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A New Class of Antiemetic Agents on the Horizon

Cynthia N. Rittenberg

antiemetic, antiemetic agents, nausea and vomiting
CJON 2002, 6(2), 103-104. DOI: 10.1188/02.CJON.103-104

This article reviews a new class of antiemetic agents, the neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonists (RAs). Clinical trials of an NK-1 RA, aprepitant, are ongoing.

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