BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Nausea and vomiting remain the most distressing side effects of cancer chemotherapy. The present study aimed to study the efficacy and tolerability of ondansetron versus (vs) metoclopramide in different dose related grades of cisplatin induced acute emesis. METHODS A total of 137 patients were enrolled and 80 completed the study. Cisplatin 60 mg/m2 was given intravenou...

Background & Aims: Due to the importance of a suitable treatment for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and reducing maternal and fetal complications, and the beneficial effect of Ondansetron in the treatment of nausea and vomiting compared with promethazine, this study was performed. Methods: In this case-control study, 60 pregnant women under 20 weeks of gestation with hyperemesis gravidaru...

This letter is in response toCohenet al., “Intestinal obstruction in pregnancy by ondansetron.” The article concludes that “the serious adverse effect of ondansetron is probablymuchmore common, and has been the subject of under reporting.” We have been collecting extensive survey data on women with severe nausea of pregnancy in an IRB approved study since 2007. Participants are asked to reportm...

BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting is a common side effect of general anesthesia. In this study, we performed a meta-analysis on the efficacy and safety of ramosetron versus ondansetron in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting using the most recently published randomized controlled clinical studies. METHODS PubMed and EMBASE were searched for randomized controlled clin...

Background: Given the potential role of the 5-hydroxytryptamine-3 receptor in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia, this study was performed to determine whether ondansetron plus risperidone could reduce the negative and depressive symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.Methods: In a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial (IRCT registration # 201112125280N7), in ...

abstract fixed drug eruption (fde) is a unique type of cutaneous drug reaction that typically recurs in the identical locations on re-exposure to the attributed drug. fde is characterized by the appearance of a single or multiple sharply demarcated violaceous erythematous plaques which heal with residual hyperpigmentation. a 27-year-old woman presented with multiple dark patches over her eyelid...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with significantly high rate of post operative nausea and vomiting (PONV). This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of Ondansetron with that of Granisetron for prevention of PONV after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In a randomized, prospective study, 100 patients were selected and randomly divided into two groups of 50 each. Group one recei...

BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D) is particularly debilitating due to urgency and episodic incontinence. Some 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonists (5-HT3RAs) have proven effective but have serious side effects. Ondansetron, also a 5-HT3RA, has been widely used as an antiemetic with an excellent safety record for over two decades. Our aim was to assess its ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Postoperative nausea vomiting (PONV) is the most common symptom in patients post thyroidectomy. Literature search shows conflicting results regarding use of clonidine in PONV prophylaxis. We undertook this randomized controlled double blind trial to compare the efficacy of clonidine with dexamethasone versus ondansetron with dexamethasone for PONV prophylaxis in these patient...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of azasetron compared to ondansetron in the prevention of delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was a multi-center, prospective, randomized, double-dummy, double-blind and parallel-group trial involving 12 institutions in Korea between May 2005 and December 2005. A total of 265 pa...