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Carsickness is the unpleasant feeling of nausea (which sometime leads to vomiting) that some people experience while riding in a car.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

Is a type of:

Motion sickness

How common it is:

Very common

Symptoms

Vomiting
Headache
Abdominal pain
Nausea
Stomach pain
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Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Carsickness
Scopolamine
3.6
68 reviews
Dimenhydrinate
3.5
81 reviews
Meclizine
3.4
65 reviews
Promethazine
3.2
60 reviews
Promethazine rectal
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Other treatments

Behavior therapy
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Risk factors

Personal

Cigarette smoking

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