Comparison of the effectiveness of metoclopramide and dexamethasone in the prevention of cytostatic-induced vomiting
Usnarska-Zubkiewicz, L.; Kotlarek-Haus, S.; Wiela-Hojeńska, A.; Orzechowska-Juzwenko, K.; Gabryś, K.
Polski Tygodnik Lekarski 45(32-33): 665-668
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-3756 PMID: 2077509 Document Number: 356675
Efficiency of anti-emetic properties of metoclopramide and dexamethasone was compared. Both drugs were administered to 22 patients with newly diagnosed untreated previously Hodgkin's disease during ABVD therapy. Number of vomiting episodes, nausea intensity and everyday patients' activity on the day of cytostatics administration were evaluated. Metoclopramide prevented vomiting in 55% of patients while dexamethasone in 65%. This difference was statistically insignificant. Patients' everyday activity was statistically significantly more frequently normal in patients receiving dexamethasone in comparison with placebo and decreased in patients receiving metoclopramide. Therefore, patients preferred dexamethasone.