A Patient Who Experiences Motion Sickness Plans to Go on a Cruise

A patient who experiences motion sickness plans to go on a cruise. The prescriber orders transdermal scopolamine [Transderm Scop]. The patient asks why an oral agent is not ordered. What response will the provider give to explain that the benefit of a transdermal preparation?

A) The patch can be applied as needed at the first sign of nausea.
B) This form has less intense anticholinergic effects than the oral form.
C) The patch is less sedating than the oral preparation.
D) This method provides direct effects, because it is placed close to the vestibular apparatus of the ear.