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I can't find Cyclizine (marezine) to buy. I need it to travel in cars, boats, planes, etc. Anyone?
Question posted by debracompson on 24 March 2013
Last updated on 12 February 2020
6 Answers
Cyclizine (marezine) including the child version (Bonnie) is widely available at any US pharmacy--- it is often kept behind the pharmacy counter. All of it is available on-line including through Amazon. None of it has been discontinued.
Yes it has been discontinued in the US. My pharmacist used to be able to order it for me but he no longer can. It is still available in Canada. The reason it was discontinued in the US is that most people didn’t know about it so the sales were low. It is not the same as Bonnie. Even children’s Bonnie is meclizine which does not work the same as cyclizine. If you read up on it you will find that cyclizine works in a totally different way than any of the other meds for nausea. This information comes from my Dr. also. I had been using it since I was very small. Believe me I have tried everything including just about every prescription. Nothing works the same for me. I can’t tell you how many times they have sent me home from the hospital still vomiting because they don’t know what else to give me.But everybody is different. Long story short. If you want cyclizine my Dr. Says get it from Canada.
Cyclizine is available in the UK, and you can get it by mail order through The Independent Pharmacy (theindependentpharmacy.co.uk). You do not have to be a UK resident, but they will only send it to a UK address. In my case I happened to be in London on a trip, so I had them send it to my hotel, which worked perfectly. It was a little tricky to pay, but I was able to use my U.S. credit card, giving my London hotel as a billing address. (It may be that this only worked because of a previous conversation with my bank about using my card for online ordering at UK sites.)
Of course this only helps you if you have some way to have a UK address. Perhaps there are parcel forwarding services or something like that.
I think this procedure is entirely legal. Cyclizine is OTC in the U.S., even though it is not being made, so there is no reason that it cannot be brought here. As it happens, my baggage was selected to be searched by customs on the way into the U.S., and the inspector saw the cyclizine, but he had no comment about it.
They are no longer manufacturing Marezine. I used for 30 years with wonderful results, no sickness & especially doesn't put me to sleep like meclizine or Dramamine. There is another product called Cyclivert but can only be found in England. Problem is they don't ship to UNited States.
cyclizine (brand name Marezine) is a very good anti- nausea agent and for motion sickness. It is otc at Wal Mart and HEB. As a pharmacist, I knew it was a good product, but few people even knew or heard of it. Technically, brand name products of Bonine or Antivert are very close relatives of cyclizine and are meclizine, not cyclizine. Both are very good products. guyairey
Correct but specifically Bonine for kids was Cyclizine - why it was discontinued is beyond me. They just love taking away medicine that works... Phenergan otc - gone for no reason at all. the measly 8mg of codeine to whopping 500mg of apap (making it nearly impossible to abuse if you like your liver, at all) gone was otc, then over the counter, now everywhere else in the world can get promethazine, or otc level codeine, what happened to freedom of choice? the replacements for the phenothiazine antiemetics suck, and NSAIDs, tylenol, all crap for pain. Next you'll need a prescription to even get a bottle of robotussin gels for christ sake. And doctors wont prescribe anything anymore, unless it basically doesnt work, soma gone - flexeril makes me ill, robaxin gives shame to the once great family of carbamate muscle relaxants as it does nothing, skelaxin is awful.
You get labeled as a drug seeking individual if you even inquire about analgesia at your doctor (Scared of the DEA are we??) unless its tramadol - which I cant take due to interactions with my other meds and its literally the bottom of the barrel when it comes to pain relief, hardly even an opioid - its mostly an SNRI... bah.
I have used Marezine since I was about 8 years old when I used to get car sick. Now I am 70 and I only
need Marezine when I am on a boat. Now I can not get Marezine anywhere. I have tried Bonine which is a meclizine not a cyclizine and it just does not work for
me as Marezine does. Why was Marezine taken off the market? I still have a few Marezine tablets
left but they will not last past this summer. Is there any brand name that is available with cyclizine hydrochloride?
I use meclizine which is either the same thing or very similar drug for motion sickness and I get it at Walmart pharmacy. You dont need a prescription for it but you do have to usually ask for it at the counter.
Its the generic Bonine and it should be with the other motion sickness meds like dramamine in the aisle where they sell things for your stomach, at any pharmacy.
No it's not the same. Marezine is cyclizine and bonine is Meclizine (although they are both marketed as antiemetic/motion sickness). Marezine dosage is 1 tab and is effective for 4-6 hours. Bonine dosage is 2 tabs, chewable and effective for 24 hours. Personally I prefer Marezine, unless I'm traveling on very long international flight. For the last few years, I have not found Marezine in pharmacies, only available online.
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