Gravol Kids: three boxes, three strengths, and the ages on each

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

Chewable against liquid

Same 15 mg of dimenhydrinate, either in a cherry tablet that needs no water or in 5 mL of fruit flavored syrup. The tablet travels better, the syrup suits a child who will not chew.

The suppository

25 mg, and the only Kids form that still works once vomiting has started. Its carton bands are narrower than the other two: 2 to 6, then 6 to 8.

What the Kids boxes are not

They are not smaller adult boxes. The adult chewable looks similar and holds 50 mg, more than three times the Kids chewable. Check the strength panel, not the shape of the box.

The ginger alternative

Gravol Ginger tablets, lozenges and liquid gels carry no antihistamine and are labeled from 6 years, so they start later than the Kids boxes.

The brand, in retail terms

The Kids range is the same brand at children's strengths, in the forms that work when a child will not swallow a tablet. The Quick Dissolve chewable is cherry flavored, dye free and needs no water. The liquid is fruit flavored, dye free and alcohol free, in a 75 mL bottle. The suppository exists for the case a parent knows well: the child is already vomiting and nothing taken by mouth is going to stay there. Health Canada lists all three with their own DINs, separate from the adult boxes.

Where it is sold

Over the counter in Canada. Health Canada lists all three Kids Gravol products as currently marketed, held by Church & Dwight Canada Corp.

• Canada. All three DINs sit with Church & Dwight Canada Corp and Health Canada lists all three as marketed.
• The United States has two of the three: FDA label records list Kids Gravol Chewables at 15 mg in cartons of 18 and a 75 mL Kids Gravol syrup at 15 mg per 5 mL, both under Church & Dwight Co., Inc. The Kids suppository is not among them.
• The discontinued Gravol Junior 50 mg suppository is not part of this range. Health Canada lists it as cancelled post market.

The ingredient behind the brand

All three Kids boxes carry dimenhydrinate, the ingredient sold in the United States as Dramamine. What it does and its full caution list is on our dimenhydrinate page. What this page covers is the part that differs by box: the strength, the form, the flavour, the age band and what else is in the tablet.

Dimenhydrinate, the ingredient monograph →

What the label says about timing

The Kids cartons use the same head start as the adult ones: the first dose at least half an hour, and preferably 1 to 2 hours, before departure. The chewable and the liquid are labeled at 6 to 8 hour intervals. The suppository is different: the printed bands run 2 to 6 years, where the carton says not to repeat except on a physician's advice, and 6 to 8 years at 8 to 12 hour intervals. We do not give dosing instructions. Read the carton and ask a pharmacist.

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. The carton warns against tasks needing mental alertness.
• Excitability, which the carton flags especially in children.

Who should check with a doctor or pharmacist first

• Under 2 years: the carton says only as directed by a physician.
• The Kids suppository carton prints dose bands for 2 to 6 and 6 to 8 years, even though the product is described for children 2 to 12. For an older child, ask the pharmacist which box to use.
• The Quick Dissolve chewable lists aspartame among its non medicinal ingredients, which matters if phenylketonuria is in the picture.
• The carton says not to use it alongside other antihistamines, tranquilizers or other sedating drugs without asking a physician.
• Do not use it if the child has glaucoma, chronic lung disease or difficulty urinating from an enlarged prostate, unless a physician directs it.
• Prolonged use should be on a physician's advice.
• Antihistamine overdose is dangerous in young children, so the strength on the box matters: the Kids products are 15 mg or 25 mg, the adult ones 50 mg or 100 mg.

Other boxes under this name

• Gravol, the whole range
  All eight dimenhydrinate boxes, their strengths, forms and pack sizes in one table.
• Gravol Ginger
  The line with no antihistamine, labeled from 6 years, and what is actually in a tablet.

Set against the alternatives

• Bonine vs Gravol
  Two brands, two different antihistamines, and what each country actually stocks.

Frequently asked questions

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