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Product Name: EMEND® (Medicines)

Product Description

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: EMEND 125 mg/80 mg is only used to help prevent nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy. It is not used to get rid of nausea and vomiting after they start.

Tell your doctor if you are taking other medicines, if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, or if you have liver problems. EMEND may cause serious life-threatening reactions if used with certain medicines. (See the section "Who should not take EMEND?" on the adjacent page.) EMEND may also affect some medicines, including chemotherapy, causing them to work differently in your body. Women who use birth control medicines during treatment with EMEND and for up to 1 month after using EMEND should also use a backup method of contraception to avoid pregnancy.

The most common side effects of the 125-mg/80-mg dosage of EMEND are tiredness, nausea, hiccups, constipation, diarrhea, loss of appetite, headache, and hair loss. These are not all the possible side effects of EMEND.

EMEND is available by prescription only. Please read the Patient Product Information for EMEND on the next page and discuss it with your doctor.

Company Details

Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The company... more