TABLE II.

Costs of non-serious adverse events

Description	Treatment assumption	Cost per case (2006 CA$)
Nausea and vomiting		10.76/episode
Grade 2	Prochlorperazine (10 mg) in combination with oral dexamethasone (4 mg), 4 times daily for 3 days
Grades 3 and 4	Intravenous prochlorperazine and oral dexamethasone (8 mg) for 3 days	13.12/episode
Neutropenia
Grade 2	No treatment	0
Grades 3 and 4	Admitted to hospital	5197
Diarrhea	Loperamide (16 mg daily for 12 days); stool culture and test for Clostridium difficile	25.75