This review looks at the management of patients with motion sickness, under the following headings:

• Why do people get motion sickness?

• Who is most susceptible to motion sickness?

• How should the patient with motion sickness be assessed?

• How can motion sickness be treated? (behavioural measures; antiemetics; antimuscarinics; antihistamines; central nervous stimulants; ondansetron; non-drug remedies; combination treatments; 5-HT receptor agonists; phenytoin; loperamide)

• What is mal de debarquement?