Dramamine Pharm.
(ˈdræməmiːn)
Also dramamine.
The proprietary name of an antihistamine compound used as a drug to prevent nausea.
| 1949 Gay & Carliner in Science 8 Apr. 359/1 The dose of Dramamine was 100 mg every 5 hr and before retiring. Dramamine prevented seasickness in all but two of the 134 men. 1950 Trade Marks Jrnl. 7 June 516/1 Dramamine. Pharmaceutical preparation consisting of dimenhydrinate for use in the prevention and treatment of motion sickness, nausea and vomiting, and as antihistaminics. G. D. Searle & Co... United States of America. 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water ii. 23 Edgar, beginning to feel liverish and sleepy from the dramamine tablet he had punctiliously taken an hour before sailing. 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xxxvi. 344 He had provided himself with plenty of Dramamine for the trip. 1970 New Scientist 5 Mar. 445/2 Dramamine and hyoscine are found effective in stilling the internal turbulence. |