Anti-nausea

Definition of Anti-nausea:

Anti-nausea agents lessen nausea; see also Anti-emetic. There are different mechanisms of action:

• Local - which produce a sedative action on the end-organs of the gastric nerves: ice, phenol; bismuth subnitrate and subcarbonate, cerium oxalate, creosote, small doses of calomel or ipecac, hot water, opium, cocaine;
• General - which act by reducing the irritability of the vomiting-center in the medulla: opium, bromides, morphine, codeine, chloral hydrate, alcohol, amyl nitrite, food, brandy [Culbreth1927, pg 43].

Navigation of Categories:

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  Gastro-intestinal System (GI)
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  Nervous System

Examples:

References

[Culbreth1927] David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology, Seventh Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Febiger (1927). Online Reprint.