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Medication Table

Commonly Used Drugs 1
Drug Type Use Action
Benzquinamide Hydrochloride (Emete-con) Antiemetic Treating mild, persistent nausea Unknown (antihistamine, anticholinergic properties)
Buclizine Hydrochloride (Bucladin-S) Antivertigo, Antiemetic Treating vertigo due to vestibular lesions and preventing motion sickness Antihistamine, anticholinergic
Diazepam (Valium) Antivertigo, Antianxiety Sedative effects Benzodiazepine
Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine) Antivertigo, Antiemetic Preventing motion sickness Antihistamine, anticholinergic
Diphenhydramine Hydrocholoride (Benadryl) Antivertigo, Antiemetic Treating mild - moderate vertigo and prevention of motion sickness Antihistamine, anticholinergic
Droperidol (Inapsine) Antivertigo, Antiemetic Treating nausea and vomiting Antidopaminergic
Meclizine (Antivert, Bonine) Antivertigo, Antiemetic Treating mild - moderate vertigo and prevention of motion sickness Antihistamine, anticholinergic
Metoclopramide (Reglan) Antiemetic Treating many causes of nausea and vomiting Antidopaminergic, anticholinergic
Promethazine Hydrochloride (Phenergan) Antivertigo, Antiemetic Treating severe vertigo with recurrent nausea and vomiting Antidopaminergic, antihistamine, anticholinergic
Scopolamine (Transderm Scō p) Antiemetic Prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness Anticholinergic

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  1. Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System (Third Edition)