Scopalamine and piloting
On Dec 27, 7:59*pm, Dan G wrote:
On Dec 27, 6:54*pm, danlj wrote:
As a physician and aviation medical examiner I wish to demur as
clearly as possible from any recommendation to use scopalamine for
motion sickness while flying.
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So would you say the mild, unnoticeable impairment is worse than
vomiting repeatedly over the controls? What would you say to the pilot
faced with such a choice?
If I read Dan G correctly, he has said that just because a person that
has taken the scopalamine thinks they are unaffected doesn't mean
that's actually the case. They might actually be suffering
considerable impairment. Quite how someone who suffers airsickness
gets over it is another matter. I suspect a lot of them move on to
some other sport.
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