Promethazine is used to treat problems affecting the inner ear and balance, such as dizziness and sickness. Travel sickness is caused by repeated unusual movements during travelling.
It works by blocking a certain natural substance that your body makes during an allergic reaction. Its other effects may work by affecting other natural substances and by acting directly on certain parts of the brain.
Avomine tablets contain promethazine as the active ingredient. Cinnarizine is an antihistamine medicine that works in the brain.
It prevents an area of the brain called the vomiting centre from receiving nerve messages sent from the vestibular apparatus in the inner ear.
Yes, you don’t need a prescription to buy this dose, some doses will require a prescription but this one does not. A pharmacist will need to ensure the treatment is suitable and safe for you.
Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with cinnarizine.
Just because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people taking Avomine will experience that that or any side effect.
Some common side effects are listed below, for more uncommon side effects, check the patient information leaflet you receive with this medicine: