Reduced Need for Rescue Antiemetics and Improved Capacity to Eat in Patients Receiving Acupuncture Compared to Patients Receiving Sham Acupuncture or Standard Care during Radiotherapy

Table 1

Routines for antiemetic prescriptions.

Variable	Antiemetic type	Name and dose
At first occurrence of mild nausea, prescribe	Antihistamine with antiemetic effect	Meclozine 25 mg 1-2/day
At first occurrence of severe nausea or occurrence of vomiting, instead prescribeor if not satisfactory nausea control, also add	Serotonin-receptor antagonists	Ondansetron 8 mg 2/day or granisetron 1 mg 1/day or tropisetron 5 mg 1/day
If not satisfactory nausea control, also add	Corticosteroids	Betamethasone 4 mg 2/day

Description of the standardised clinical routines for prescription of antiemetic medications. mg = milligram. the patient agreed to consume medications.