dimenhydrinate

Examples

• All

• For his trip, he packed some dimenhydrinate to ensure he wouldn't feel sick.

• Dimenhydrinate and meclizine are category B drugs and are especially safe when administered in the smaller doses required to control vertigo and the accompanying nausea.

  Academic text (2003)

• The doctor said to take dimenhydrinate before the cruise to prevent motion sickness.

Synonyms

D

Dramamine

vsdimenhydrinate

7 6.7

Medicine you take to stop motion sickness and nausea

is the generic name often sold under that trade name

D

diphenhydramine

vsdimenhydrinate

• Specialized

2 5.5

A medicine that reduces allergy and hay fever symptoms and helps with motion sickness

aims more at preventing nausea from movement than allergy relief

P

promethazine

vsdimenhydrinate

• Specialized

1 7.1

A medicine used for allergies, motion sickness, and nausea that can make you sleepy

focuses on antiemetic use rather than sedative effects

M

meclizine

vsdimenhydrinate

• Specialized

1 8.6

A medicine that prevents motion sickness and reduces dizziness

focuses on general antiemetic use rather than vertigo treatment

H

hydroxyzine

vsdimenhydrinate

• Specialized

8.4

A medicine that reduces allergy symptoms, calms anxiety, and prevents motion sickness

is used mainly to prevent nausea from movement rather than as an anxiety tranquilizer

Surface Forms

Etymology