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Antiemetics
Prevention of PONV--common side effect of surgery, esp.
in pts having gyn, GU, eye / ear, or laproscopic surgery…also worse in women / young ppl.

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Antiemetics
A drug that combats nausea and vomiting.
A drug that is effective against vomiting and nausea. Antiemetics are typically used to treat motion sickness and the side effects of opioid analgesics, general anaesthetics and chemotherapy directed against cancer.
Doperidol
Drug
(trade name)
Doperidol (Inapsine

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Doperidol
Class
Antidopaminergic

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Antidopaminergic
Preventing or counteracting the effects of dopamine.
A drug which blocks dopamine receptors by receptor antagonism.
There are five known types of dopamine receptors in the human body; they are found in the brain, peripheral nervous system, blood vessels, and the kidney.
Doperidol
Uses
Antiemetic

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Doperidol
[ Supplied ]
0.3125 mg / ml

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Doperidol
Dosing--card
0.625 mg

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Doperidol
Dosing--Stever
same

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Doperidol
Caution
Parkinson's Disease, Prolonged QT interval (can cause arrhythmias), Elderly (euphoria)

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Doperidol
Notes
1x dose, give 30m prior to end of case; works on Dopamine Receptors, so contraindicated in Parkinson pt

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