People may experience nausea and vomiting for many reasons.

• In people with cancer, causes include the cancer itself, the treatments, or additional factors such as infections or other diseases and illnesses

• Chemotherapy is one of the main causes of nausea and vomiting in people with cancer
  • The specific chemotherapy drug used, the amount required, its frequency, and how it is given all may influence the development of nausea and vomiting
  • Another influencing factor is your tolerance for chemotherapy and other medicines

Chemotherapy does not cause nausea and vomiting in everyone. However, the majority of people with cancer do experience these side effects from chemotherapy.

Fortunately, many medicines are available to reduce nausea and vomiting or to prevent them from occurring at all. MARINOL is one of them.