• Read more about Oral Nutritional Interventions

Oral nutritional interventions involve the provision of dietary advice or education with or without dietary modification or nutritional supplements. Nutritional supplements included in this type of intervention are those involving general protein-calorie supplements and multiple combinations of vitamins, minerals, and other compounds. Specific herbal supplements and some highly specific supplements such as carnitine and individual vitamins are considered as separate interventions.

• Read more about Netupitant-Palonosetron Combination (NEPA)

Netupitant-Palonosetron Combination (NEPA) is a single-day, fixed-dose combination drug that targets dual antiemetic pathways. It is a combination of netupitant, an NK1 receptor antagonist, and palonosetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist. This drug has been used to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with cancer receiving chemotherapy.

• Read more about Cannabis/Cannabinoids

Cannabinoids are compounds present in the Cannabis plant that bind to cannabinoid receptors and exert pharmacologic effects that stimulate appetite, act as antiemetics, and have analgesic effects. Cannabinoids approved for use in the United States include dronabinol and nabilone. Cannabis compounds studied for symptom management in patients with cancer have been in oral forms, oral spray, or ingested through smoking. It should be noted that not all Cannabis formulations or methods of ingestion necessarily provide the same effects and results.