Medicines for nausea and travel pills
Vomex® is a well-known trade name for the active ingredient dimenhydrinate. It is used for nausea and is also contained in many travel tablets. It belongs to the group of antihistamines, which are known to a broad public for their use in allergies or hay fever.
In the brain, however, the signal substance histamine is also involved in triggering nausea, which is why these active ingredients are also suitable for treating travel sickness, for example. A partly desired side effect is that antihistamines cause fatigue, which makes it easier to fall asleep during long bus trips or similar. You can find detailed information under Drugs for nausea and Vomex®Metoclopramide is a prescription drug for nausea, which is why it is not a typical part of the simple medicine chest.
It counteracts the development of nausea in the brain by inhibiting the signal substance dopamine. In addition, it accelerates the processes and the passage of food in the gastrointestinal tract, which results in an anti-nausea effect.However, it should only be used strictly according to the doctor’s prescription. For example, small children should not take Metoclopramide. You can find detailed information under Metoclopramide (MCP).
Medicines for colds
There are many different nasal sprays with different active ingredients that are used to treat a cold or runny nose. Seawater nasal sprays contain common salt and are used to moisten the nasal mucosa and liquefy the mucus. Decongestant nasal sprays usually contain the active ingredient xylometazoline, which causes the vessels of the nasal mucosa to contract and swell.
Nasal sprays may also contain cortisone, which has an anti-inflammatory effect. Furthermore, dexpanthenol, which is known from its use in Bepanthen®, has a protective effect on the nasal mucosa. However, nasal sprays should not be used for longer than a week, as they can be addictive!
Well-known representatives of nasal sprays for colds or similar are Otriven® and Nasic®. You can find detailed information under Nasal Spray, Otriven® and Nasic®. Cough removers are intended to facilitate the expectoration of mucus that forms in the context of respiratory tract diseases.
To do this, they stimulate the formation of secretions in the respiratory tract or “draw” water from the mucous membrane into the mucus to liquefy it. There are cough lotions on a vegetable basis that may contain ivy, such as Prospan®. However, medicinal active ingredients can also be used for cough relief.
These include ACC akut® (active ingredient acetylcysteine) or Mucosolvan® (active ingredient ambroxol). You can find detailed information under cough expectorant. Sinupret® drops or Sinupret® forte in tablet form are herbal medicines.
They are used to treat sinusitis, which can occur in connection with a cold. Sinupret® contains a mixture of the herbal active ingredients verbena extract, elderflower, primrose flower, sorrel extract and gentian root extract. This mixture has a decongestant effect on the mucous membrane of the paranasal sinuses and thus relieves the symptoms.
You can find detailed information under Sinupret® drops and Sinupret® forte. There are some preparations that can be used as tablets or pastilles for sore throats. These tablets typically contain several active ingredients.
These usually include the so-called lidocaine, which numbs the throat mucosa and thus directly inhibits the sore throat. However, many throat pain tablets also contain active ingredients that have an antiseptic or antibacterial effect and combat the pathogens that cause sore throats, such as amylmetacresol and dichlorobenzyl alcohol. Well-known representatives of tablets against sore throats are Locastad® and neo-angin®, which contains cooling levomenthol instead of lidocaine to relieve pain. You can find detailed information under Locastad® and neo-angin®.
