Treatment to Prevent Nausea from Chemo

Research co-authored by a Sanford Health physician and published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds a drug that blocks neurotransmitters that could reduce nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy. Cancer researcher Steven Powell, M.D., was among a team of researchers who discovered that the drug olanzapine, approved for use as an antipsychotic agent, improved nausea prevention significantly in patients who were receiving chemotherapy for cancer treatment. The neurotransmitters involved with nausea and vomiting is blocked by this drug.

Nausea and vomiting is a major problem that goes along with chemotherapy and definitely affects the quality of life for these …read more