Meclizine belongs to the class of medications called anti-emetics (medications that prevent nausea and vomiting). Meclizine is used to treat or prevent nausea, vomiting, and dizziness caused by motion sickness, radiation therapy, Ménière’s disease. Meclizine possibly is effective in the treatment of vertigo (balance disorder) caused by diseases of the body’s balance (vestibular) system or by certain inner ear problems.

Dosage and direction

The recommended adult dose of meclizine depending on the condition being treated. To prevent problems with nausea and vomiting you should take a single dose of 25 mg to 50 mg about 1 hour before and its action usually continue for about 24 hours. The first dose should be taken at least one hour before travelling. The dose may be repeated every 24 hours while travelling to further prevent motion sickness. The dosing should not exceed 2 tablets in 24 hours. For inner ear disorders, the usual dose ranges from 25 mg to 100 mg daily in divided doses. For people receiving radiation treatment, the usual dose is 50 mg given 2 to 12 hours before radiation treatment. Vertigo is treated with 25-100 mg daily in divided doses. Children’s dose is about one-half of the adult dose. Take meclizine with a full glass of water. The fruit-flavoured tablets can be chewed, swallowed whole, or dissolved in the mouth. Do not use it in larger amounts or for longer than recommended.

Precautions

Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert. Avoid drinking alcohol. Usage of Meclizine is not recommended in children under 12 years of age. It should be used during pregnancy only if clearly necessary. Meclizine can cause side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions.

Contraindications

You should not take this medication if you are allergic to meclizine, if you have asthma or other breathing disorder, glaucoma, an enlarged prostate, or problems with urination.

Possible side effects

Meclizine can cause drowsiness, nausea, dry mouth, blurred vision, rash constipation, diarrhea and urinary retention. Meclizine also has been associated with hypotension (low blood pressure) and heart palpitations, hives, difficulty breathing, swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Drug interactions

Taking of alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers with Meclizine can increase drowsiness. Tell your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and drugs prescribed by other doctors. Do not start a new medication without telling your doctor.

Missed dose

If you take Meclizine only when it needs you may not have dosing schedule. If you are taking the medication regularly, take the missed dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to take the medicine and skip the missed dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.

Overdose

Overdose symptoms may include extreme drowsiness. Seek emergency medical attention if you think you have used too much of this medicine.

Storage

Store Meclizine at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.

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Antivert is an antihistamine which used to treat nausea, vomiting, and dizziness associated with motion sickness. Antivert may also be helpful in treating vertigo. It works by blocking a chemical messenger in the brain, which helps to reduce or prevent vomiting.

Dosage and direction

Consult with your doctor before using. Use no more than was prescribed. Take it orally with or without food.

The recommended dose for adults and children 12 years and over various from type of situation:

1.For Motion Sickness the commonly dose is 5 to 50 milligrams 1 hour before traveling. During your journey the dose can be repeated every 24 hours.

2.For Vertigo: the commonly dose is 25 to 100 milligrams per day, divided into equal, smaller doses as determined by your doctor.

For children under years of age it is not recommended.

Note: this instruction presented here just for review. It’s very necessary to consult with your doctor before using. It help you to get best results.

Precautions

Use Antivert with caution if you medical history include asthma, glaucoma, or an enlarged prostate gland, check with your doctor before using Antivert. Also Antivert may cause you to become drowsy or less alert; therefore, driving a car or operating dangerous machinery is not recommended. Use with caution in hot weather and during exercise. Antivert should not be used during pregnancy, becoming pregnant or lactating without doctor’s advice. Because of the possible adverse effects to the infant breast-feeding is not recommended. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.

Contraindications

Antivert is not allowed to people who are hypersensitivity to any components of this medication and contraindicated in pregnancy.

Possible side effect

They may include an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Less serious include:

– blurred vision;

dry mouth;

constipation; or

dizziness, drowsiness.

If you experience one of them stop using Antivert and tell your doctor as soon as possible. Also consult with your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual.

Drug interaction

Antivert interact with the following drugs: alcohol; other antihistamines (e.g., diphenhydramine); sedatives. Also note that interaction between two medications does not always mean that you must stop taking one of them. As usual it affects the the effect of drugs, so consult with your doctor about how it interactions are being managed or should be managed.

Missed dose

If you forgot to take your dose in time, please do it as soon as you remember. But do not take if it is too late or almost time for your next dose. Do not take double or extra doses. Take your usually dose next day in the same regularly time.

Overdose

Symptoms of Antivert overdose may include unusual excitability, drowsiness, hallucinations, very slow or shallow breathing, and seizures. If you experience one of them or any unusual symptoms call your doctor immediately.

Storage

Store at room temperature between 20-25 C (68-77 F). Keep far from heat, moisture, and sunlight. Storage in a bathroom is not recommended. Keep in places out of the reach of children.

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Dramamine is used to treat sea and air sickness, Meniere’s disease, to prevent and treat symptoms of vestibular and labyrinth disorders (dizziness, nausea, vomiting, except for symptoms caused by anticancer chemotherapy). Active substance of the drug is Dimenhydrinate, it blocks histamine H1-receptors and m-cholinergic receptors of central nervous system, inhibits hyperstimulated functioning of the labyrinth. Dramamine reduces dizziness, has antiemetic, anti-vomiting, sedative, and mild anti-allergic effect. The results of its action are manifested in 20-30 minutes and continue for 4-6 hours

Dosage and direction

To prevent sea or air sickness take Dramamine at least 30 minutes before the planned trip. Adults and adolescents under 14 years of age should take 50-100 mg, children between 2-6 years of age should take 25-50 mg, and children between 7-14 years should take 50 mg dose of Dramamine. For vestibular disorders adults should take 50-100 mg (each for hours if necessary) but not more than 400 mg a day; for children reduction of the dose is needed. Take exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Take with a full glass of water.

Precautions

This medicine may change your ability to concentrate attention, to drive, and operate machinery. Be especially cautious performing any hazardous activities or refuse from doing it due to possible dizziness, drowsiness, or blurred vision caused by Dramamine. Limit intake of alcoholic beverages as it increases drowsiness and dizziness while you are taking dimenhydrinate.

Contraindications

Dramamine cannot be used in the patients with hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, asthma, epilepsy and in children under two years of age.

Possible side effect

Besides possible allergic reaction (facial swelling, hives, rash) Dramamine may cause drowsiness or dizziness, restlessness, tiredness, insomnia, inability to concentrate attention, excitation, nervousness, or insomnia, blurred or double vision, weakness of night and color vision, accommodation disorders, dry mouth, nose, or throat, decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, difficulty urinating, or an irregular or fast heartbeat. If you experience side effects listed above and they become bothersome inform your doctor about it.

Drug interaction

Dramamine enhances the effects of atropine, tricyclic antidepressants, catecholamines, barbiturates, alcohol, sedatives and hypnotics, neuroleptics, weakens – corticosteroids, anticoagulants. Response to apomorphine is diminised by Dramamine. Dimenhydrinate also reduces depressive effect of acetylcholine on the heart muscle. Concomitant use of Dramamine with bismuth, scopolamine, anesthetics and psychotropic drugs make vision disorders more likely to occur. Dramamine is incompatible with ototoxic antibiotics (viomitsin, amikacin, streptomycin, neomycin, kanamycin) and may cause the development of irreversible hearing loss.

Missed dose

Never take a double dose of this medication. If it is almost time of the next dose just skip the missed portion and continue to take the medicine according to the schedule.

Overdose

Dramamine overdose symptoms may include fatigue, drowsiness, headache, dizziness, itching and skin vasodilation, mydriasis (excessive dilation of the pupil), slow reaction of pupils to light, accommodation disturbances, nystagmus (involuntary eye movement), amyotonia and tendon reflexes, urinary retention, tachycardia, changes in blood pressure. Symptoms of depressed central nervous system caused by Dramamine may include slurred speech, orientation in time and space, ataxia, coma, respiratory depression, excitation of the central nervous system; in children hallucinations, convulsions, and death may occur.

Storage

Store Dramamine at room temperature between 20 and 25 degrees C (68 and 77 degrees F) away from moisture and heat.

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