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Chemo induced nausea/vomiting

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Topic: Chemo induced nausea/vomiting

Posted By: Grateful for today
Subject: Chemo induced nausea/vomiting
Date Posted: Dec 01 2012 at 2:25pm

Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

Article by BY Rudolph M. Navari, MD, PHD, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean and Director
Indiana University School of Medicine South Bend;
Clinical Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute

From Oncology TImes May 6, 2012
"How Do I Treat a Patient with Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting?"
Good article with general info for discussion with your physician if nausea/vomiting chemo
side effects not controlled with one's current plan.
Addresses distinct but related chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting syndromes: acute, delayed, anticipatory, breakthrough, and refractory.

http://journals.lww.com/oncology-times/blog/HowDoITreat/pages/post.aspx?PostID=20 - http://journals.lww.com/oncology-times/blog/HowDoITreat/pages/post.aspx?PostID=20

Article also posted on "OPEN ACCESS"
http://forum.tnbcfoundation.org/open-access-links-articles-tnbc_topic9440_page8.html - http://forum.tnbcfoundation.org/open-access-links-articles-tnbc_topic9440_page8.html

With caring and positive thoughts,
Grateful for today.............Judy

Replies:

Posted By: mainsailset
Date Posted: Dec 01 2012 at 3:10pm

Whenever I see an article like this I'm reminded of the lesson my sister's illness has given me. She had constant vomiting, as in ongoing for a month, and the doctors all reasonably assumed that this was chemo induced and so they tried the gamut of standard anti nausea and anti anxiety meds.

Nothing worked. The vomiting continued and we came within a hair's breath of losing her.

Then my uber smart onc thought outside the box and wondered if it was Addisons, or an adrenal failure. Tests came back positive. She was in full crisis.

The reason for my reply here is to encourage everyone to look beyond the first line analysis. While the doctors were trying to treat what they thought was chemo related, sis had some permanent damage done to her body not to mention that her ability to fight cancer was compromised. Assumptions are no one's friend.

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Posted By: celienrussel
Date Posted: Jan 01 2013 at 11:47pm

I remember the case of my mother, she not only got the problem of vomiting, but also high blood pressure due to it. It made us feel helpless as chemotherapy was must for her. But once the treatment stopped, she was normal again. Still I feel, if there is any better option for this.

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