All the Active Ingredient Drugs
Emend
MSD
Emend
Substance P/NK1 Antagonist. Aprepitant 80 mg, 125 mg. CAPS: 1 x 125 mg + 2 x 80 mg. To be
used in comb. with 5HT-3 antagonist
and corticosteroid. Day 1: 125 mg 1 hr.
prior to chemother. Day 2 and 3: 80 mg
1 x dly in morn. May be taken with/out
food.
In comb. with other anti-emet. agents
for prevent. acute/delayed nausea/
vomit. assoc. with initial/repeat. courses
highly emetogen. cancer chemother.,
incl. high dose cisplatin.
C/I: Hypersens. See lit.