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The management of nausea and vomiting

This explainer video helps understand the pharmacological management of nausea and vomiting.

There are many different medications that assist in the management of nausea and vomiting. Hence, it can be a tad confusing in figuring out the right medication. Perhaps, for now let’s take away that in choosing the most appropriate anti-emetic we may need to firstly try to suss out the cause of the symptoms and then manage accordingly. Based on where you are in the world, you may or may not have access to some of the medications pointed out in this video.Tell me what medications do you use for managing nausea and vomiting?

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