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.
Related medicines — Digestive (GI) Medicines
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.