How to prevent motion sickness ?

OTC available: There are over the counter remedies available - including dramamine (dimenhydrinate) and meclizine. Talk with your pharmacist about options.

See below: Motions sickness sometimes resolves after repeated exposure to the trigger. Some thing you can do reduce motion sickness in a vehicle is to sit in the front seat and look outside, then sitting in the rear and focusing on an object. Some medications such as meclizine, diphenhydramine, or scopolamine can help. Talk to you doctor or pharmacist to determine the right one for you.

Look out the window: Looking at the scenery out the window in order to get yourself re-oriented will help resolve any "mismatch" between your senses telling you that you are sitting still and your senses telling you that you are moving! drivers rarely get car sick because their eyes are always focused on the road. Sitting in the front passenger's seat is the next best thing.

Couple of tricks: Some take otc dramamine (dimenhydrinate) or Meclizine prior to getting onto a boat. There is a bracelet with a bead to be worn if you might suffer motion sickness, and is said to be useful in some. The old fashioned scopolamine patch behind the ear may work. A lot of migraine pts have motion sickness, and anti-migraine meds may be useful.

Some approaches: Ginger root, 1000 mg capsules, dramamine, (dimenhydrinate) scopolamine ear patches, meclizine, wrist bands, vestibular exercises to accommadate.