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Emetics
Cause vomiting
No longer recommended for at-home poison
control
Antiemetics
Decrease or prevent nausea and vomiting
Centrally acting or locally acting
Varying degrees of effectiveness
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Phenothiazines
Nonphenothiazines
Anticholinergics/antihistamines
Miscellaneous group
Actions
Indications
Adverse effects
Drowsiness
Actions
Block those receptors associated with nausea
and vomiting in the CTZ and locally
Indications
Control of nausea and vomiting
Pharmacokinetics
Rapidly absorbed, metabolized in the liver,
and excreted in the urine and feces
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Serotonin (5-HT3) Receptor Blockers
(cont.)
Caution
Adverse effects
Indications
Adverse effects
Actions
Indication
Pharmacokinetics
Nursing diagnosis
Implementation
Evaluation