ANTI-NAUSEA DRUG COMBINATIONS
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Methods and compositions are disclosed for reducing Post Operative Nausea and/or Vomiting (PONV) in a human patient in need of general anesthesia. Such methods may include scheduling surgery for the human patient and administering to the patient one or more series of prescribed medicines days during a regimen preceding general anesthesia to condition receptors involved in the nausea and/or vomiting reflex.
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7. A method for reducing post-operative nausea or vomiting in a human patient in need of general anesthesia for surgery, comprising the acts of:
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scheduling surgery for the human patient to occur on a future surgery date, said scheduled surgery to include general anesthesia; administering to the patient one or more series of prescribed medicines during a conditioning phase preceding said general anesthesia; wherein said one or more series of prescribed medicines includes a dose of a first prescribed medicine selected from the group consisting of serotonergic agonists, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists, muscarinic receptor agonists, and dopaminergic agonists; wherein said one or more series of prescribed medicines includes a dose of a second prescribed medicine selected from the group consisting of opioids and analgesics during said conditioning phase. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A prescription medicine compound comprising at least one medicine from each group consisting of:
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(a) serotonergic agonists, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists, muscarinic receptor agonists, and dopaminergic agonists; (b) opioids and analgesics; and
,(c) serotonergic agonists, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists, muscarinic receptor agonists, and dopaminergic agonists, opioids, and analgesics; in combination. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
(b) wherein said opioids or analgesics is selected from the group consisting essentially of hydrocodone and acetaminophen; and (c) wherein said serotonergic agonists, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists, muscarinic receptor agonists, and dopaminergic agonists, opioids, or analgesics is selected from the group consisting essentially of 5-hydroxytryptophan, nicotine, bethanechol, levodopa, hydrocodone and acetaminophen.
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