Antiemetic. Roche discontinued Kytril brand (tablets and injection) in 2012; generic granisetron remains available. Recognize for pattern matching on legacy exam items
Commonly mispronounced
"GRAN-ih-seh-tron"
The -setron pattern
Granisetron ends in -setron, which marks a 5-HT3 antagonist — used for nausea and vomiting. Learning the suffix families turns roughly 200 separate drugs into about 20 patterns you can reason from. See all the families.
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