Antiemetics

Motion sickness: causes, prevention and management

Motion sickness is a common problem that occurs when there is a conflict between the vestibular, visual and proprioceptive systems. It can be highly debilitating, but prevention strategies and symptom management can reduce the impact it has on individuals.…

Legalise cannabis for medical use, MPs say

An influential committee of MPs has called on the government to make cannabis legal for medical use.  The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Drug Policy Reform wants the drug reclassified from its Schedule 1 — which puts it in the same class as ecstasy and LSD — to Sched…

FDA approves injectable anti-emetic granisetron for chemotherapy patients

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved granisetron for the prevention of nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy.  The injectable therapy, which is marketed as Sustol by Huron Therapeutics, is an antagonist to the 5-HT3 receptor. Huron Therapeutics says Sustol is …

The effectiveness of granisetron transdermal patch in chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is one of the most distressing side effects of chemotherapy. It can have a negative impact on quality of life and may discourage patients from continuing treatment. Economic impacts include costs of prolonged hospital stays, emergency admissions for de…

2014: The Pharmaceutical Journal’s news in review

Looking back at some of the biggest news stories from the past year. …