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Prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of emetogenic cancer chemotherapy, including high-dose cisplatin. Efficacy of the 32 mg single dose beyond 24 hours in these patients has not been established. Prevention of postoperative nausea and/or vomiting. As with other antiemetics, routine prophylaxis is not recommended for patients in whom there is little expectation that nausea and/or vomiting will occur postoperatively. In patients where nausea and/or vomiting must be avoided postoperatively, ondansetron injection, USP is recommended even where the incidence of postoperative nausea and/or vomiting is low. For patients who do not receive prophylactic ondansetron injection, USP and experience nausea and/or vomiting postoperatively, ondansetron injection, USP may be given to prevent further episodes (see CLINICAL TRIALS).