For discussion with your healthcare professional

Whether it’s your first experience with chemotherapy or you’ve been through it before, talking with your healthcare professional about preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is important. That’s because your doctor or nurse can give you medication that may help you avoid feeling nauseous.

It has been found that CINV can have an impact on a patient’s overall health. It can affect the quality of life—interfering with normal daily activities—as well as the ability and determination to complete cancer treatments. CINV-related studies have shown that healthcare professionals tend to underestimate the incidence of CINV. That’s why it’s so important to talk to your doctor or nurse about how you feel before, during, and after treatment.

This website gives you tools and guidelines to help you talk with your healthcare professional to find the antinausea treatment that is right for you. You will find up-to-date information about controlling nausea and vomiting, maintaining communication with your healthcare professional, and what CINV medication may be right for you.

Talking with your healthcare professional is a key part of your treatment. But educational materials and other online resources can also help you make informed choices.

What should I tell my healthcare professional before and during treatment with ALOXI?

Tell your healthcare professional about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

• Have heart problems, including a condition called "congenital QT syndrome"
• Have low potassium in your blood
• Have low magnesium in your blood
• Are pregnant. It is not known if ALOXI^® may harm your unborn baby. You and your healthcare professional should decide if ALOXI is right for you
• Are breastfeeding. It is not known if ALOXI passes into your milk and if it can harm your baby. You should choose to either take ALOXI or breastfeed, but not both

Tell your healthcare professional about all of the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. ALOXI should be given with caution in patients who may be taking other medicines that have caused or may cause severe heartbeat changes.

Especially tell your healthcare professional if you take:

• Water pills (diuretics)
• Medicine to control your heartbeat (antiarrhythmics)
• Anthracycline (an anticancer medicine)