What helps with nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy?
What can be done to help control my nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy? Drugs called antiemetic agents are used to help lessen nausea and vomiting. They are usually given before the chemotherapy treatment begins. Nausea and vomiting vary from person to person and also depend upon the chemotherapy agent being given. Among the drugs that may be prescribed to help combat nausea and vomiting are Compazine, Thorazine, Phenergan, Torecan, Trilafon, Inapsine, Haldol, Decadron, and Metoclopramide. Most are given orally, intramuscularly, or rectally. Can I take drugs at different times of the day to help control nausea and vomiting? It depends upon the drug. Some must be taken or given at specific times or else they will not be effective. However, most nausea and vomiting seem to occur 2 to 4 hours after the treatment and last less than 24 hours. For some drugs, and some people, getting the drug early in the morning (along with antinausea medicine), then taking the antinaus...