Scopolamine

Pronounced sko-POL-ah-meen

Brand names: Transderm Scop

Type: Anticholinergic (motion sickness patch) · All Digestive (GI) Medicines

What Scopolamine is used for

  • Preventing motion sickness
  • Preventing nausea after surgery

Common side effects

  • Dry mouth
  • Drowsiness
  • Blurred vision
  • Dilated pupils

Important cautions

  • Touching the patch and then the eyes dilates the pupil and blurs vision — wash hands after handling
  • Can cause confusion in older adults and withdrawal symptoms (dizziness, nausea) if a long-used patch is removed suddenly

How it comes

Skin patches, injection (hospital). This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.

Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.