SEA SICKNESS

[mick h]

I LOVE FISHING FROM A BOAT BUT WHEN WE GET PAST THE MOUTH OF THE TYNE I TEND TO SHARE MY BREAKFAST WITH THE FISH.

IVE HEARD ABOUT SEA SICKNESS PATCHES,WHERE CAN I GET SOME FROM,THE ONLY PLACE IVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET IS AMERICA.

[Salar]

This is a common thread - try a search with "Sea Sickness" in the message title. This appeared last year - it may answer your question, alternatively there are plenty of other "remedies" on the earlier threads

 

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I don't know right off hand who makes them as I don't tend to have the problem and the last time I dispensed the things was in the late 70s and they were gotten thru a government contract so I never noticed the brand.

 

With the names, you can probably get a pharmacist (chemist?) to locate them for you.

 

Two I found with a web search were

 

Transderm Patch Analgesics

 

Fentanyl/ Duragesic 25-50-75-100 mcg/hour transderm patch for 72 hours

Lidoderm/ Lidocaine 5% patch for postherpetic neuralgia for 12 hours/day

 

or

Novartis Consumer Health's scopolamine patch (Transderm Sc p)

You can get more info and some possible sources from

http://www.1stonlinepharmacy.com/Transderm.html

http://www.transdermscop.com/site1/better.html

http://www.pharmascience.com/pms_en/health/3_1_3_4.asp

 

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Hope something works for you, boat fishing is THE BEST

:cool:

[Newt]

mick h - the patches are wonderful for those prone to motion sickness. One patch if the water is not too rough and two patches if it is.

 

Unfortunately, unless there has been a change in the past year or so, they are not approved for sale in the UK.

 

Seems hard to believe since I was dispensing them when I was stationed on a US Coast Guard vessel in around 1980 (so they are not new) and I haven't seen any reports of long-term problems showing up.