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AprepitantAprepitant (brand name: Emend™) is a medication, that is used in the treatment of chemotherapy induced nausea / emesis.It is a neurokinin 1 receptor antagonist, that blocks the effect of substance P. It mediates its effect via neurokinin 1 receptor that is an endogenous receptor for substance P. This class of drugs are called substance P antagonits (SPA).
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