Aprepitant [Kit of one 125mg Capsules]

Aprepitant is given for 3 days as part of a regimen that includes a corticosteroid and a 5-HT3 antagonist. The recommended dose of Aprepitant is 125 mg orally 1 hour prior to chemotherapy treatment (Day 1) and 80 mg once daily in the morning on Days 2 and 3.

Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:

• feeling like you might pass out;
• feeling very thirsty or hot, being unable to urinate, heavy sweating, or hot and dry skin; or
• fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms, sores in your mouth and throat.

Less serious side effects may include:

• nausea, vomiting, heartburn.