Over-the-counter drugs
Kwells / Joy-Rides tablets – active ingredient: hyoscine hydrobromide. Hyoscine is the same as scopolamine, the drug used in Scopoderm / Transderm Scop patches.Stugeron tablets – active ingredient: cinnarizine, an antihistamine (also available as a generic medicine).
Sea-Legs tablets / Traveleeze pastilles – active ingredient: meclozine hydrochloride, an antihistamine.
Phenergan / Avomine tablets – active ingredient: promethazine, an antihistamine that has been used as a sedative
Prescription drugs
Transderm Scop patches (formerly Scopoderm) – active ingredient scopolamine aka hyoscine. Our understanding is that this heavy-duty remedy (patches applied to your skin, just behind the ear, good for three days) had been withdrawn but is now available again on prescription - and the makers tell us this includes the UK. Manufacturer’s site.Gadgets
Sea Band “acupressure” wrist bands – apply pressure to a point just above your wrist; they work for some people.ReliefBand “electric shock’ wrist band – delivers electrical pulses to the nerves in your wrist, at much the same point as the Sea Bands apply pressure. Manufacturer’s site.