title: Medication related nausea and vomiting in palliative medicine.
abstract: There are multiple potential states and/or symptoms that may occur in the palliative care population including: pain, nausea/vomiting, fatigue, anorexia, dyspnea, hiccups, cough, constipation, abdominal cramps/bloating, diarrhea, pruritis, depression/anxiety, dysphagia and sleep disturbances. Some of this may be the direct result of medications or drug-drug interactions from agents prescribed to treat the medical conditions that the patient has. Medication-related nausea and vomiting (MRNV) is a significant problem in palliative medicine that is reasonably common likely due to the multiple medications that these patients are often taking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Albany Medical Center, 43 New Scotland Avenue, MC-85, Albany, New York 12208, USA. MaceirE@mail.amc.edu.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maceira
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Albany Medical Center, 43 New Scotland Avenue, MC-85, Albany, New York 12208, USA. LesarT@mail.amc.edu.
authors.forename: Timothy S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lesar
authors.affiliation: Albany Medical College, Department of Anesthesiology, 47 New Scotland Avenue, MC-131, Albany, New York 12208, USA. smithh@mail.amc.edu.
authors.forename: Howard S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Smith
keywords: Medication-related nausea; palliative; vomiting