Acacia Pharma Limited

Gabriel Fox

Julian Clive Gilbert

Robert William Gristwood

Nicola Cooper

Amisulpride is useful in the treatment of postoperative nausea and/or vomiting in a patient, wherein the patient has already been administered a prophylaxis drug for postoperative nausea and/or vomiting, and wherein the dose of amisulpride is 7.5 to 15 mg.

Rescue treatment of post operative nausea and vomiting

Amisulpride is used in the therapy of nausea, vomiting or retches. The therapy may utilize a novel injectable formulation, in unit dosage form, comprising less than 50 mg amisulpride.

Use of amisulpride as an anti-emetic

A kit comprises at least one non-IV injectable unit dose of amisulpride and at least one dose of an acute-phase anti-emetic, for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in the treatment or prevention of chemotherapy- or radiotherapy-induced nausea and/or vomiting in a subject, wherein the subject is receiving or has received a chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment regimen, and wherein the dosage regimen comprises the administration of the or each acute-phase anti-emetic on day 1, day 1 being the same day that a chemotherapy or radiotherapy is administered, and the administration of the, or at least one of the, non-IV injectable unit doses of amisulpride on day 2. Also provided is a kit comprising at least one non-IV injectable unit dose of amisulpride and at least one unit dose of IV amisulpride. Further provided is a non-IV injectable formulation of amisulpride, for use in the treatment or prevention of delayed-phase chemotherapy- or radiotherapy-induced nausea and/or vomiting in a subject.

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