Dramamine
Dramamine 50mg tablets contain dimenhydrinate and are taken to prevent and ease motion sickness, nausea and vomiting on journeys by car, boat, plane or train.
All strengths and pack prices
| Strength | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50mg | 60 tablets | $38.40 | $0.64 |
| 50mg | 90 tablets | $51.30 | $0.57 |
| 50mg | 120 tablets | $66.00 | $0.55 |
| 50mg | 180 tablets | $79.20 | $0.44 |
| 50mg | 270 tablets | $105.30 | $0.39 |
| 50mg | 360 tablets | $129.60 | $0.36 |
- Category
- Digestive Health
- Active ingredient
- Dimenhydrinate
- Route
- Oral
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 50mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Shipped in a discreet, unmarked envelope.
Details
- Conditions
- Motion sickness · Nausea · Vomiting
- Therapeutic Class
- Antiemetic
- Pharmacological Class
- Antihistamine
- Minor Side Effects
- Drowsiness, Dry mouth
- Moderate Side Effects
- Blurred vision, Coordination issues
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral
- Originator
- Prestige Consumer Healthcare
- Onset Time
- 30 minutes
- Duration
- 4–6 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store in a cool, dry place away from children.
- Drug Interactions
- Alcohol, Sedatives
What you will receive
Dramamine is the originator brand name, made by Prestige Consumer Healthcare. We use it to identify the medicine; the pack you receive is a generic equivalent, not the original Dramamine.
- The same active ingredient (Dimenhydrinate) at the same strength.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock when your order ships.
FAQ
What Dramamine pack sizes can I order?
Dramamine comes as 50mg tablets in packs of 60, 90, 120, 180, 270 or 360. This is generic dimenhydrinate, not the original Dramamine. Larger packs cost less per tablet.
How is Dramamine delivered to Hong Kong?
Dramamine orders to Hong Kong are sent in plain, unbranded packaging with nothing outside about the contents. If a parcel does not arrive within the delivery window or arrives damaged, it is sent again free or refunded. Tracked courier takes 5 to 9 business days with online tracking.
What are the alternative names for Dramamine and dimenhydrinate?
Dramamine is a brand name of dimenhydrinate, which is also sold as Driminate and Gravol. Here, dimenhydrinate can be bought online as generic Dramamine, and also as dimenhydrinate tablets. These are generics, not the original brand.
How long does one Dramamine tablet last?
A 50mg dose eases motion sickness for roughly four to six hours, which covers most ferry crossings and short flights. If the journey runs longer you can take another dose, but no more than eight tablets in 24 hours.
Does Dramamine make you sleepy?
Drowsiness is the most common effect of dimenhydrinate and it is part of how the medicine works. Many people find a tablet makes them pleasantly sleepy rather than knocked out, while a few — children especially — become restless instead. Do not drive if it leaves you drowsy.
Can I drink alcohol with Dramamine?
Better not. Alcohol and dimenhydrinate both slow you down, and together they bring on more drowsiness, dizziness and unsteadiness than either alone. Save the drink for once you have arrived.
Can I take Dramamine for nausea that is not from travel?
Yes — dimenhydrinate is used for nausea and vomiting from other causes, including vertigo and inner-ear problems. It is a short-term remedy, so it suits occasional sickness rather than a problem that keeps coming back.
Can children take Dramamine tablets?
The 50mg tablet is for adults and children aged 12 and over. Younger children are usually given a lower dose in a liquid or dissolvable form so the amount can be measured out.
About Dramamine
What Dramamine tablets do
Dramamine is a brand name for dimenhydrinate, an antihistamine that settles the sickness travel brings on. A long journey by car, ferry, plane or train sets up a mismatch between what your inner ear feels and what your eyes see, and the result is the queasy feeling, dizziness, headache, cold sweat and pallor known as motion sickness. Dimenhydrinate blunts the balance signals that run from the inner ear to the part of the brain that triggers vomiting, which keeps the stomach calmer. It is also used for nausea and vomiting from other causes, including inner-ear problems and vertigo.
Taking a dose before you travel
Take one or two 50mg tablets with water, half an hour to an hour before you leave. They prevent sickness far better than they stop it once vomiting has begun. A dose covers a few hours, so on a long journey you can repeat it every four to six hours, up to eight tablets in 24 hours; a short hop often needs just one. The tablets are for adults and children aged 12 and over. Leave the pack out of hot cars and off sunny windowsills.
Side effects
Drowsiness is what most people notice, and it is part of why the tablets work; some find one tablet takes the edge off the nausea while leaving them alert enough to read. Dry mouth, blurred vision, headache, dizziness and thicker nasal mucus are also common. Children and older adults sometimes go the other way and become restless or muddled instead of sleepy. Trouble breathing, or swollen lips, tongue or throat, needs urgent treatment.
What makes the drowsiness worse
A glass of wine on the flight plus a tablet is the combination that catches people out: the two add together, and the result is far more drowsiness, dizziness and wobbliness than either brings alone. Sleeping pills, sedatives, opioid painkillers and other antihistamines (cold and allergy remedies often contain one) stack up the same way, and if you take any of them a single tablet may be plenty.
Dramamine or plain dimenhydrinate?
Dimenhydrinate is the active ingredient; Dramamine is one name for a 50mg tablet of it. If you see plain dimenhydrinate 50mg tablets in the range, they contain the same thing at the same strength, so pick by the name you know.
Sources
- Motion sickness - NHS — National Health Service
- Motion Sickness | CDC Yellow Book™ — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention