Cinnarizine may cause excessive drowsiness with alcohol.
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Cinnarizine may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
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Information regarding the use of Cinnarizine during breastfeeding is not available. Please consult your doctor.
UNSAFE
Cinnarizine may decrease alertness, affect your vision or make you feel sleepy and dizzy. Do not drive if these symptoms occur.
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There is limited information available on the use of Cinnarizine in patients with kidney disease. Please consult your doctor.
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There is limited information available on the use of Cinnarizine in patients with liver disease. Please consult your doctor.
Medicine Overview of Cinnarizine 15mg Tablet
Introduction
Cinnarizine belongs to a class of medicines known as antihistamines. It is a prescription medicine used to treat motion sickness (nausea due to motion, especially while traveling in a moving vehicle), vertigo (spinning sensation or dizziness), or Men...
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Uses of Cinnarizine
Motion sickness
Vertigo
Meniere's disease
Side effects of Cinnarizine
Common
Sleepiness
Nausea
Weight gain
Indigestion
How to use Cinnarizine
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Cinnarizine is to be taken with food.
How Cinnarizine works
Cinnarizine works by preventing constriction of the blood vessels of the inner ear. This improves the microcirculation of the ear.
Quick Tips
Cinnarizine helps relieve nausea, vomiting, and dizziness associated with Meniere's disease and other middle ear disorders.
Take it with food to avoid stomach upset.
It may cause dizziness and sleepiness. Don't drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how Cinnarizine affects you.
Do not drink alcohol while taking this medicine as it may cause increased sleepiness.
Stop taking medicine if you experience yellowing of the skin, tiredness, fever, nausea, weakness, red, lumpy, and itchy rash.
Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or breastfeeding.
Take caution while taking this medicine if you are suffering from Parkinson's disease as it may worsen the condition.
Inform your doctor if you are taking antidepressant or painkiller medicine as it may increase the drowsiness effect of Cinnarizine.
Inform your doctor if you notice vomiting, upset stomach, muscle weakness or lose consciousness.
Do not stop taking Cinnarizine without talking to your doctor first.
Oral
Peripheral vascular disease
Adult: 75 mg bid or tid.
Motion sickness
Adult: 30 mg 2 hr before travel then 15 mg 8 hrly during the journey i...
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Child Dose
Oral
Motion sickness
Child: 5-12 yr 15 mg 2 hr before travel then 7.5 mg 8 hrly during the journey as necessary.
Vertigo and vestibular disorders...
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Contraindication
Proven hypersensitivity to the drug. Parkinson's disease. Childn and neonates.
Mode of Action
Cinnarizine has calcium-channel blocking activity selective for arterial smooth muscle. It also has some antihistamine activity. Cinnarizine acts as a...
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Precaution
Hypotension; pregnancy; lactation; elderly. May impair ability to drive or operate machineries.
Side Effect
Extrapyramidal symptoms sometimes associated with severe depression. Drowsiness, headache, GI upsets, unsteadiness, headache; rarely skin and hypersen...
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Interaction
CNS depressant effect enhanced with alcohol. Action potentiated by domperidone. Increased sedative effect w/ CNS depressants or TCAs.
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