sea sick tablets

[wallacewt]

this one for you alan or any other chemist
the boys here want to buy usa bonine tablets for motion sickness
could you tell me something about them and how much is a case/packet pls.
also dawn informed me she can get 36mm knobs for reel handles.

[Seachaser]

If you are going to get sick, you will.  My doctor has a pill he takes that keeps you from throwing up, but he will not tell me what it is. 

I have tried all of them including the patch.  Did not work for me.  I now do ginger snaps and ginger ale.

[Keta]

I eat raw ginger root but most people can't.

[Alto Mare]

I eat raw ginger root but most people can't.

I eat everybody's sandwiches when they get sik, that's what happened the last time I went out

[Bryan Young]

I use scopace tablets.  The only thing that works for me.

Sleeping on the boat and waking up to fish also works.  The problem then is when I get off the boat.  My body is still in motion but the ground isn't.

[SoCalAngler]

I don't get seasick but people I know do and the best thing that works for them is a scopolamine patch. These will last a couple of days and the side effect is sleepyness. They put them on the night before a trip sleep well and the side effect is gone by morning. They are by prescription only but a call to their doctor and he will call in the prescription.

[Dominick]

I eat raw ginger root but most people can't.

I eat everybody's sandwiches when they get sick, that's what happened the last time I went out

That is very funny Sal.  I can't get on a boat without the Scopolamine patch.  Socal you are correct, I put the patch on before I go to bed and except for a dry mouth that is all the side effect I feel.  Make sure you keep hydrated.  Dehydration has a terrible affect on the body in both hot and cold weather.  Dr. Dominick

[Cone]

I've never been seasick, yet. I've been close a couple of times. If I go out and it might be snotty I'll put on a patch. I went on a headboat years ago. They almost cancelled the trip because of the seas. I took dramamine then and out of 30 or so people only two of us didn't get sick. I would have hated to clean the cabin and head after the trip. I had someone offer me 100.00 for some dramamine but I gave him what I had and didn't take his money. I told him it was already too late and wouldn;t do any good. I have to admit it was nice to fish without the crowd. The extra chum didn't hurt either. Bob

[wallacewt]

not 1 mention of bonine, cmon guys.

[reelgood]

scope patch and drink lots of water and electrolytes if you are out in the sun with it or you will not feel well at all

[Alto Mare]

Mythbusters did a test on seasickness cures, they built a chair that spun at 7 rpm.
They placed wrist straps on Grant, he got sick within 90 seconds.
Then they  gave him ginger pills and he was fine.
They also gave him vitamins: placebo (sugar pill ) and told him it was over-the-counter pharmaceautical remedy.
Grant claimed that it was by far the best.......he didn't get sick.
Maybe mind over matter?

[Dave Bentley]

Sleep under a gum tree, Guaranteed cure 

Travelcalm for me.

Ah, sea sickness, first 4 hours you think you are going to die, the second 4 hours you wish you could.

[Westii]

not 1 mention of bonine, cmon guys.

I think Bonine is about $5 for a package of 16 tablets. Many people I know believe Bonine works better than Dramamine with less drowsiness. I prefer scopolamine patches myself. I put one on the night before and have never gotten seasick with one on. Just some dry mouth as others have noted.

[Marlinmate]

Whether it is Bonine or Dramamine.....best advice is to take one the night BEFORE the trip so the ingredients have a chance to get to work.  When you wake the next morning...take another one or 1/2 of one.  Too many people take one the morning of, chased with a cup of coffee...then get out on the water and barf it all up. No coffee and now no medication.

The Scopalomine patch has been fool proof for me. The pill form...SCOPACE....i heard has been taken off the pharmaceutical market and is now only available through a compound pharmacy..where they make it up right there for you.  I have never tried SCOPACE, but know it works for others and can be regulated more than the patch.

Other advice.....don't go out the night before and have the 16oz. porter house with potatoes augratin and blue cheese cream sauce. When done with dinner...go to sleep and get rest. Don't drink your face off and show up to the boat with one hour of sleep, a wicked hangover and no money. Eat a light dinner and an even lighter breakfast.  

Bonine tastes better than Dramamine by the way.

[Dominick]

not 1 mention of bonine, cmon guys.

Sorry about that Wallace.  Maybe Alan can get a good price on Bonine, which is really meclizine.  I bet you can make a deal by contacting a wholesale house and ask for meclizine.  It's been around for years and it is sold over the counter.  Dominick