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Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip may be used alone or with other medications and can be taken with or without food. Your doctor will suggest the appropriate dose depending on what you are taking it for. The first dose is normally taken before the start of surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. After these treatments, take any further doses as prescribed by your doctor (normally only for a few days at most). Take it regularly at the same time(s) each day to get the most benefit. Be careful not to take too much. This medicine does not relieve other side effects associated with cancer treatments. Also, it has little effect on vomiting caused by motion sickness. The most common side effects of taking this medicine include headache, diarrhea, or constipation and feeling tired. These symptoms should disappear when you stop taking the medicine. However, if these side effects bother you or do not go away, your doctor may be able to suggest ways of preventing or reducing them. Before taking this medicine, tell your doctor if you have heart or liver problems or a blockage in your stomach or intestines. Also, tell your doctor about any other medicines you might be taking, especially medicines to treat epilepsy, heart problems, cancer, and depression. These may affect, or be affected by, this medicine. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, ask for advice from your doctor.
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about themCommon side effects of Emefilm
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Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Do not handle the strips/film with wet hands. Keep it in your mouth but do not swallow it. Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip is an antiemetic medication. It works by blocking the action of a chemical messenger (serotonin) in the brain that may cause nausea and vomiting during anti-cancer treatment (chemotherapy) or after surgery.
Related Warnings
Caution is advised when consuming alcohol with Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip. Please consult your doctor.
Information regarding the use of Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip during pregnancy is not available. Please consult your doctor.
Information regarding the use of Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip during breastfeeding is not available. Please consult your doctor.
It is not known whether Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip alters the ability to drive. Do not drive if you experience any symptoms that affect your ability to concentrate and react.
Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip is safe to use in patients with kidney disease. No dose adjustment of Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip is recommended.
However, inform your doctor if you have an underlying kidney disease. Limited information is available in patients taking this medicine for more than one day.
There is limited information available on the use of Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.
Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip starts working within half an hour to 2 hours. It dissolves rapidly into the bloodstream and starts showing its effect.
The most common side effects of Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip are constipation, diarrhea, fatigue and headache. However, these are usually not bothersome and resolve on their own after some time. Consult your doctor if these persist or worry you.
Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip should be taken with a full glass of water, with or without food. It should be used exactly as per the dose and duration advised by the doctor. Usually, the first dose of Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip is taken before the start of your surgery, chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
No, Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip is an antiemetic and not a steroid. Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip is a selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist. It is prescribed for the prevention and treatment of nausea and vomiting which is commonly observed after surgery or due to cancer chemotherapy.
No, Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip does not work for seasickness. This is because Emefilm Orally Disintegrating Strip has very little effect on the nausea associated with motion sickness.
