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What does a stage 4 cancer (at home) patient do when he/she can not tolerate the vomiting/nausea as side effects from pain prescriptions? suffer?
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Anti nausea : Even though one isn't on chemotherapy, one can still try Zofran , also known as Ondansetron. Or try Compazine (prochlorperazine) or Granisetron.
Answered 1/9/2016
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