Likelihood of experiencing CINV
Your doctor and oncology team will create a treatment plan specifically for you.
As part of this plan, you may be administered chemotherapy to help you fight your
cancer. Certain types of chemotherapy can cause people to feel sick. Feeling sick
often includes nausea and vomiting.
If no preventive measures are taken before beginning chemotherapy, around 70%-80%
of patients may experience nausea or vomiting from chemo.
About 7 or 8 out of every 10 people receiving chemo may experience CINV without
preventive measures.
Emetogenic Potential
Not all chemotherapy causes the same level of CINV. Some types of chemotherapy have
a greater risk of making you sick. This is called emetogenic (eh-meh-tow-JEH-nik)
potential.
Chemotherapy that is highly emetogenic, or that has a high emetic risk, is very
likely to cause nausea and vomiting, (90% or more of the time) if no preventive
measures are taken.
Chemotherapy that is likely to cause nausea and vomiting is called moderately emetogenic
or is said to have moderate emetic risk. Chemotherapy that is moderately emetogenic,
or that has a moderate emetic risk, is likely to cause nausea and vomiting 30-90%
of the time if no preventive measures are taken.
Your healthcare professional can tell you if you will receive highly or moderately
emetogenic chemotherapy.
To see some additional risk factors for developing CINV, take the CINV risk factor assessment.
Indication
ALOXI injection is used in adults to help prevent nausea and vomiting on the day
of chemotherapy that is highly likely to cause nausea and vomiting, and up to 5
days following chemotherapy that is moderately likely to cause nausea and vomiting.
Important Safety Information
- Tell your healthcare professional if you are taking other medications or if you
are pregnant or breastfeeding
- The most common side effects of ALOXI® for
the prevention of CINV are headache and constipation
Please read the Full Product Information and discuss it with your doctor or
health care professional.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the
FDA. Visit http://www.FDA.gov/medwatch
or call 1-800-FDA-1088.