Cinnarizine availability in the United States
Cinnarizine is not available in the United States. [1] Cinnarizine is also listed as not approved for marketing in the United States. [2]
Closest therapeutic substitutes
Vestibular-suppressant antihistamines available in the United States are used to treat similar symptoms (dizziness/vertigo and motion-related nausea). [3]
- Meclizine (for example, Antivert, Bonine). [3]
- Dimenhydrinate (for example, Dramamine). [3] These agents are commonly used for motion sickness and vestibular symptoms in adults. [3]
Medication class equivalence
Cinnarizine is a vestibular suppressant antihistamine. [4] The available United States substitutes (meclizine and dimenhydrinate) are also first-generation antihistamines used as vestibular suppressants. [3]
Practical clinical constraints
If cinnarizine is being used for vertigo control, substitution with meclizine or dimenhydrinate is typically considered because cinnarizine is not commercially available in the United States. [1], [3]