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What does dimenhydrinate mean?

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Noun
  1. An over-the-counter drug used to prevent nausea and motion sickness.
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The sedation consists of oral dimenhydrinate 50 mg and IV midazolam 2 mg and IV metoclopramide 10 mg preoperatively in the holding area.
But the fact that Dramamine, the brand name for the drug dimenhydrinate, could treat motion sickness was actually discovered inadvertently.
Later that morning, the patient reported nausea and was given dimenhydrinate.
We calculated that the combination of droperidol and dimenhydrinate was seven times less costly than the ondansetron regimen.
First line medication choice would be meclizine, followed by scopolamine and dimenhydrinate depending upon symptom presentation.
Dimenhydrinate also reduces depressive effect of acetylcholine on the heart muscle.

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