Dramamine

Product Description

Dramammine is motion sickness medicine. It blocks histamine H1 receptors and m-cholinoreceptors of the central nervous system (CNS).

Dramammine is used to depress vestibular system of the inner ear by affecting otoliths at the first place, and in high doses, it is affecting semicircular canals.

Dramammine provides antiemetic, anorexigenic, sedative, moderate anti-allergic effects, and eliminates dizziness.

Effect from Dramammine is usually achieved in 15-30 minutes and maintains during the next 3-6 hours after intake.

Safety information

Indications:

-kinetosis (sea and air sickness);

-prevention and treatment of symptoms of vestibular and labyrinthine disorders (dizziness, nausea, vomiting), except for symptoms caused by antitumor therapy;

-Ménière's disease.

How to take Dramammine

The usual dose for adults and children of 12 and older is 50-100mg 2-3 times per day. The maximal daily intake dose should not exceed 350mg

Children in the age from 3 to 6 years old should take 12.5-25 mg 2-3 times per day; children in the age from 7 to 12 years – from 25 to 50 mg 2-3 times per day.

Medication is taken before the meal.

For kinetosis prevention, 50-100mg of Dramammine should be taken in 30 minutes before the trip.

Contraindications

• epilepsy;

• acute exudative and herpetic (vesicular) dermatosis;

• Children under 3 years;

• Hypersensitivity to the ingredients of the drug;

• Drimin drug is contraindicated during pregnancy;

• If you need to use Drumina during lactation, you should stop breastfeeding.

Side effects

From the side of the central nervous system: dizziness, headache, drowsiness, general weakness, fatigue, impaired concentration, anxiety, nervousness, insomnia; rarely - weakening of night and color vision, disruption of accommodation.

On the part of the digestive system: dry mouth, decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting.

From the respiratory system: dryness of the mucous membranes of the nose, thickening of the bronchial secretion.

From the cardiovascular system: a decrease in blood pressure, tachycardia.

Allergic reactions: skin rash, angioedema, bronchospasm, drug dermatitis.

Other: hemolytic anemia, difficulty urinating.