A competitive serotonin type 3 receptor antagonist. It is effective in the treatment of nausea and vomiting caused by cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs, including cisplatin, and has reported anxiolytic and neuroleptic properties.
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In the adult patient population:
i) orally administered ondansetron tablets and orally disintegrating tablets (ODT) are indicated for:
- the prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with emetogenic cancer chemotherapy, including high dose (ie. greater than or equal to 50 mg/m2) cisplatin therapy, and radiotherapy, and
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
Lattimore Women's Health Practice, Rochester, New York, United States
Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Marche, Italy
University of Catania, Catania, Sicily, Italy
University of Pennsylvania Treatment Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MPRC, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari District, Nepal
Mustafa Kemal University Medicine Faculty, Hatay, Turkey
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