title: [Management of nausea, vomiting and anorexia due to anticancer agents].
abstract: This report outlines measures for controlling nausea, vomiting, and anorexia caused by anticancer agents. Combination therapy with a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT3) receptor antagonist and a steroid preparation is effective for controlling acute vomiting. In the chronic stage, however, the response to 5-HT3 receptor antagonists is less marked, so a steroid preparation is used as the major treatment in combination with a 5-HT3-receptor antagonist or metoclopramide. The antiemetic effect of recently developed tachykinin NK-1 (NK-1)-receptor antagonists has been shown to be additive to that of existing treatments for acute and chronic symptoms, especially chronic nausea/vomiting. Steroid preparations have been shown to improve anorexia, while medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA: a synthetic progesterone) has been reported to improve anorexia and promote weight gain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, 35-1 Chigasaki-cho, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 224-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taguchi
mesh_terms: D000855:Anorexia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000932:Antiemetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000009:adverse effects; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009325:Nausea / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011788:Quality of Life; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014840:Vomiting, Anticipatory / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D003907:Dexamethasone; D011239:Prednisolone; D002945:Cisplatin; D008775:Methylprednisolone