Gravol: every box on the Canadian shelf, and what changes between them

Brand facts · sold in Canada · Church & Dwight Canada Corp · labels and regulator records read 2026-09-08

What is in each box

What each version changes

Easy to Swallow against Quick Dissolve

Same 50 mg. One is a coated tablet you swallow with water, the other is an orange chewable that needs none. Gravol sells the chewable in packs of 8 and the tablet in packs of 10, 30 and 80, so the tablet is the bulk buy.

Liquid gels against tablets

Same 50 mg again. Gravol describes the capsule as taste free and free of lactose, gluten and sucrose, which is the reason to pick it over the coated tablet.

The combined release caplet

The only Gravol box with two layers: 25 mg released immediately and 75 mg sustained, 100 mg in total. That split is what the up to 12 hours line on the pack rests on, and it is adults only.

Suppositories

100 mg for adults and 25 mg for children, for when nothing stays down. Health Canada lists both as marketed, and the discontinued 50 mg Junior suppository is not one of them.

The Kids boxes

A 15 mg cherry chewable, a 15 mg per 5 mL liquid and a 25 mg suppository, all labeled 2 to 12. The chewable and the liquid are dye free and the liquid is alcohol free.

The Ginger line

No dimenhydrinate. Organic ginger extract at 20 mg per unit, labeled non drowsy, sold as tablets, lozenges, liquid gels and two combination tablets.

The brand, in retail terms

Gravol is a brand, not an ingredient, and the range splits three ways on the shelf. The adult dimenhydrinate boxes hold 50 mg per unit in three forms: FilmKote coated Easy to Swallow tablets in packs of 10, 30 and 80, orange flavored Quick Dissolve chewables in packs of 8, and taste free Liquid Gel capsules in packs of 8 or 24. Two boxes sit outside that 50 mg pattern, both at 100 mg: the Immediate Release and Long Acting caplet, and the Comfort Shaped suppository. The Kids boxes run at their own strengths and their own age bands. The Ginger boxes are a different product class entirely.

Where it is sold

Over the counter in Canada. Health Canada lists eight Gravol dimenhydrinate products as currently marketed, all held by Church & Dwight Canada Corp and scheduled as non prescription drugs. The Ginger boxes are licensed separately as natural health products.

• The Ginger boxes sit beside them on the same Canadian shelf but are licensed as natural health products, not as drugs.
• Discontinued and still searched for: the 25 mg tablet, the 75 mg long acting capsule, the 75 mg long acting caplet, the 50 mg Junior suppository and the injectable forms are all listed as cancelled post market.
• The United States, since March 2022, in a shorter range: FDA label records list Gravol coated tablets in cartons of 10 and 30, liquid filled capsules in cartons of 8 and 24, chewables in cartons of 8, Kids chewables in cartons of 18 and a 75 mL Kids syrup, all under Church & Dwight Co., Inc. The caplet, the suppositories and the Ginger line are not among them.
• Dramamine remains the larger American dimenhydrinate brand. Meclizine, the ingredient in Bonine, is a different antihistamine, and Health Canada has no marketed meclizine product at all: the only Canadian records, Bonamine and Antivert, are both cancelled.

The ingredient behind the brand

Every Gravol box except the Ginger line carries the same active ingredient, dimenhydrinate. What that ingredient does, how long it takes, what it interacts with and who is told to check with a clinician first is set out on our dimenhydrinate page, and this page does not repeat it. What changes from box to box is the strength, the form, the age band printed on the carton, the repeat interval and the pack size.

Dimenhydrinate, the ingredient monograph →

What the label says about timing

The Canadian cartons share one head start: take the first dose at least half an hour, and preferably 1 to 2 hours, before departure. The repeat interval is where they part company. The 50 mg adult tablets, chewables and liquid gels are labeled every 4 hours, the Kids products every 6 to 8 hours, and the combined release caplet every 8 to 12 hours. We do not provide dosing instructions: the carton and your pharmacist are the authority on amounts.

We don't provide dosing instructions. The exact amount, the schedule, and whether a product suits you are individual decisions. Read the carton, follow its directions, and ask a doctor or pharmacist.

What the carton warns about

• Drowsiness. Every Gravol dimenhydrinate carton carries the same warning against driving or tasks needing mental alertness.
• Excitability, which the carton flags especially in children.

Who should check with a doctor or pharmacist first

• The carton says not to take it if you have glaucoma, chronic lung disease, or difficulty urinating from an enlarged prostate, unless a physician directs it.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding: the carton says not to take it unless a physician directs it.
• Do not take it with other antihistamines, tranquilizers or other sedating drugs without asking a physician.
• The carton says to avoid alcoholic beverages.
• Children under 2: only as directed by a physician. The adult 50 mg boxes print a band for children 6 to 12, and the combined release caplet is not recommended under 12.
• Prolonged use should be on a physician's advice.
• The Kids Quick Dissolve Chewable lists aspartame among its non medicinal ingredients, which matters if phenylketonuria is in the picture.

Other boxes under this name

• Gravol Kids
  The three boxes for ages 2 to 12, their strengths and the age bands printed on each.
• Gravol Ginger
  The line with no dimenhydrinate: how much ginger is in a tablet and what the Nighttime box adds.
• Gravol Immediate Release and Long Acting caplets
  The 25 mg plus 75 mg dual layer caplet, and why the old 75 mg capsule is gone.

Set against the alternatives

• Bonine vs Gravol
  Two brands, two different antihistamines, and which one you can actually buy on each side of the border.
• Meclizine vs Gravol
  The border problem in full: meclizine is not manufactured for sale in Canada.

Frequently asked questions

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