Medicines and non-medicinal products for motion sickness for children

As soon as the child grows up, you can travel with him beyond the neighboring yard. Basically, children easily endure the road, like a sponge, absorbing new impressions. But some babies find it difficult to cope with travel - they are nauseated, nauseous, dizzy and even vomiting.

To make the child feel better during the trip, there are folk remedies, and it is worth starting with them. But if they do not help, it is worth having at hand the achievements of pharmaceuticals, which are guaranteed to eliminate the symptoms of motion sickness. If the parents know for sure that the child is prone to such a painful reaction to travel, it is advisable to give a medicine or homeopathic remedy in advance and immediately. What remedies can be given to children from motion sickness?

If medicines are not available, you can try to distract the child - read to him, look out the window, play some kind of game. Modern technologies are available to almost everyone and allow you to quickly switch the baby's attention from unpleasant sensations to something pleasant.

You can also let your child suck on the lollipop. It doesn't matter which one. Ginger root powder is suitable for resorption (a pea-sized amount is sufficient). However, this method must be used with caution in children. If possible, give your child some green tea with lemon without sugar.

Medicines and homeopathy for motion sickness

No popular method will give one hundred percent guarantee against motion sickness, in contrast to medicinal products. Modern medicine offers both full-fledged pharmaceuticals and homeopathic and semi-homeopathic remedies for motion sickness for children, which make it easier to endure travel in a car.

The action of these funds is based on the suppression of the autonomic reactions of the body, which leads to the temporary elimination of unpleasant symptoms.

"Dramina" (tablets)

Dramina is a tableted antiemetic agent, which is available in a single dosage - 50 mg of the active ingredient per tablet. The drug is approved for use in children from one year of age.

1. For babies up to one year old, Dramina is given in a dosage of 12.5 (1/4 tablet) -25 mg (1/2 tablet) 2-3 times / day. In this case, a single dose should not exceed 25 mg, and a daily dose should not exceed 75 mg.
2. For children from 7 to 12 years old, usually a single dose is 25-50 mg 3 times a day. The maximum daily dose is 150 mg.

Dramina is given half an hour before meals.

The advantage is the high efficiency of the drug and the possibility of using it in children under one year old. The disadvantage is the high cost.

This drug will cost less than Dramina, although it is slightly inferior in composition. The efficiency is approximately the same. Motion sickness pills for children Avia-Sea are allowed from the age of three.

They are given 20-30 minutes before the trip, one tablet at a time. It is undesirable (but acceptable) for children to give pills more than three times a day.

The advantage of this drug is its availability and effectiveness, but at the same time, it can be used only from the age of three.

Plaster "Extraplast"

This excellent remedy for motion sickness is suitable for children from the age of three.

It is glued to the area behind the ears 10-15 minutes before the trip. The patch is valid for 3 hours, that is, with a longer journey, it will have to be changed.

"Vertigohel" (homeopathy)

This is a homeopathic medicine from the well-known pharmaceutical company of homeopathic and semi-homeopathic medicines Heel, which means that harm to health is practically excluded, while the effectiveness is very high for children. In addition, this medicine for motion sickness for babies in the car works quickly and its effect lasts a very long time.

1. For babies under one year old - 1-2 drops.
2. For children under the age of three - 3 drops.
3. For children from 3 to 6 years old - 5 drops.
4. The dose for children over 6 years old is 10 drops.
5. A single dose for children over 15 years old is 5-10 drops.

The drug is given 3 times a day, 20 minutes before the trip, dissolving the required dose in a teaspoon of water.

"Kinedril"

This is a unique in composition, a combined preparation that eliminates the very cause of discomfort. Kinedryl is indicated for use in children from the age of three. You need to start taking it the day before the planned trip.

1. For children aged 3 to 6 years, Kinedryl is prescribed 1/4 tab. 2 times a day.
2. Children aged 6 to 12 years are given? - 1/2 tab.
3. Children over the age of 12 years - 1 / 2-1 tab. 2-3 times / day.

Kinedryl is a very potent drug, which means it is effective. But its obvious disadvantage is the greater the risk of side effects, the younger the child.

Contraindications to the use of such funds are individual intolerance to the components, use at an age that is unacceptable according to the instructions, specific neurological disorders.

At the same time, despite the effectiveness of these funds, it is better to resort to traditional medicine, which works in the vast majority of cases.

Non-medicinal remedies for motion sickness

In addition to pharmaceuticals and homeopathy for children, other options have been invented. These include motion sickness bracelets and lollipops. carry out a mechanical effect on the point, which is responsible for the reaction of the vestibular apparatus to the peculiarities of movement during the trip. It is necessary to put on the bracelet strictly following the instructions, then the effect will last all the time that the bracelet will be on the child.

In many pharmacies, you can also find a remedy such as lozenges. They usually have a sour or minty taste, which can alleviate symptoms.

As you can see, there are many drugs for motion sickness for children, non-drug remedies and alternative methods. An unformed vestibular apparatus of a child can react very painfully to movement, shaking and a change in position. Over time, children outgrow this ailment, but until that time, you need to help the child to move the road more easily, which will allow the whole family to really enjoy the trip together.

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