Motion sickness

J La State Med Soc. 1996 Jan;148(1):7-11.

Abstract

Motion sickness is a common phenomenon affecting most patients at some point in life. Car sickness, airsickness, seasickness, and space sickness all involve a neural mismatch or confusion between the vestibular, visual, and proprioceptive systems that produces the symptoms of motion sickness. Therapy is directed toward decreasing conflicting sensory input, controlling nausea, and speeding the process of adaptation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Buspirone / therapeutic use
  • Histamine Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Motion Sickness / drug therapy*
  • Motion Sickness / etiology
  • Muscle Relaxants, Central / therapeutic use
  • Phenytoin / therapeutic use
  • Scopolamine / therapeutic use
  • Serotonin Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Sympathomimetics / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Histamine Antagonists
  • Muscle Relaxants, Central
  • Serotonin Antagonists
  • Sympathomimetics
  • Phenytoin
  • Scopolamine
  • Buspirone