I've found Bonine (brand name as well as generic - meclizine) at both Target & WalMart. As well as the CVS in my neighborhood (Southern CA) with no issue.I wish I knew the answer to your Amazon question.
I can tell you that you might not want to count on finding it at "grocery store Target, Walmart and Pharmacy" in the USA. Maybe that is true in Florida, IDK, but in the state I live in, Massachusetts, I looked in Walmart, several grocery stores and 3 drug stores and couldn't find Bonine (or Dramamine non-dowsy/meclizine) in ANY of them. I was quite surprised as I used to do it regularly. I ended up having to get it from Amazon. I don't know why it has become hard to find.
There is one, but you need a prescription for it... I looked it up a while back - who knew it would be so hard to get?
Google let me know that the U.K. has a product called Kwells, which is hyoscine hydrobromide.
We used Kwells from the UK and it worked well. Available over the counter and they do a Kwells Kids too.
Did you notice...
Though according to drugs.com and wiki, hyoscine = scopolamine. That's what is used in the patch in the US. So it's definitely a different drug than the US pill products.
Bonine's clinical name is meclizine - it appears to be unavailable in the UK. However, Promethazine hcl is available in the UK (with a prescription - LLoyds seems to have it, not sure about Boots). Here, it's known as Phenergan. It works. Very well. You'll have to take it at night though, because it's more potent than knockout-drops! But, should you need it, I can promise you will not get sick. I've used it for years - most of the time, I only need a 1/2 dose. Meclizine is good, but not nearly as potent.
I believe the only option would be to purchase it once you're in the US, before boarding the ship.Just resurrecting this old thread - does anyone know if there's now a way to buy bonine from the UK?
It still seems to be the majority of US cruisers motion sickness medication of choice, but I still don't believe it's readily available here in the UK...
Thanks for the advice.I believe the only option would be to purchase it once you're in the US, before boarding the ship.
But, as noted, it's available on the ship for free. Meclizine is the generic for Bonine.
Why don't you bring it with you from the UK?