As caregiver to a cancer patient, you play a very important role in your loved one’s care. You must make sure that the patient gets to his/her doctor’s appointments and treatments, takes his/her medication, eats well and maintains a healthy attitude. It’s easy to give everything you’ve got to the patient and leave nothing for yourself. But your number-one priority should be you, because if you are not healthy—physically, emotionally and spiritually—it will interfere with your life and your loved one’s care. Click here to learn more about how to take care of YOU!

It’s not easy to watch someone you care about suffer. Many caregivers experience a range of emotions, from frustration to anger to depression to sheer exhaustion. Cancer treatments often make a patient feel worse than the disease itself. And the side effects that accompany chemotherapy and radiation therapy—including nausea and vomiting—can be difficult to tolerate.

But as a caregiver, there's something you can do — talk to your loved one's healthcare team about Kytril. For more than 8 years, Kytril has been preventing chemotherapy and radiation therapy-induced nausea and vomiting, making the patient more comfortable during and after cancer treatment. Kytril blocks the nausea and vomiting signals sent to the brain during chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Just one dose offers 24-hour protection. And Kytril is safe and effective taken orally as a tablet or solution for the prevention of chemotherapy or radiation-induced nausea and vomiting or as an injection prior to chemotherapy for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. And when a patient is more comfortable, he/she is more likely to complete the entire course of treatment — the most important factor in fighting cancer.

We encourage you to explore our site to learn more about ways to avoid nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, lifestyle tips for cancer patients and their caregivers, advice on how to talk effectively with your loved one’s healthcare team and much more. So look around, explore our site and together talk to the doctor about whether Kytril is right for your loved one.

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