Prophylaxis of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting with Oral, Long-Acting Dimenhydrinate in Gynecologic Outpatient Laparoscopy
Anesth Analg 2004 98: 1660-1664.
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IMPLICATIONS: Dimenhydrinate is an inexpensive antiemetic with few side effects available as a long-acting oral formulation. Women undergoing outpatient gynecologic laparoscopy were given droperidol, an effective antiemetic, dimenhydrinate alone, or the combination of the two drugs. Dimenhydrinate plus droperidol significantly reduced the overall incidence of vomiting, but not nausea, when compared with droperidol alone.