EMEND may help prevent nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy or following surgery.
For Chemotherapy
Learn how EMEND can help you manage chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) or postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
Learn AboutEMEND is an antiemetic medicine for use in adult patients. An antiemetic is a medicine used to prevent nausea and vomiting.
SELECTED IMPORTANT RISK INFORMATION:
EMEND is only used to help prevent nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy or surgery. It is not used to get rid of nausea and vomiting after they start.
Tell your doctor if you are taking other medicines, if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, or if you have liver problems. EMEND may cause serious life-threatening reactions if used with certain medicines. EMEND may also affect some medicines, including chemotherapy, causing them to work differently in your body. Women who use birth control medicines during treatment with EMEND and for up to 1 month after using EMEND should also use a backup method of contraception to avoid pregnancy.
In patients taking EMEND to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, the most common side effects are tiredness, nausea, hiccups, constipation, diarrhea, loss of appetite, headache, and hair loss.
In patients taking EMEND to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by surgery, the most common side effects are constipation, nausea, itch, fever, low blood pressure, and headache.
These are not all the possible side effects of EMEND.
EMEND is available by prescription only. Please read the Patient Information for EMEND and discuss it with your doctor.