Oncology
Chemotherapy-induced Nausea & Vomiting: How to Defeat it?
OVERVIEW ― No one can deny that Chemotherapy-induced Nausea & Vomiting (CINV) is the most common undesired effect of chemotherapy and the most common cause of anxiety and distress in patients with cancer. Untreated CINV could affect 60% to 80% of cancer patients and impact their Quality of Life (QOL) as well as their families, which often leads them to discontinu…
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Oncology
Ensure that oral antiemetics work well in CHEMO patients
As an oncology pharmacist, you will hear about the new ORAL antiemetic combo, Akynzeo. It will increase options to prevent chemo-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Akynzeo is the 5-HT3 antagonist palonosetron ( Aloxi ) plus a new long-acting neurokinin-1 antagonist, netupitant. Think of netupitant as an alternative to aprepitant ( Emend ). These help boost the…
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GIT Infection
Zofran for PEDIATRIC gastroenteritis
ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS IS DEFINED AS a diarrheal disease of rapid onset, with or without nausea, vomiting, fever, or abdominal pain. Pediatric acute gastroenteritis has always been a major cause of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Pediatric complaints of vomiting and diarrhea have been on the rise, whether it be secondary to the new Omicron-varia…
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Pregnancy-induced Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting in general practice
Overview ㅡ History will focus on timing of symptoms, their relation to meals, characteristics of vomitus, and associated complaints. Check for early morning onset (metabolic disturbances, alcoholic binge, early pregnancy), precipitation by meals (psychogenic, pyloric channel ulcer, gastritis), onset several hrs after eating (obstruction, gastric atony), emesis of fo…
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