with cancer, antiemetics are used to control acute, delayed, and anticipatory nausea and vomiting that result from chemotherapy.
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