Nausea, vomiting and retching are among the most distressing symptoms that palliative care may experience. This article presents a brief overview of various medical conditions/treatments that may lead to nausea/vomiting/retching as well as potential mechanisms/neurotransmitters/receptors that may be involved and thus may represent therapeutic targets for antiemetic treatments.
Keywords: Nausea; chemotherapy-induced nausea/vomiting; radation-induced nausea/vomiting; receptors; vomiting.