Posted by yxibow on May 6, 2009, at 19:34:49
In reply to Re: Tell me about Ondansetron for augmentation, posted by myco on May 6, 2009, at 18:00:30
It has been used experimentally in psychiatry.
Yes it seems that since its patent has expired, generics from the former Rite-Aid owned pharmacy drugstore.com for ondansetron as it is I think the oldest 5HT3 blocker, have gone down to about $1 a pill (8mg). I'm not going to get into shady 'offshore' pharmacies for obvious reasons.
There are about 8 or 10 generic companies looking at the FDA's orange book.
5HT3 medications though such as Kytril (granisetron) are still prohibitively expensive even with a generic out, except for the cost-benefit decision for their intended purpose of short term chemotherapy rounds with nausea.
It is also thought that ginger is a weak 5HT3 blocker from some studies.
-- Jay
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