Emend Tablet

Emend can affect other medicines both during and after treatment with emend.

Emend tablet. What is emend used for. Adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older. A comparison between the emend 125 mg dose did not demonstrate any additional clinical benefit over the 40 mg dose and is not a recommended dosage regimen see dosage and administration. Of the 564 patients who received 40 mg emend 92 were women and 8 were men.

No dosage adjustment for emend is necessary based on gender. Emend is administered in conjunction with a corticosteroid and a 5 ht3 antagonist. The 5 ht3 antagonist is administered on day 1 only. Aprepitant sold under the brand name emend among others is a medication used to prevent chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting cinv and to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting.

Of these 58 were white 13 hispanic american 7 multi racial 14 black 6. Emend is an antiemetic a medicine that prevents nausea feeling sick and vomiting. Is 125 mg on day 1 and 80 mg on days 2 and 3. Coadministration of once daily doses of aprepitant as a tablet formulation comparable to 85 mg or 170 mg of the capsule formulation approximately 0 7 and 1 4 times the maximum emend recommended dose with paroxetine 20 mg once daily resulted in a decrease in auc by approximately 25 and c max by approximately 20 of both.

O you should get a package that has3capsules of emend. It may be used together with ondansetron and dexamethasone. The recommended oral dosage of emend capsules dexamethasone and a 5 ht 3 antagonist in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older who can swallow oral capsules for the prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with administration of hec or mec is shown in table 1 or table 2 respectively. It is taken by mouth.

Emend is not for use in children and adolescents under 18 years. The recommended dosage of dexamethasone is 12 mg orally on day 1 administered 30 minutes prior to chemotherapy. See dosing recommendations in table 3 in the full prescribing information. Emend is a medicine containing the active substance aprepitant.

Geriatric following oral administration of a single 125 mg dose of emend on day 1 and 80 mg once daily on days 2 through 5 the auc 0 24hr of aprepitant was 21 higher on day 1 and 36 higher on day 5 in elderly 65 years relative to younger adults. Emend for oral suspension in pediatric patients 6 months to less than 12 years of age or pediatric and adult patients unable to swallow capsules. There are some medicines that should not be taken with emend such as pimozide terfenadine astemizole and cisapride or that require a dosage adjustment see also do not take emend. It is available as capsules 40 80 125 and 165 mg and as a powder to be made up into an oral by mouth suspension 125 mg.

Recommended dosage emend capsules in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older. In adults there are 2 ways your healthcare providermay prescribe emend for you.