Anti-adrenomedullin (adm) binder for use in therapy or prevention of symptoms of illness

Subject matter of the present invention is an anti-adrenomedullin (ADM) antibody or an anti- adrenomedullin antibody fragment or anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold for use in therapy or prevention of symptoms of illness and/or for use in therapy or prevention of diseases characterized by said symptoms. The symptoms of illness may be selected from the group of nausea, headache, muscle aches, back pain, shivering, vomiting in a subject wherein said antibody or fragment or scaffold may bind to ADM of amino acids 1 to 52 (SEQ ID NO: 1), or to fragments thereof.