My pharmacist recommended phenergen for travel sickness for my ds, 3.7yrs,. It says to take 5ml the night before the journey. This may be repeated after 6-8 hours if necessary. My ds sleeps 10-12 hours at night, so does that mean i would need to give him another dose in the morning, and would that not make him drowsy? The journey is only 1 hour away , but he is very bad at travelling and i don't want him to be drowsy when we reach our destination.
Thanks in advance for any replies.

anyone?

I used it for my 4 year old ds and 3 year old dsd when we went on holiday. Worked a treat. Didnt know what to use so like you asked pharmacist and thats what he suggested mainly because its the only thing available for their age. Just follow instructions and dont worry about it. DS and DSD were great on the trip and it didnt cause drowsiness!

thanks bonkerz, did you give them a dose the night before and another one in the morning?

Blimey Bonk - my DH and I both suffer from Hay Fever and use Phenergan tabs for this. If we take tabs before bed, it completely knocks us out and works better than sleeping tablets. The next day we always feel very fuzzy and disconnected.

Is this the same stuff that does not even make your kids drowsy?

apparently, according to the bottle anyway, phenargen is used for a variety of things according to how much you give. In low doses it helps travel sickness and i think it has to be given in quite large doses (3x5ml) at a time to make children drowsy.

didnt know phenergen was still around!!!

I used it for dd, who has suffered from travel sickness from 6mnths. It was on the advice of the chemist who said the age recommendation had recently been raised, but it was fine for her. Sher had the two doeses, and it did stop her from being sick. Nothing else works, except for phenergan.
The only side effect is that as phenergan is a sedative it did make her sleepy, which is a shame when we were going smewhere nice, as she often wanted to have a long nap. I would think your ds should be ok in that respect though, as dd got older it hasn't made her so drowsy is such a small dose.

I knew some one who took the adult form and they said it made them feel like they had a hangover the next day!!!

I gave him a dose last night before bed and another this morning before we set off on journey, and it worked brilliantly, no sickness or feeling sick at all, went to sundown adventureland, so he was rushing around all day, and not the slightest bit drowsy, never even fell asleep in the car on the way home. I would definatly recommend it.