Antiemetic and Antinausea drugs UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Antiemetic And Antinausea Drugs
Antiemetic and Antinausea drugs
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Nausea - CORRECT ANSWER- unpleasant feeling that often precedes vomiting
Emesis - CORRECT ANSWER- forcible emptying of gastric, and occasionally intestinal
contents
Antiemetic drugs - CORRECT ANSWER- used to r...
Antiemetic and Antinausea drugs
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Nausea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unpleasant feeling that often precedes vomiting
Emesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- forcible emptying of gastric, and occasionally intestinal
contents
Antiemetic drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- used to relieve nausea and vomiting
Voming center - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Medulla
Chemoreceptor trigger zone - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- gastrointestinal tract, labrynth
(inner ear), and Cerebral Cortex
Antiemetic and Antinausea Drugs Mechanisms of action - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- many
different mechanisms f action, most work by bocking one of the vomiting pathways, thus
blocking the stimulus that induces vomting
Antiemetic and Antinausea indications - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- specific indications vary
per class of antiemetics, general use for each type: prevention and reduction of nausea and
vomiting
Anticholinergics Drugs mechanisms of action - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- bind to and vlock
acetylcholine receptors in the inner ear (labrynth), blocks transimttion of nauseating stimuli
to CTZ, also block transmission of nauseating stimuli from the reticular formation to the VC
Example: Scopolamine (also used for motion sickeness)
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