Re: Sea Sicknes help?
OK, as someone who works as a mate on a couple charter boats the water is not always my friend. So, after reading all the posts here and what everyone reccomends, this is my take and what works for me. Dramamine, bonine, the wrist bands, forget it. They cause way to much drowsiness and some dry mouth. I have customers who come aboard the boats I work take them and still get sick. I too have gotten sick using them.
The trans derm scop, is by far the only thing that works for me but is only with a prescription. It is not hard to get at all. just a call to the doctor and tell him you want a script for a transderm scop patch for motion sickness and he should not have a concern with it. Have her put it on the night before and it actually lasts 3 days. Make sure she has plenty of water and food to eat. If not she will get some dry mouth from it, but a small price to pay instead of getting sick. Also, there is a pill form of the patch. The active ingredient in the patch is scopolamine. The pill for is cheaper and only lasts 8 hours. With the patch you can remove it once the trip is done. The pill acts faster as well. You will need a script for scopace 4mg and take 2 the morning of the trip about an hour before. Also, if she drinks coffee, a prilosec, zegrid, or store brand omeprazole before she leaves home and she will be fantastic all day.
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