If your child is car sick, air sick, or sea sick, the right drugs combined with tried-and-true home remedies can stop the nauseated misery and help your whole family enjoy travel together
A pattern of autonomic symptoms occurring as a stress reaction to motion of a person’s own body or its environment
Prescription anti-nausea drug brands such as Stemetil or Zofran can be effective but often expensive
The active ingredient in these is Meclizine, an antihistamine used to treat…you guessed it: motion sickness and associated nausea
If treatment is needed for longer than 3 days to help prevent nausea and vomiting caused Neither does Zofran
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While classed as antihistamines, (like Benadryl, or diphenhydramine) some are better at nasuea than allergies, and vice versa
Being sleep-deprived can worsen motion sickness symptoms
Side Effects
Dramamine has two different formularies
Cinnarizine (Stugeron) is an antihistamine (not marketed in the US Scopolamine transdermal patch is used to prevent nausea and vomiting after anesthesia, narcotic pain medicines, and surgery
Historically, motion sickness was first described in seafarers (Hippocrates)
In some cases, morning sickness can interfere with eating a healthy diet or the ability to take products like prenatal vitamins
Background: Ondansetron is currently being explored as a treatment for motion sickness due to its proven prophylactic effect on post-operative nausea, the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy, and its lack of side effects