Antiemetic / motion sickness · ATC R06AA11
Dimenhydrinate
Dramamine in the US
The international (INN) name. Pharmacists everywhere recognize it, even when the local brand differs (e.g. Dramamine, Gravol, Nausicalm).
Sold for: nausea and motion sickness.
Kwells (hyoscine) or Stugeron (cinnarizine) cover this use. Dimenhydrinate is not a standard over-the-counter medicine in UK pharmacies; the only dimenhydrinate products listed are prescription-only. Boots and Superdrug stock hyoscine, cinnarizine or meclozine (Sea-Legs) travel-sickness tablets instead.
Sold in pharmacies without a prescription. Mercalm is dimenhydrinate with caffeine.
Dramamine (dimenhydrinate) is prescription-only. Over the counter, look for the Travelmin range: it is a brand family whose products use different active ingredients for different needs, so check the ingredients on the pack.
Tablets and syrup (Novomin and generics) are pharmacy-only; injectable dimenhydrinate is prescription-only. Dramamine and Gravol are not registered in Singapore.
Pharmacies in Morocco work in French, so use the French name.