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Feeling Restless

Palliative Care: Management of Vomiting

Vanessa Cardy, MD
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Tags end of life · gastroenterology · palliative care

It’s not just cancer patients who suffer from nausea and vomiting. CHF, chronic kidney disease, and AIDS patients can also have it (to name a few).

 

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Ian L., Dr -

The medications :ondansetron granisetron and tropistron "the trons" deserve mention .
Even supported by Cochrane 2 Feb 2016 and even better with dexamethasone according to Cochrane for vomiting due to chemotherapy in children .
Further studies needed .

Vanessa C. -

I certainly agree about ondansetron... I am starting to use it more and more now that the cost has come down. It has great effectiveness in anticipatory nausea associated with chemotherapy which can provide much relief....

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