Our vestibular system which is created to assist with our balance, is located in the inner ear. You can (we're not saying that you should) modify this system by spinning around and around and realising just how much your balance has been affected. In the same way, motion from travelling on a plane, boat, train or car may confuse normal vestibular system balance and unpleasant symptoms may occur.

Motion sickness may come upon you rapidly. Nausea often quickly followed by vomiting are the main symptoms. Accompanying this may be tiredness and dizziness. Typically, exiting the moving vehicle and standing on the ground arrests the symptoms. Sometimes symptoms may last for days afterwards.

Treatments commonly used for travel sickness include antihistamine tablets such as Sea-Legs Meclozine, ginger tablets or use of a scopolamine patch. Scopoderm is a rebranded version of the internationally known product, Transderm Scop, from the same company – Novartis.

Scopoderm is a small transdermal patch that is applied behind the ear, where the drug scopolamine is gradually released over 72 hours. There are some side effects and precautions that you need to be aware of before using this product. Scopoderm is usually reserved for longer periods of travel such as long plane rides or for journeys at sea.

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