vimatics

vi medicine informatics

Chemotherapy_induced_vomiting_treatment

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  1. Acute (< 24hours)
    • Treatment: 5HT-3 from Enterochromaffin cells
    • Stimulates vagal efferents in the bowel wall
    • Ondansetron
  2. Delayed (1-5days)
    • Substance P in brainstem
    • Aprepitant
tags: drug - pharmacology