Online visit · $45 flat · No video
Yes, you can get motion sickness medication online. Bidwell Health offers a $45 asynchronous visit (no video, no subscription) for adults in eligible states who get seasick, carsick, or airsick. A licensed nurse practitioner reviews your answers and, when it is clinically appropriate, sends a scopolamine patch to your local pharmacy, where you pay the generic price with nothing added.
| Can Bidwell prescribe scopolamine patches? | Yes, when clinically appropriate after a licensed clinician reviews your intake. |
| Visit price | $45 flat, no video, no subscription. |
| Medication cost | Paid at your own pharmacy with no markup from us. A scopolamine patch is commonly about $20 to $45 generic (4 to 10 patches). |
| Typical total | About $65 to $90 (the $45 visit plus the patch at your pharmacy). |
| Where the prescription goes | Your own local U.S. pharmacy. |
| Best for | Cruises, boat trips, flights, and road trips, whether you get seasick, carsick, or airsick. |
| Availability | Adults 18 to 64 in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. Not available in New York. |
Motion sickness, whether it is seasickness on a cruise, carsickness on a road trip, or airsickness on a flight, comes from your inner ear. The medications that work act on that pathway:
| Medication | Best for | How you get it |
|---|---|---|
| Scopolamine patch (Transderm Scop) | Cruises and multi-day boat trips; one patch lasts up to 3 days | Prescription, this $45 visit, sent to your pharmacy |
| Meclizine (Bonine) | Shorter trips, or if you cannot use scopolamine | Over the counter (we will tell you if this is the better fit) |
We do not prescribe Zofran (ondansetron) for motion sickness, because it does not work for it. See does Zofran work for seasickness.
Scopolamine is an anticholinergic, so it can raise eye pressure (a real risk in narrow-angle glaucoma) and worsen urinary retention, which is why those are exclusions on the Transderm Scop label. It also causes drowsiness and blurred vision, so it is not safe for someone piloting a boat or plane. We screen for these up front and, if the patch is not right for you, we say so and point you to a safer option rather than prescribe around a contraindication.
Heat warning (FDA, June 2025). The FDA added a warning that the scopolamine patch can raise body temperature and reduce sweating, which can cause serious heat-related illness. The highest risk is in children under 17 and adults over 60. Because we prescribe only to adults 18 to 64, we already exclude both groups the FDA flagged as highest-risk, and we counsel anyone heading somewhere hot to remove the patch and cool down if they notice overheating or reduced sweating. Most serious cases appeared within 72 hours of applying a patch. Source: FDA Drug Safety Communication, June 18, 2025.
I am an avid traveler across 26 countries, and I built Bidwell's travel medicine line around the things that actually go wrong on a trip. Motion sickness is one of the most common, and the fix is usually simple: the right medication, started before you leave, not after the nausea hits. For a cruise, the patch is the one most people reach for.
Yes. Bidwell Health offers a $45 asynchronous online visit, no video and no subscription, for adults in eligible states who need a scopolamine patch for motion sickness on a cruise, boat, car, or flight. A licensed nurse practitioner reviews your answers and sends the prescription to your pharmacy when clinically appropriate.
The scopolamine patch (Transderm Scop) is the main prescription option; it lasts up to 3 days and is well suited to cruises. For people who cannot use scopolamine, an antihistamine like meclizine is an over-the-counter alternative. Zofran (ondansetron) is not used because it does not work for motion sickness.
Scopolamine is not appropriate for people with narrow-angle glaucoma, significant prostate or urinary-retention problems, bowel obstruction, myasthenia gravis, or a known allergy to it. Anyone operating a boat or aircraft should not use it because it causes drowsiness and blurred vision. Following a June 2025 FDA warning, it should also be used carefully in hot conditions because it can reduce sweating and raise body temperature, with the highest risk in children under 17 and adults over 60, which is part of why we prescribe only to adults 18 to 64. The online intake screens for all of these.
Bidwell Health charges a flat $45 for the online visit, with no video and no subscription. You pay the generic medication price at your own pharmacy, with no markup added by us. A scopolamine patch is commonly about $20 to $45 generic depending on how many patches you need, so a typical total is around $65 to $90.
Yes, when the service works like a real clinic and pharmacy. Bidwell requires a review by a U.S.-licensed nurse practitioner, never offers scopolamine with 'no prescription needed', and screens for glaucoma, prostate or urinary problems, the FDA heat warning, and your age before prescribing. The prescription goes to your own licensed U.S. pharmacy with a normal label, not loose or foreign-packaged pills, and you can verify any U.S. pharmacy through the FDA's BeSafeRx program. We follow normal privacy and HIPAA practices.