PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E S Antonarakis
AU  - R D W Hain
TI  - Nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy: drug management in theory and in practice
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2003.037341
DP  - 2004 Sep 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 877--880
VI  - 89
IP  - 9
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/9/877.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/9/877.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2004 Sep 01; 89
AB  - The function of cytotoxics is to damage cells, and it makes teleological sense for the body to expel them as soon after ingestion as possible. Ideally, from the body’s point of view, they should simply be avoided, and it is not surprising that the experience of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is powerfully aversive. Nausea and vomiting were once among the most intractable and unpleasant experiences of a child undergoing treatment for cancer.