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.
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.
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. The online intake screens for 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.