Posted by ed_uk on June 15, 2005, at 17:08:49
In reply to Re: ANYONE-Tips to preventNausea/Vomiting on Abili, posted by yxibow on June 15, 2005, at 15:47:31
Hi Yxibow!
>I was going to add that nausea strikes me as counterintuitive on a neuroleptic because some serve dual purposes, for psychosis and other dx, and for uncontrollable nausea (I can attest to this, I was given Compazine for nausea for a flu, and had horrible akathisia.. but that's neither here nor there.) But perhaps this is not so much the case with new neuroleptics, I'm not sure.
I expect Abilify causes nausea because it's a partial agonist at dopamine receptors. Dopamine agonists frequently cause nausea and vomiting........whereas antagonists such as Compazine are anti-emetic. Whatever the reason, Abilify doesn't seem to be anti-emetic. There's a small amount of evidence that some atypicals (eg. Zyprexa) can be used as anti-emetics.
Tidings!
Ed.
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