antiemetic
CHEBI:CHEBI_50919
Definition
A drug used to prevent nausea or vomiting. An antiemetic may act by a wide range of mechanisms: it might affect the medullary control centres (the vomiting centre and the chemoreceptive trigger zone) or affect the peripheral receptors.
Alternative Names
- anti-emetic
- anti-emetics
- antiemetico
- antiemetics
Drug Classification
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CHEBI:23888
Important Medical Information
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- Side effects may vary and this list may not be comprehensive.
- Drug interactions may occur with other medications.
Additional Identifiers
- core#notation
- CHEBI:50919
- oboInOwl#hasDbXref
- Wikipedia:Antiemetic
Additional References
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Additional Attributes
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- chebi_ontology
- oboInOwl#id
- CHEBI:50919
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- oboInOwl#hasDbXref
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- oboInOwl#inSubset
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR
- 22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
- http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
- owl#someValuesFrom
- t300062
- has_treatment
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050512
- RO_0000087
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_9711
- owl#annotatedSource
- t238570