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Motion sickness
Travel sickness.
Peer reviewed by Dr Hayley Willacy, FRCGP Last updated by Dr Colin Tidy, MRCGP Last updated 16 Mar 2023
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In this series: Health advice for travel abroad Travelling to remote locations Ears and flying Jet lag Altitude sickness
Motion sickness (travel sickness) is common, especially in children. It is caused by repeated unusual movements during travelling, which send strong (sometimes confusing) signals to the balance and position sensors in the brain.
In this article :
What causes motion sickness, how long does motion sickness last, motion sickness symptoms, how to stop motion sickness, natural treatments for motion sickness, motion sickness medicines, what can a doctor prescribe for motion sickness, what should i do if i'm actually sick, what is mal de debarquement syndrome.
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Motion sickness is a normal response to repeated movements, such as going over bumps or around in a circle, send lots of messages to your brain. If you are inside a vehicle, particularly if you are focused on things that are inside the vehicle with you then the signals that your eyes send to the brain may tell it that your position is not changing, whilst your balance mechanisms say otherwise.
Your balance mechanisms in your inner ears sense different signals to those that your eyes are seeing which then sends your brain mixed, confusing messages. This confusion between messages then causes people to experience motion sickness.
Is motion sickness normal?
Motion sickness is a normal response that anyone can have when experiencing real or perceived motion. Although all people can develop motion sickness if exposed to sufficiently intense motion, some people are rarely affected while other people are more susceptible and have to deal with motion sickness very often.
Triggers for motion sickness
Motion sickness can also be triggered by anxiety or strong smells, such as food or petrol. Sometimes trying to read a book or a map can trigger motion sickness. Both in children and adults, playing computer games can sometimes cause motion sickness to occur.
Motion sickness is more common in children and also in women. Fortunately, many children grow out of having motion sickness. It is not known why some people develop motion sickness more than others. Symptoms can develop in cars, trains, planes and boats and on amusement park rides, etc.
Symptoms typically go when the journey is over; however, not always. In some people they last a few hours, or even days, after the journey ends.
There are various symptoms of motion sickness including::
Feeling sick (nausea and vomiting).
Sweating and cold sweats.
Increase in saliva.
Headaches .
Feeling cold and going pale.
Feeling weak.
Some general tips to avoid motion sickness include the following.
Prepare for your journey
Don't eat a heavy meal before travelling. Light, carbohydrate-based food like cereals an hour or two before you travel is best.
On long journeys, try breaking the journey to have some fresh air, drink some cold water and, if possible, take a short walk.
For more in-depth advice on travelling generally, see the separate leaflets called Health Advice for Travel Abroad , Travelling to Remote Locations , Ears and Flying (Aeroplane Ear) , Jet Lag and Altitude Sickness .
Plan where you sit
Keep motion to a minimum. For example, sit in the front seat of a car, over the wing of a plane, or on deck in the middle of a boat.
On a boat, stay on deck and avoid the cafeteria or sitting where your can smell the engines.
Breathe fresh air
Breathe fresh air if possible. For example, open a car window.
Avoid strong smells, particularly petrol and diesel fumes. This may mean closing the window and turning on the air conditioning, or avoiding the engine area in a boat.
Use your eyes and ears differently
Close your eyes (and keep them closed for the whole journey). This reduces 'positional' signals from your eyes to your brain and reduces the confusion.
Don't try to read.
Try listening to an audio book with your eyes closed. There is some evidence that distracting your brain with audio signals can reduce your sensitivity to the motion signals.
Try to sleep - this works mainly because your eyes are closed, but it is possible that your brain is able to ignore some motion signals when you are asleep.
Do not read or watch a film.
It is advisable not to watch moving objects such as waves or other cars. Don't look at things your brain expects to stay still, like a book inside the car. Instead, look ahead, a little above the horizon, at a fixed place.
If you are the driver you are less likely to feel motion sickness. This is probably because you are constantly focused on the road ahead and attuned to the movements that you expect the vehicle to make. If you are not, or can't be, the driver, sitting in the front and watching what the driver is watching can be helpful.
Treat your tummy gently
Avoid heavy meals and do not drink alcohol before and during travelling. It may also be worth avoiding spicy or fatty food.
Try to 'tame your tummy' with sips of a cold water or a sweet, fizzy drink. Cola or ginger ale are recommended.
Try alternative treatments
Sea-Bands® are acupressure bands that you wear on your wrists to put pressure on acupressure points that Chinese medicine suggests affects motion sickness. Some people find that they are effective.
Homeopathic medicines seem to help some people, and will not make you drowsy. The usual homeopathic remedy is called 'nux vom'. Follow the instructions on the packet.
All the techniques above which aim to prevent motion sickness will also help reduce it once it has begun. Other techniques, which are useful on their own to treat motion sickness but can also be used with medicines if required, are:
Breathe deeply and slowly and, while focusing on your breathing, listening to music. This has been proved to be effective in clinical trials.
Ginger - can improve motion sickness in some people (as a biscuit or sweet, or in a drink).
There are several motion sickness medicines available which can reduce, or prevent, symptoms of motion sickness. You can buy them from pharmacies or, in some cases, get them on prescription. They work by interfering with the nerve signals described above.
Medicines are best taken before the journey. They may still help even if you take them after symptoms have begun, although once you feel sick you won't absorb medicines from the stomach very well. So, at this point, tablets that you put against your gums, or skin patches, are more likely to be effective.
Hyoscine is usually the most effective medicine for motion sickness . It is also known as scopolamine. It works by preventing the confusing nerve messages going to your brain.
There are several brands of medicines which contain hyoscine - they also come in a soluble form for children. You should take a dose 30-60 minutes before a journey; the effect can last up to 72 hours. Hyoscine comes as a patch for people aged 10 years or over. (This is only available on prescription - see below.) Side-effects of hyoscine include dry mouth , drowsiness and blurred vision.
Side-effects of motion sickness medicines
Some medicines used for motion sickness may cause drowsiness. Some people are extremely sensitive to this and may find that they are so drowsy that they can't function properly at all. For others the effects may be milder but can still impair your reactions and alertness. It is therefore advisable not to drive and not to operate heavy machinery if you have taken them. In addition, some medicines may interfere with alcohol or other medication; your doctor or the pharmacist can advise you about this.
Antihistamines
Antihistamines can also be useful , although they are not quite as effective as hyoscine. However, they usually cause fewer side-effects. Several types of antihistamine are sold for motion sickness. All can cause drowsiness, although some are more prone to cause it than others; for example, promethazine , which may be of use for young children on long journeys, particularly tends to cause drowsiness. Older children or adults may prefer one that is less likely to cause drowsiness - for example, cinnarizine or cyclizine.
Remember, if you give children medicines which cause drowsiness they can sometimes be irritable when the medicines wear off.
See the separate article called How to manage motion sickness .
There are a number of anti-sickness medicines which can only be prescribed by your doctor. Not all of them always work well for motion sickness, and finding something that works may be a case of trial and error. All of them work best taken up to an hour before your journey, and work less well if used when you already feel sick. See also the separate leaflet called Nausea (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment) for more detailed information about these medicines .
Hyoscine patch
Hyoscine, or scopolamine, patches are suitable for adults and for children over 10 years old. The medicine is absorbed through your skin, although this method of medicine delivery is slow so the patch works best if applied well before your journey.
You should stick the patch on to the skin behind the ear 5-6 hours before travelling (often this will mean late on the previous night) and remove it at the end of the journey.
Prochlorperazine
Prochlorperazine is a prescription-only medicine which works by changing the actions of the chemicals that control the tendency to be sick (vomit), in your brain. One form of prochlorperazine is Buccastem®, which is absorbed through your gums and does not need to be swallowed. Buccastem® tastes rather bitter but it can be effective for sickness when you are already feeling sick, as it doesn't have to be absorbed by the stomach.
Metoclopramide
Metoclopramide is a tablet used to speed up the emptying of your tummy. Slow emptying of the tummy is something that happens when you develop nausea and vomiting, so metoclopramide can help prevent this. It prevents nausea and vomiting quite effectively in some people. It can occasionally have unpleasant side-effects, particularly in children (in whom it is not recommended). Metoclopramide is often helpful for those who tend to have gastric reflux, those who have slow tummy emptying because of previous surgery, and those who have type 1 diabetes. Your GP will advise whether metoclopramide is suitable for you.
Domperidone
Domperidone , like metoclopramide, is sometimes used for sickness caused by slow tummy emptying. It is not usually recommended for motion sickness but is occasionally used if other treatments don't help. Domperidone is not a legal medicine in some countries, including the USA.
Ondansetron
Ondansetron is a powerful antisickness medicine which is most commonly used for sickness caused by chemotherapy, and occasionally used for morning sickness in pregnancy. It is not usually effective for motion sickness. This, and its relatively high cost means that it is not prescribed for motion sickness alone. However, for those undergoing chemotherapy, and for those who have morning sickness aggravated by travel, ondansetron may be helpful.
If you're actually sick you may find that this relieves your symptoms a little, although not always for very long. If you've been sick:
Try a cool flannel on your forehead, try to get fresh air on your face and do your best to find a way to rinse your mouth to get rid of the taste.
Don't drink anything for ten to twenty minutes (or it may come straight back), although (very) tiny sips of very cold water, coke or ginger ale may help.
After this, go back to taking all the prevention measures above.
Once you reach your destination you may continue to feel unwell. Sleep if you can, sip cold iced water, and - when you feel ready - try some small carbohydrate snacks. Avoid watching TV (more moving objects to watch!) until you feel a little better.
The sensation called 'mal de debarquement' (French for sickness on disembarking) refers to the sensation you sometimes get after travel on a boat, train or plane, when you feel for a while as though the ground is rocking beneath your feet. It is probably caused by the overstimulation of the balance organs during your journey. It usually lasts only an hour or two, but in some people it can last for several days, particularly after a long sea journey. It does not usually require any treatment.
Persistent mal de debarquement syndrome is an uncommon condition in which these symptoms may persist for months or years.
Dr Mary Lowth is an author or the original author of this leaflet.
Further reading and references
- Spinks A, Wasiak J ; Scopolamine (hyoscine) for preventing and treating motion sickness. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jun 15;(6):CD002851.
- Lackner JR ; Motion sickness: more than nausea and vomiting. Exp Brain Res. 2014 Aug;232(8):2493-510. doi: 10.1007/s00221-014-4008-8. Epub 2014 Jun 25.
- Leung AK, Hon KL ; Motion sickness: an overview. Drugs Context. 2019 Dec 13;8:2019-9-4. doi: 10.7573/dic.2019-9-4. eCollection 2019.
- Zhang LL, Wang JQ, Qi RR, et al ; Motion Sickness: Current Knowledge and Recent Advance. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2016 Jan;22(1):15-24. doi: 10.1111/cns.12468. Epub 2015 Oct 9.
- Van Ombergen A, Van Rompaey V, Maes LK, et al ; Mal de debarquement syndrome: a systematic review. J Neurol. 2016 May;263(5):843-854. doi: 10.1007/s00415-015-7962-6. Epub 2015 Nov 11.
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Kwells travel sickness tablets help prevent travel sickness in adults and children over the age of 12. These tablets are caffine free and can be chewed, swallowed or sucked 30 minutes before travelling. Kwells can be used when travelling by boat, car, coach, plane or train.
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Hyoscine hydrobromide travel sickness tablets can be taken by most adults and children from the age of 3 years.
Patches for travel sickness can be used by most adults and children from the age of 10 years.
Who may not be able to take hyoscine hydrobromide
Hyoscine hydrobromide is not suitable for some people. To make sure it's safe for you, tell a pharmacist or doctor before taking it if you:
- have ever had an allergic reaction to hyoscine hydrobromide or any other medicine
- have an eye problem called primary angle closure glaucoma
- have difficulty peeing or a bowel blockage
- have myasthenia gravis , a condition that causes muscle weakness
- have heart problems, including a very fast heart rate
- have thyroid, kidney or liver problems
- have epilepsy (seizures)
- have digestive problems, such as acid reflux or severe constipation
- have ulcerative colitis
- have a high temperature
- are pregnant or trying to get pregnant, as hyoscine hydrobromide is not recommended in pregnancy
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Hyoscine hydrobromide (Kwells and Joy-Rides) Other brand names: Kwells Kids, Travel Calm, Scopoderm. Hyoscine hydrobromide (Kwells and Joy-Rides) Find out how hyoscine hydrobromide treats travel sickness and how to take it. NHS medicines information on hyoscine hydrobromide - what it's used for, side effects, dosage and who can take it.
Hyoscine is the most effective medicine for travel sickness. It works by preventing the confusing messages going to your brain. ... The effect of the patch can last up to 72 hours, so it is suitable for people taking long journeys. ... Kwells® 300 microgram tablets; Dexcel Pharma Ltd, The electronic Medicines Compendium. Dated May 2022.
Short trips or big adventures, you can help end the misery and unhappiness of travel sickness. Kwells 300 microgram tablets and Kwells Kids 150 microgram tablets are used for the fast and effective prevention and control of travel sickness. Contains Hyoscine Hydrobromide. Helps prevent travel sickness. 12 tablets.
How to take Kwells tablets • 4. Possible side effects • 5. How to store Kwells tablets • 6. Further information Go to top of the page 1. WHAT ARE KWELLS® TABLETS AND WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR? Kwells 300 microgram tablets are used for the fast and effective prevention and control of travel sickness. Travel sickness happens when the brain
Travels sickness pills. Pills, such as Kwells travel sickness tablets, can help to relieve symptoms of travel sickness. Our travel sickness tablets contain Hyoscine Hydrobromide 300mcg which temporarily reduces the effect of movement on the balance organs of the inner ear and the nerves responsible for nausea.
Because Kwells tablets melt in the mouth, absorption into the bloodstream is very rapid and they can be taken up to 20-30 minutes before travelling or at the onset of sickness. Kwells 300 microgram tablets. For the prevention of travel sickness. Contains Hyoscine Hydrobromide 300mcg. Always read the label.
Out of Hours Telephone. +44 (0) 1748 828 784. Kwells 300 microgram tablets - Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) by Dexcel Pharma Ltd.
On this page about Kwells you will find information relating to side effects, age restrictions, food interactions, whether the medicine is available at a government subsidised price on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) as well as other useful information. ... For the prevention of travel sickness. How to take it. The way to take this ...
Ondansetron. Ondansetron is a powerful antisickness medicine which is most commonly used for sickness caused by chemotherapy, and occasionally used for morning sickness in pregnancy. It is not usually effective for motion sickness. This, and its relatively high cost means that it is not prescribed for motion sickness alone.
Common human travel sickness tablets that can be used for dogs include: Dramamine or Gravol, active ingredient: dimenhydrinate. Dosing for dogs: 4 to 8 mg per kilogram of your dog's weight, up to 3 times daily. Benadryl, active ingredient: diphenhydramine hydrochloride. Dosing for dogs: 2 to 4 mg per kilogram of weight, 2 to 3 times daily.
Tablets to be sucked, chewed or swallowed. Adults: 1 tablet every 6 hours if required. Do not take more than 3 tablets in 24 hours. Elderly: There is no special dosage regimen for the elderly and as such caution should be exercised. Children: Children over 10: ½ -1 tablet every 6 hours if required. Do not take more than 1½ -3 tablets in 24 hours.
Short trips or big adventures, you can help end the misery and unhappiness of travel sickness. Kwells 300 microgram tablets and Kwells Kids 150 microgram tablets are used for the fast and effective prevention and control of travel sickness. Contains Hyoscine Hydrobromide; Helps prevent travel sickness; 12 tablets . Explore
The last thing you want on your next trip away is a bout of motion sickness - so what motion sickness remedies are out there to help you find motion sickness relief? Learn more. View the Kwells range. Get motion sickness under control with Kwells. Available range for kids 2-12 years and also adults.
If you have any doubts about using Kwells tablets correctly, seek the advice of your pharmacist or doctor. *Kwells 300 microgram tablets. For the prevention of travel sickness, suitable for adults and children aged 10+. Contains Hyoscine Hydrobromide 300 microgram. Kwells Kids 150 microgram tablets.
Travel sickness also referred to as motion sickness, refers to the feeling of light-headedness, nausea or vomiting induced by most forms of transport such as a car, aeroplane or even sea travel on a boat. The parts of your body responsible for sending motion-related signals to the brain are focused around the inner ear and the eyes.
Description: Kwells travel sickness tablets help prevent travel sickness in adults and children over the age of 12. These tablets are caffine free and can be chewed, swallowed or sucked 30 minutes before travelling. Kwells can be used when travelling by boat, car, coach, plane or train.
How Kwells can help. Kwells has been a reliable over-the-counter travel sickness brand for over 30 years. Kwells 300 microgram tablets 1 for children over 10 and adults and Kwells Kids 150 microgram tablets 2 for children over the age of four are used for the fast and effective prevention and control of travel sickness.. We believe everyone should travel happy and enjoy the journey, so we're ...
Hyoscine hydrobromide travel sickness tablets can be taken by most adults and children from the age of 3 years. Patches for travel sickness can be used by most adults and children from the age of 10 years. ... Page last reviewed: 5 October 2022 Next review due: 5 October 2025 Support links. Home;