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What helps motion sickness on a plane?

Preventing motion sickness without medicine
Choose a window seat on flights and trains. If possible, try lying down, shutting your eyes, sleeping, or looking at the horizon. Stay hydrated by drinking water. Limit alcoholic and caffeinated beverages.



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Choose a seat between the plane's wings or closer to the front of the airplane, where the ride tends to be more stable. Avoid sitting in the back of the plane.

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Does it help to take the medicine before you start traveling? If you have a history of severe motion sickness symptoms, it's best to take medication one hour before your trip.

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If you have the type of ticket that lets you select your seat in advance, go for one over a wing because, as the Mayo Clinic explains, that's where you'll feel motion the least. Sitting by a window is preferable to the aisle so that you can try to steady yourself, if need be, by staring at the horizon.

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About a quarter of passengers get airsick, according to one study. The feeling is arguably more distressing than carsickness because, after all, an airplane passenger can't pull over and wait for the wave of nausea to pass. (Seasickness is still undeniably the worst of all, though.)

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Because you're flying through air currents, the flight will have a normal bumpiness to it. Different seats, however, may be bumpier than others. Choose a seat between the plane's wings or closer to the front of the airplane, where the ride tends to be more stable. Avoid sitting in the back of the plane.

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These drugs are usually taken shortly before a flight. They include: Anti-anxiety medication, such as diazepam (Valium) or alprazolam (Xanax). Motion sickness medication, such as dimenhydrinate (Dramamine).

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