Kwells Travel Sickness Tablets
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Prevent travel sickness on your next car journey, flight, ferry or cruise. Choose Kwells, Kwells Kids or Avomine, answer a few short questions, and a UK pharmacist will check they’re right for you. For adults and children aged 4 and over, ordered by an adult.
Who the tablets are for, their age, your journey and any medicines or conditions
A GPhC-registered pharmacist makes sure the tablets are safe and suitable
Dispatched from our UK pharmacy by Royal Mail Tracked 48, Tracked 24 or Special Delivery guaranteed by 1pm next working day
Travel sickness (motion sickness) happens when your eyes and the balance organs in your inner ear send your brain conflicting messages about movement. It can cause nausea, vomiting, dizziness, cold sweats, pale skin and headaches, in a car, coach, plane, train or boat. Anyone can get it, but it’s more common in children and in pregnancy.
Simple steps help: sit in the front of a car or the middle of a boat, look at the horizon, get fresh air, avoid reading or screens, and skip heavy meals and alcohol before you travel. If you know you get travel sick, tablets taken before you travel work far better than tablets taken once you’re already being sick. Our motion sickness tablets guide explains how each medicine works, and our guide on how to stop feeling sick covers other causes of nausea.
We supply three travel sickness medicines. Our pharmacist will check which suits the person travelling, their age and the length of the journey.
| Medicine | Who it’s for | When to take it | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwells (hyoscine 300 micrograms) | Adults and children 10+ | Up to 30 minutes before travel; repeat every 6 hours if needed | Short journeys and flights; works quickly |
| Kwells Kids (hyoscine 150 micrograms) | Children 4 to 10 | Up to 30 minutes before travel; repeat every 6 hours if needed | Family car journeys and days out |
| Avomine (promethazine 25mg) | Adults and children 5+ | The night before a long journey, or 1 to 2 hours before a short one | Long journeys, ferries and cruises; one dose often lasts the day |
Not sure which option is right for you?
Sea sickness is travel sickness on water, and it can last for hours on a rough crossing. For a long ferry or a cruise, Avomine is often the better choice: take it the night before you sail, then each evening if needed. For a short crossing, Kwells taken 30 minutes before boarding works quickly.
On board, stay in the middle of the ship on a lower deck, where there’s least movement, and look at the horizon. Both medicines can cause drowsiness, and Kwells reduce sweating, so take care in hot weather and avoid alcohol.
Children are more likely to get travel sick than adults. We supply Kwells Kids for children aged 4 to 10, Kwells for children 10 and over, and Avomine for children 5 and over. An adult must place the order and answer the questions for the child. The dose depends on age: see the Kwells and Avomine pages.
For children under 4, we don’t supply travel sickness tablets. Frequent stops, fresh air, a light snack before the journey and distractions such as music or audiobooks (rather than screens) can help. Speak to a pharmacist or GP if your young child is badly affected.
Pick Kwells, Kwells Kids or Avomine and the pack size you need
Tell us who the tablets are for, their age, and any medical conditions or medicines. A GPhC-registered pharmacist checks your answers
Approved before 3pm, Monday to Friday? Dispatched the same day in plain packaging. Order a few days before you leave
Travel sickness should settle soon after the journey ends. See a GP or call NHS 111 if:
Common questions about buying travel sickness tablets online.
Yes. Kwells, Kwells Kids and Avomine are pharmacy medicines, so you don’t need a prescription. You answer a few short questions, and a GPhC-registered pharmacist checks the tablets are suitable before they’re dispatched from our UK pharmacy. An adult must place the order, including for a child.
Travel sickness happens when your inner ear senses movement but your eyes tell your brain you’re still, for example when reading in a car or below deck on a boat. The mixed signals cause nausea, vomiting, dizziness, cold sweats and headaches. It usually settles soon after the journey ends.
It depends on the journey and who’s travelling. Kwells work within about 30 minutes and suit shorter journeys and flights. Avomine lasts longer, so it suits long journeys, ferries and cruises, but it’s more likely to make you sleepy. Kwells Kids are for children aged 4 to 10. Our pharmacist will check which suits you.
Both Kwells and Avomine prevent sea sickness. For a long ferry crossing or a cruise, Avomine taken the night before sailing often works well because it lasts all day. For a short crossing, Kwells taken 30 minutes before boarding work quickly.
Before you travel: they’re much better at preventing sickness than stopping it once it’s started. Take Kwells up to 30 minutes before setting off. Take Avomine the night before a long journey, or 1 to 2 hours before a short one.
Yes, from age 4. We supply Kwells Kids for children aged 4 to 10, Kwells for children 10 and over, and Avomine for children 5 and over. The dose depends on the child’s age, and an adult must order and answer the questions for them. We don’t supply travel sickness tablets for children under 4.
No travel sickness tablet is guaranteed not to cause drowsiness. Kwells are shorter-acting than Avomine, so any drowsiness usually wears off sooner. Whatever you take, don’t drive or use machinery if you feel drowsy or your vision is blurred.
Only if you feel completely alert. Both Kwells and Avomine can cause drowsiness and blurred vision. With Avomine, don’t drive for the first few days until you know how it affects you. If you’re the driver, travel sickness is less likely anyway, because you’re watching the road.
No. We don’t supply hyoscine patches (such as Scopoderm), Stugeron or Joy-Rides. We supply Kwells and Kwells Kids, which contain hyoscine like the patches, and Avomine. A pharmacist or GP can advise if you need a patch.
We can’t supply travel sickness tablets online if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding. Speak to your GP, midwife or pharmacist, who can advise on what’s suitable for you.
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