Terri, it does sound like you have "late" N&V, for which these newer drugs might be useful. I'm hoping that people closer to treatment who received them will chime in about them, but I've posted two blips from their websites below.
Isn't it crazy that by the time we figure out all the tricks and nuances of dealing with chemo, we're done and it's too late to use them? N&V was a problem for me, too (on A/C), and the solution didn't happen until the last dose of the series.
"Unlike other antinausea and antivomiting drugs, which work in the stomach, EMEND targets the natural substance in the brain that causes nausea and vomiting. When taken in addition to other antiemetic medications, EMEND can help prevent
CINV CINV – chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting for up to 5 full days."
"WHAT IS ALOXI?
ALOXI is a medicine called an “antiemetic.” ALOXI is used in adults to help prevent the nausea and vomiting that happens:
- right away with certain anti-cancer medicines (chemotherapy)
- or later with certain anti-cancer medicines"