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The only reason I see for declining of actual motion sickness cases is widespread availability of super effective drugs that block all symptoms. When you know t

by Yizahi 12y ago

The only reason I see for declining of actual motion sickness cases is widespread availability of super effective drugs that block all symptoms. When you know that you suffer motion sickness you'll just carry some pills in travel and never even look like a person susceptible to it.

k-mcgrady 12y ago
>> "super effective drugs" Any recommendations? I've 'grown out' of most of my motion sickness over the years but boats still get me bad. I can just about make 60 mins without being sick and then I feel awful for the next several hours. I've tried lots of stuff but most of it doesn't seem to help.
- Scoundreller 12y ago
  This is not a recommendation on my part, just quoting some evidence for scopolamine patches: "TTS-S has proved to be significantly superior to placebo in reducing the incidence and severity of motion sickness by 60-80%. It was more effective than oral meclizine or cinnarizine, similar to oral scopolamine 0.6 mg or promethazine plus ephedrine, and the same as or superior to dimenhydrinate." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16719539 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16719539
  - k-mcgrady 12y ago
    Thanks. Pretty sure oral meclizine is what I would normally take so I'll have to check out scopolamine patches.
ghaff 12y ago
Maybe. Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine) has been around forever and is still one of the more effective things you can take. I sometimes use it in boats and it works pretty well though it makes me really drowsy. (I've never tried the patches.) You definitely don't see the bags as much as you used to. I've noticed their absence myself. I suspect it has to do with generally bigger and more stable jets and better routing around turbulence. I do wonder though how much also had to do with the bags being one of the things airlines just stuck in the seatbacks out of long habit going back to the days when there were more props and small jets. Many airlines have cut back on a lot of stuff they used to routinely pass out like blankets and pillows.

by Yizahi 12y ago

k-mcgrady 12y ago

>> "super effective drugs" Any recommendations? I've 'grown out' of most of my motion sickness over the years but boats still get me bad. I can just about make 60 mins without being sick and then I feel awful for the next several hours. I've tried lots of stuff but most of it doesn't seem to help.

Scoundreller 12y ago
This is not a recommendation on my part, just quoting some evidence for scopolamine patches: "TTS-S has proved to be significantly superior to placebo in reducing the incidence and severity of motion sickness by 60-80%. It was more effective than oral meclizine or cinnarizine, similar to oral scopolamine 0.6 mg or promethazine plus ephedrine, and the same as or superior to dimenhydrinate." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16719539 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16719539
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  Thanks. Pretty sure oral meclizine is what I would normally take so I'll have to check out scopolamine patches.

ghaff 12y ago

Maybe. Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine) has been around forever and is still one of the more effective things you can take. I sometimes use it in boats and it works pretty well though it makes me really drowsy. (I've never tried the patches.) You definitely don't see the bags as much as you used to. I've noticed their absence myself. I suspect it has to do with generally bigger and more stable jets and better routing around turbulence. I do wonder though how much also had to do with the bags being one of the things airlines just stuck in the seatbacks out of long habit going back to the days when there were more props and small jets. Many airlines have cut back on a lot of stuff they used to routinely pass out like blankets and pillows.