What happens if you take too much motion sickness medicine?

Nowadays, more and more people are suffering from motion sickness. Some people will take motion sickness medicine to relieve the symptoms. However, motion sickness medicine has great irritation to the human body. As the saying goes, "All medicines are poisonous to the body". If you suffer from motion sickness, try not to use motion sickness medicine to relieve the symptoms, because taking too much motion sickness medicine can easily cause problems. So, are there any side effects of taking too much motion sickness medicine? Let's take a look at it together.

Side effects of motion sickness medicine

Since motion sickness medicine is a sedative and antiemetic, it contains drug ingredients that anesthetic the nerves and can cause certain harm to the body. Therefore, you must not take it casually and must take it with caution under the doctor's advice. Common side effects include:

Dizziness, fatigue

This is the most common side effect.

The most common symptoms of motion sickness are drowsiness, lack of concentration, fatigue, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and dry mouth.

Shortness of breath, chest tightness

Motion sickness medicine may cause shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing, dystonia, etc.

Thick sputum

For patients with bronchial asthma, taking motion sickness medicine may cause their sputum to become thicker, making it harder to cough up and making breathing more difficult, so this should be taken seriously.

Hemolysis

Long-term use of motion sickness drugs may cause hemolysis or hematopoietic dysfunction, and long-term injection of drugs is especially unsuitable.

Causes allergies

Although antihistamines are anti-allergic drugs, they themselves can also cause allergies. Therefore, if the patient develops a rash during medication, the medication should be discontinued or switched to other antihistamines.

Shock

After taking motion sickness medicine, you may also experience lockjaw accompanied by laryngeal spasm, anaphylactic shock, and arrhythmia.

Acute poisoning

Excessive use of motion sickness medicine can cause severe acute poisoning and mental disorders.

Motion sickness medicine can cause considerable harm to the human body, so everyone must be extra careful. If you must take motion sickness medicine, no more than two at a time, and no more than three times a week. Although the drug treatment effect is good, the harm is relatively large, so it is recommended that friends use food to relieve motion sickness and reduce harm to the body.