EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet 10's
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About EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet belongs to a class of drugs called antiemetics used to prevent nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy. Nausea is a feeling of uneasiness in the stomach that often precedes vomiting. On the other hand, vomiting is the forcible, voluntary, or involuntary emptying of stomach contents through the mouth.
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet contains Palonosetron, which works by blocking the action of serotonin, a chemical that stimulates the vomiting centre (chemoreceptor trigger zone – CTZ) located in the brain. Thus, it prevents nausea and vomiting.
Take EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet as prescribed by your doctor. You are advised to take EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it for you based on your medical condition. You may sometimes experience diarrhoea, constipation, dizziness or headache. Most of these side effects of EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. However, if the side effects persist or worsen, please consult your doctor.
Please tell your doctor if you are allergic to EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet or any other medicines. EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is not recommended for children. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please inform your doctor before taking EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet . Drive only if you are alert, as EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet may cause tiredness or dizziness. Avoid heavy meals and take small nourishing snacks throughout the day. Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration.
Uses of EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is used to prevent nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy. The detailed uses of EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet are as follows:
- Nausea Prevention:EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet prevents nausea caused by chemotherapy, helping patients feel more comfortable during treatment.
- Vomiting Prevention:EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet prevents vomiting caused by chemotherapy, reducing the risk of dehydration and other complications.
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Directions for Use
- EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet can be taken with or without food.
- Follow your doctor’s instructions on the dosage and timing of this medication.
- Place the tablet in your mouth and do not swallow it. Allow it to melt completely.
- Do not handle the tablet with wet hands.
Key Benefits
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet contains Palonosetron, which blocks the action of serotonin, a chemical that stimulates the vomiting centre (chemoreceptor trigger zone—CTZ) in the brain. Thus, it prevents nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy.
How EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet Works
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- Inform your doctor about your anxiety symptoms so that you doctor may explore potential drug interactions and alter your treatment plan.
- Work with your doctor to adjust your medication regimen or dosage to minimize anxiety symptoms.
- Reduce anxiety symptoms by practicing relaxation techniques like meditation, deep breathing, or yoga.
- Regular self-care activities, such as exercise, healthy food, and adequate sleep, can assist control anxiety.
- Surround yourself with a supportive network of friends, family, or a support group to help manage anxiety and stay motivated.
- Regularly track anxiety symptoms and report any changes to your doctor to ensure your treatment plan is effective and adjusted as needed.
- Inform your doctor about dizziness symptoms. They may adjust your medication regimen or prescribe additional medications to manage symptoms.
- Follow your doctor's instructions for taking medication, and take it at the same time every day to minimize dizziness.
- When standing up, do so slowly and carefully to avoid sudden dizziness.
- Avoid making sudden movements, such as turning or bending quickly, which can exacerbate dizziness.
- Drink plenty of water throughout the day to stay hydrated and help alleviate dizziness symptoms.
- If you're feeling dizzy, sit or lie down and rest until the dizziness passes.
- Track when dizziness occurs and any factors that may trigger it, and share this information with your doctor to help manage symptoms.
- Hydrate your body: Drink enough water to prevent dehydration and headaches.
- Calm Your Mind: Deep breathing and meditation can help you relax and relieve stress.
- Rest and Recharge: Sleep for 7-8 hours to reduce headache triggers.
- Take rest: lie down in a quiet, dark environment.
- Cold or warm compresses can help reduce tension.
- Stay Upright: Maintain good posture to keep symptoms from getting worse.
- To treat headaches naturally, try acupuncture or massage therapy.
- Over-the-counter pain relievers include acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
- Prescription Assistance: Speak with your doctor about more substantial drug alternatives.
- Severe Headaches: Seek emergency medical assistance for sudden, severe headaches.
- Frequent Headaches: If you get reoccurring headaches, consult your doctor.
- Headaches with Symptoms: Seek medical attention if your headaches include fever, disorientation, or weakness.
- Rest well; get enough sleep.
- Eat a balanced diet and drink enough water.
- Manage stress with yoga and meditation.
- Limit alcohol and caffeine.
- Physical activities like walking or jogging might help boost energy and make you feel less tired.
- Inform your doctor about your constipation symptoms. They may adjust your medication or advise alternative treatments.
- Stay hydrated by drinking sufficient of water (at least 8-10 glasses a day) to help soften stool and promote bowel movements.
- Increase fibre intake by eating foods high in fibre, such as fruits, whole grains, vegetables and legumes, to help bulk up the stool.
- Establish a bowel routine by trying to go to the bathroom at the same time each day to train your bowels.
- Engaging in regular exercise, like walking or yoga, can support in bowel movement stimulation.
- Consult your doctor if constipation persists, and discuss alternative treatments or adjustments to your medication.
- Inform Your Doctor: Notify your doctor immediately about your diarrhoea symptoms. This allows them to adjust your medication or provide guidance on managing side effects.
- Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids to replace lost water and electrolytes. Choose water, clear broth, and electrolyte-rich drinks. Avoid carbonated or caffeinated beverages to effectively rehydrate your body.
- Follow a Bland Diet: Eat easy-to-digest foods to help firm up your stool and settle your stomach. Try incorporating bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, plain crackers, and boiled vegetables into your diet.
- Avoid Trigger Foods: Steer clear of foods that can worsen diarrhoea, such as spicy, fatty, or greasy foods, high-fibre foods, and dairy products (especially if you're lactose intolerant).
- Practice Good Hygiene: Maintain good hygiene to prevent the spread of infection. To stay healthy, wash your hands frequently, clean and disinfect surfaces regularly, and avoid exchanging personal belongings with others.
- Take Anti-Diarrheal Medications: If your doctor advises, anti-diarrheal medications such as loperamide might help manage diarrhoea symptoms. Always follow your doctor's directions.
- Keep track of your diarrhoea symptoms. If they don't get better or worse or are accompanied by severe stomach pain, blood, or dehydration signs (like extreme thirst or dark urine), seek medical help.
Drug Warnings
If you are allergic to EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. The oral form is not recommended for children. However, the injection may be given to children above one month as advised by a doctor. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please inform your doctor before taking EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet . Drive only if you are alert, as EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet may cause tiredness or dizziness. You are recommended to avoid heavy meals and take small nourishing snacks throughout the day. Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration.
Drug-Drug Interactions
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Combining EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet with Ziprasidone can increase the risk of side effects.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Ziprasidone with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is not recommended, please consult your doctor before taking it.
Using EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet together with paroxetine can increase the risk of condition called the serotonin syndrome(a condition in which a chemical called serotonin increase in your body).
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Paroxetine with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet together can possibly result in an interaction, but it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. If you notice any of these symptoms like confusion, hallucination, seizure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, muscle spasm or stiffness, tremor, incoordination, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, contact your doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting your doctor.
The combined use of EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet and doxepin can increase the risk of serotonin syndrome(A condition in which a chemical called serotonin builds up in your body) and increase the risk of irregular heart rhythms.
How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet and Doxepin can lead to an interaction, it can be taken if advised by your doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms like confusion, hallucination, seizure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, muscle spasm or stiffness, tremors, incoordination, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or rapid heartbeat, consult the doctor immediately. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
The combined use of EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet and Hydroxychloroquine can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of palponosetron and Hydroxychloroquine can lead to an interaction, it can be taken if advised by your doctor. However, if you experience any symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or heart palpitations, consult the doctor immediately. Do not stop using any medications without a doctor's advice.
Coadministration of Amiodarone with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet can lead to or increase the risk of irregular heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Amiodarone with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet together is avoided as it can result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience sudden dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, shortness of breath, or rapid heartbeat, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Combining EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet with Amitriptyline can increase the risk of serotonin syndrome.(A condition in which a chemical called serotonin builds up in your body).
How to manage the interaction:
Although using EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet and Amitriptyline together may cause an interaction, they can be taken if prescribed by a doctor. Consult a doctor if you have symptoms such as confusion, hallucination, fits, blood pressure alteration, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, pain in the muscles or stiffness, incoordination, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Inform a doctor if you have recently taken amitriptyline. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
When venlafaxine is taken with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet, it can cause serotonin syndrome. (a condition in which a chemical called serotonin builds up in your body).
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between Venlafaxine and EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet, you can take these medicines together if prescribed by a doctor. However, if you experience any of the following symptoms: confusion, hallucination, seizure, extreme changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, muscle spasm or stiffness, tremor, incoordination, stomach cramp, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea, seek immediate medical attention. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
When linezolid is taken with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet it can cause serotonin syndrome. (a condition in which a chemical called serotonin builds up in your body).
How to manage the interaction:
Co-administration of linezolid along with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet can lead to an interaction, it can be taken if recommended by a doctor. However, if you experience symptoms such as confusion, hallucination, seizure, extreme changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, muscle spasm or stiffness, incoordination, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, consult the doctor. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Taking fentanyl with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet may increase the risk of serotonin syndrome (a condition in which a chemical called serotonin increase in your body).
How to manage the interaction:
Although taking Fentanyl with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet can result in an interaction, they can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, if you experience confusion, hallucinations (seeing and hearing things that do not exist), increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, muscle pain or stiffness, stomach cramps, vomiting, or diarrhoea, consult a doctor. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting your doctor.
Taking EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet with Pentazocine may increase the risk of serotonin syndrome(a condition in which a chemical called serotonin increase in your body).
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between Pentazocine and EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet, but can be taken together if prescribed by a doctor. However, consult a doctor if you experience confusion, hallucination(seeing and hearing things that do not exist), fits, blood pressure alteration, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision, pain in the muscles or stiffness, incoordination, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting your doctor.
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Diet & Lifestyle Advise
- Eat a healthy, low-fat diet, especially in small portions, as it will be easy for digestion. Avoid eating too much sweet food and include more salty food, especially if you have been vomiting.
- Also, if you like to vomit at a specific time, avoid eating your favourite food at that particular time, as your taste for that food may get turned off.
- Drink any other liquid at least 30 minutes after eating food.
- If the smell of food makes you feel sick (vomit), do not cook food as it may worsen your condition. Let someone else do the cooking or use prepared food from the freezer.
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Alcohol
Safe if prescribed
The interaction of alcohol with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is unknown. Please consult a doctor before consuming alcohol with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet .
Pregnancy
Consult your doctor
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is given to pregnant women only if the doctor thinks benefits outweigh risks. Please consult a doctor if you are pregnant.
Breast Feeding
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Please consult a doctor before taking EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet if you are breastfeeding. EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is given to breastfeeding women only if the doctor thinks benefits are greater than risks.
Driving
Safe if prescribed
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet may cause tiredness or dizziness in some people. Therefore, avoid driving or operating heavy machinery if you feel tired or dizzy after taking EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet .
Liver
Consult your doctor
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet may be safe to use in patients with liver problems if prescribed by a doctor.
Kidney
Consult your doctor
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet may be safe to use in patients with kidney problems if prescribed by a doctor.
Children
Safe if prescribed
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is not recommended for children.
Heart
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet can be taken even if you have heart problems, but it requires careful medical supervision.
Geriatrics
Consult your doctor
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is generally safe for geriatric patients, but should be used under medical supervision due to potential sensitivity to side effects like dizziness or constipation.
FAQs
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet contains Palonosetron that works by blocking the action of serotonin, a chemical that stimulates the vomiting centre (chemoreceptor trigger zone – CTZ) located in the brain. Thus, it prevents nausea and vomiting.
You are not recommended to take erythromycin with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet as it may increase the risk of severe irregular heart rhythm. However, please consult your doctor before taking other medicines with EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet .
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet may cause constipation as a side effect. It is not necessary for everyone taking EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet to experience this side effect. However, if the condition persists or worsens, please consult a doctor.
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients suffering from heart problems as it may worsen the condition. Therefore, inform your doctor if you have any heart problems before taking have EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet so that the dose may be adjusted appropriately.
You are not recommended to stop taking EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet without consulting your doctor as it may increase the risk of nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy. Therefore, take EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it and if you experience any difficulty while taking EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet , please consult your doctor.
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet begins to work within 30 minutes to 2 hours. It quickly dissolves into the bloodstream and starts showing its effects.
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet causes side effects such as constipation, dizziness, headache, and diarrhoea. These do not require medical treatment and will reduce over time. However, please consult a doctor if side effects persist longer.
EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet should be taken as prescribed by your doctor. It is recommended to take it at the same time every day, with or without food. Always follow your doctor's guidance for the exact timing.
No, EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is not a steroid. It belongs to the class of medicines called antiemetics.
No, EME OD 0.5 mg Tablet is not effective for seasickness, as it has less impact on the nausea caused by motion sickness.
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