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dronabinol

dronabinol

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A medicine from marijuana used to treat nausea and vomiting during cancer treatment
  • noun
  • /ˌdroʊnəˈbɪnɒl/
  • Specialized
: dronabinol
  • Patients undergoing cancer treatment often use dronabinol to manage their vomiting and improve appetite.

Examples

  • Buprenorphine/Dronabinol Combination

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  • For pain, the company is developing an AdVersa mucoadhesive dissolving tablet that combines the opioid buprenorphine and dronabinol, or THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana.

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  • The doctor prescribed dronabinol to help alleviate the nausea caused by chemotherapy.

  • Research shows that dronabinol can be effective in treating severe nausea during cancer therapies.

Surface Forms

dronabinol singular
dronabinols plural

Etymology

Dronabinol comes from the part cannabin-, which comes from 'cannabis', the marijuana plant, and the chemical ending -ol, which shows it is a molecule. So, dronabinol is the medical name for a cannabis chemical used to treat nausea and to help appetite during cancer treatment.