Olanzapine in the Treatment of Refractory Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care Settings.

Abstract

The patients often present to palliative care with intractable nausea and vomiting. This may reduce the effectiveness of oral drugs and significantly affects the quality of life of these patients. Despite multiple drugs available for treatment, it is often difficult to control the symptoms. Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic and acts on multiple receptors and may help in treating vomiting in a patient with advanced malignancy. We report a case of gallbladder carcinoma who presented to us with intractable vomiting which was not relieved with a combination of traditional antiemetics but showed marked improvement with olanzapine.

• Authors: Nishkarsh Gupta, Sidharth Puri, Vinod Kumar, Rakesh Garg, Sachidanand Jee Bharati, Seema Mishra, Sushma Bhatnagar
• Journal: Indian journal of palliative care (Indian J Palliat Care) 2018 Jul-Sep Vol. 24 Issue 3 Pg. 372-374 ISSN: 0973-1075 [Print] United States
• PMID: 30111956 (Publication Type: Case Reports)