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Avoid alcohol or heavy meals, particularly greasy or spicy food that might sit on the stomach, and avoid strong food smells.

Fix the eyes on distant objects rather than nearby moving objects such as waves or other cars.

Avoid reading or looking at screens (some disagree).

Close your eyes, or better still try to sleep.

Where possible sit near an open window.

Sit near the wing of a plane or the centre of a boat.

Driving the car or steering the boat can help in mild cases.

Sit in the front rather than back of a car if possible.More people get sea sickness than car or plane sick. Some forms of motion are more likely to cause travel sickness than others. Stugeron (cinnarizine) - drowsiness and nausea.Avomine (promethazine) - drowsiness, dizziness, restlessness, headaches, nightmares, tiredness, and disorientation/confusion.Hyoscine (the active ingredient in Kwells and Scopoderm) has 'anticholinergic' effects and if taken with other 'anticholinergic' drugs there can be an increase in the risk of side effects, especially dry mouth.

#Motion sickness glasses prescription skin#

Scopoderm and Kwells (hyoscine) - drowsiness, dizziness, visual disturbance, changes in size of pupils, dry mouth, decreased sweating, and local skin irritation (with patch).

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Not suitable for people with glaucoma, trouble with bladder, prostate, or bowel obstruction, myasthenia gravis, people taking drugs such as tranquillisers or anti-depressants, or in pregnancy.Ī full list of possible side effects is found in the patient information leaflets but the most common are: If affected do not drive or operate machinery. Stugeron tablets (cinnarizine 15mg): 2 tablets 2 hours before journey, then one tablet every 8 hours as needed.Īnti-sickness medication may cause drowsiness.Do not use for longer than 7 days without consulting a doctor. Avomine tablets (promethazine 25mg): 1 tablet at bedtime the night before travel or alternatively 1-2 hours before travel, then one every 6 hours as needed.Kwells tablets (hyoscine 0.3mg): 1-2 tablets 30 minutes before journey, repeated 6 hourly as needed.

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REMOVE patch after 3 days and replace if needed for a longer time, eg. Scopoderm patches (hyoscine 1.5mg): self-adhesive patches active for 3 days (72 hours).Take tablets or apply patch before a journey, or at the onset of symptoms. The least sedative option is cinnarizine. Hyoscine is generally considered to be a little more effective than promethazine and cinnarizine, but it can cause more side effects.

There are a few widely used travel sickness medications: hyoscine, also known as scopolamine (Scopoderm and Kwells), promethazine (Avomine), and cinnarizine (Stugeron). You should not drive or operate machinery whilst taking anti-sickness medication unless you have experience of them and know they do not affect your alertness.

In some people anti-sickness treatments have the side effect of drowsiness. Travel sickness medications work by damping down the confusion in the brain.Īnti-sickness treatment works best when taken before the nausea starts, although can be taken after the onset, when it will still help to reduce nausea. It is confused by apparently conflicting information about movement and responds with feelings of dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Travel or motion sickness (triggered by cars, boats, trains, aeroplanes, and occasionally computer games) is caused when your brain receives mixed messages from your eyes and the balance mechanism in your inner ear. Written and reviewed by a team of doctors. Medications & prices Medications and prices Close.