Zofran, also known as ondansetron and Zuplenz, is an anti-nausea medication approved for use for cancer and surgery patients. (babyreference.com)
The discovery of ondansetron, the first compound able to selectively block these versatile brain receptors, was hailed as one of the pharmacological triumphs of the 1980s. (newscientist.com)
As part of the project, announced last week by Kenneth Hagemann, director of the Pentagon's Defense Nuclear Agency, 24 soldiers from Brooks Air Force Base in Texas are taking prescription drugs — ondansetron hydrochloride and granisetron hydrochloride — that are given to cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy or chemotherapy. (newscientist.com)