Antiemetic agents Word Scramble
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| Emetic contraindications | corrosive mineral acids that have been ingested, lead to potential serious damage. When a pt is comatose, semicomatose, or show signs of convulsing. Or when antidote to the poisioning is available |
| Antiemetica agents | help with N/V. to decrease local response to stimuli that are being sent to the medulla to induce vomiting or centrally, to directly block the CTZ or suppress the vomiting center |
| phenothiazines | are recommended to help with N/V associated with anestheia, sever vomiting, intractable hiccoughs. |
| anticholinergics that act as antihistamines | for N/V that involve motion sickness or vestibular (inner ear) problems. |
| 5-Ht3 Receptor blockers help with | N/V associated with emetogenic chemotherapy |
| Phenothiazines | cholrpromazine (Thorazine), prochlorperazine (Compazine), promethazine (Phenergan) triflupromazine (Versprin) |
| Nonphenothiazine | metoclopropamide (Reglan) |
| Anticholinergics/Antihistamines | meclizine (Antivert) |
| 5-Ht3 Receptor blockers | granisetron (Kytril) |
| Miscellaneous drugs | dronabinol (Marinol) |
| chlorpromazine (Thorazine) | Treatment of N/V ass w/anesthesia and intractable hiccoughs |
| prochlorperazine (Compazine) | Treatment of N/V ass w/anesthesia |
| promethazine (Phenergan) | Prevention of N/V ass w/anesthesia and surgery, highly irritating to the vein |
| triflupromazine (Vesprin) | control of sever N/V |
| metoclopropamide (Reglan) | treatment of N/V related to chemical stimulations of the chemorecptor trigger zone |
| meclizine (Antivert) | treatment of N/V ass w/motion sickness |
| granisetron (Kytil) | treatment of sever N/V ass w/emetogenic chemotherapy |
| ondansetron (Zofran) | treatment of sever N/V |
| dronabinol (Marinol) | managment of N/V ass w/cancer chemotheapy |
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