title: Antiemetic therapy.
abstract: With the increasing prevalence of chemotherapy in the treatment of neoplasia, antiemetic therapies have become essential and sophisticated: phenothiazines, benzodiazepines, steroids, substituted benzamides, butryphenones, anticholinergics and antihistamines, cannabinoids, and the 5-HT 3 receptor antagonist are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Temple University Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Axelrod
mesh_terms: D000932:Antiemetics / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014839:Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics