Stugeron Travel Sickness and Motion Sickness Tablets

What is Travel Sickness?

Motion sickness, sometimes referred to as sea sickness, travel sickness or car sickness, is a very common disturbance of the inner ear that is caused by repeated motion such as from the swell of the sea, movement of a car, or the motion of turbulent air on a plane. The symptoms of motion sickness are nausea, vomiting, dizziness, sweating, and a sense of feeling unwell. These symptoms arise from the inner ear (labyrinth) due to changes in one’s sense of balance and equilibrium. Stugeron travel sickness tablets can be used to alleviate these symptoms.

Causes of travel motion sickness

Motion sickness is caused by repeated movements when travelling, like going over bumps in a car or moving up and down in a boat. Often reading, watching a film or sitting with your head down while travelling can all cause you to feel unwell. The inner ear sends different signals to your brain from those your eyes are seeing. These confusing messages could cause you to feel unwell.

Further information.

Home Health has a large health information section, to see more information about vertigo click here.

For more information about travel sickness from the NHS click here.

For more information about motion sickness from the NHS click here.

Stugeron travel sickness tablets are used:

• to control travel sickness.

• for problems with balance (such as Ménières disease) to treat symptoms of:

• feeling dizzy or lightheaded
• ringing in the ears
• feeling sick (nausea) and being sick (vomiting)

Stugeron travel sickness tablets is for use in adults and children aged over 5 years.

Stugeron travel motion tablets is available without prescription. However, you still need to take Stugeron carefully to get the best results from them.

Please read the Patient Information Leaflet before starting to take this medication.

How to help stop travel sickness

The following tips may help you avoid travel sickness:

• At sea

• Stay on deck and keep your eyes on the horizon
• Keep away from diesel and galley smells
• Do not eat rich and fatty foods while travelling

• On the road

• Keep looking ahead into the distance
• Travel in daylight with a window open
• Make sure children can see out of the windscreen
• Do not read
• Do not eat rich and fatty foods while travelling

Other conditions – Vertigo?

Vertigo feels like you or everything around you is spinning – enough to affect your balance. It’s more than just feeling dizzy. A vertigo attack can last from a few seconds to hours. If you have severe vertigo, it can last for many days or months.

What can cause Vertigo?

There are a number of possible causes for vertigo but the most common problem is linked to Inner ear problems, which affect balance, other possible common causes:

• benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) – where specific head movements cause vertigo
• labyrinthitis – an inner ear infection caused by a cold or flu virus
• vestibular neuritis – inflammation of the vestibular nerve
• Ménière’s disease – a rare inner ear condition, which sometimes involves ringing in the ear (tinnitus) or loss of hearing