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" What is it used for?    Preventing travel sickness in adults and children aged two years and over.    How does it work?  Sea-legs tablets contain the active ingredient meclozine hydrochloride, which is a type of medicine called an antihistamine. It is used to help prevent travel sickness.  Meclozine works by blocking histamine receptors found in various places in the body, including an area in the brain known as the vomiting centre. By blocking the histamine receptors in the vomiting centre, meclozine prevents the brain from sending the nerve messages to the stomach that would normally result in the action of vomiting.  Sea-legs tablets can help prevent travel sickness for up to 24 hours. They can be taken either an hour before travelling, or the evening before. This medicine can also be used if the feeling of sickness develops during a journey.    Warning!    This medicine may cause drowsiness. If affected do not drive or operate machinery. Alcohol should be avoided. Children and elderly people are more likely to experience side effects such as drowsiness with this medicine.  If you experience persistent vomiting that is not due to travel sickness, it is necessary to see a doctor. You should not continue to take Sea-legs, because as vomiting is a symptom of various conditions, the tablets could delay early diagnosis. Do not exceed the recommended dose.   Use with caution in   Elderly people.  Asthma. People with bronchitis or other lung problems, such as bronchiectasis.  Enlarged prostate gland (prostatic hypertrophy). People with difficulty passing urine. People with a blockage in the gut where the stomach joins the intestines (pyloroduodenal obstruction). Epilepsy. Liver disease.  Kidney disease.  Glaucoma.   Not to be used in  Children under two years of age. Severe liver disease. Pregnancy. Breastfeeding. People with an inherited blood disorder called porphyria.  This medicine should not be used if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if you have previously experienced such an allergy.  If you feel you have experienced an allergic reaction, stop using this medicine and inform your doctor or pharmacist immediately.    Pregnancy and breastfeeding  Certain medicines should not be used during pregnancy or breastfeeding. However, other medicines may be safely used in pregnancy or breastfeeding providing the benefits to the mother outweigh the risks to the unborn baby. Always inform your doctor if you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, before using any medicine.   This medicine should not be used in pregnancy. Seek medical advice from your doctor.  This medicine should not be used by women who are breastfeeding. Seek medical advice from your doctor.    Side effects  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 this medicine. Just because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.   Drowsiness. Blurred vision. Dry mouth. Difficulty passing urine. Constipation. Stomach acid reflux (heartburn). Thickened mucus in the airways.  For more information about any other possible risks associated with this medicine, please read the information provided with the medicine or consult your doctor or pharmacist.   How can this medicine affect other medicines?  It is important to tell your doctor or pharmacist what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you take this medicine, to ensure that the combination is safe.  There will be increased drowsiness and sedation if this medicine is taken in combination with any of the following (which can also cause drowsiness):   alcohol  antipsychotics, eg haloperidol  barbiturates, eg phenobarbital, amobarbital benzodiazepines, eg diazepam, temazepam  sedating antihistamines, eg chlorphenamine, hydroxyzine  sleeping tablets, eg zopiclone  strong opioid painkillers, eg codeine, dihydrocodeine, morphine tricyclic antidepressants, eg amitriptyline.   There may be an increased risk of side effects such as dry mouth, blurred vision or difficulty passing urine, if this medicine is taken with other medicines that have antimuscarinic effects, such as the following:   amantadine  antiarrhythmic medicines for irregular heartbeats, eg disopyramide, propafenone, quinidine antihistamines, eg promethazine, brompheniramine, chlorphenamine, diphenhydramine, triprolidine (some of these are often found in over-the-counter cough and cold remedies)   antimuscarinic medicines for Parkinson&amp;#039;s symptoms, eg procyclidine, orphenadrine, trihexiphenidyl  antimuscarinic medicines for urinary incontinence, eg oxybutynin, trospium, tolterodine  antipsychotics, eg chlorpromazine, clozapine, thioridazine  antispasmodics, eg atropine, propantheline, hyoscine butylbromide MAOI antidepressants, eg phenelzine muscle relaxants, eg baclofen tricyclic antidepressants, eg amitriptyline, clomipramine.  If you experience a dry mouth as a side effect of this medicine you may find that medicines that are designed to dissolve and be absorbed from under the tongue, eg sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) tablets, become less effective. This is because the tablets do not dissolve properly in a dry mouth. To resolve this, drink a mouthful of water before taking sublingual tablets.   Other medicines containing the same active ingredient    Traveleeze      Last updated 11.07.2010 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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