airsickness prescription

In article ,
bumper wrote:

On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 3:01:43 PM UTC-7, Bill D wrote:


OTOH, Ginger in crystal form is reported to be an effective treatment
without side effects.


I try to avoid drugs when I can. Ginger works just so-so for me. But this
works very well. http://www.aeromedix.com/aeromedix_articles/reliefband/

bumper

No doubt it is best if medications can be avoided altogether, but
sometimes the risk of drug side effects is less than the effects of
nausea. Even very mild motion sickness can manifest as "Sopites
syndrome", a nearly irresistible drowsiness that contributes to many
"asleep at the wheel" accidents. Sopites syndrome can be about as bad as
narcolepsy.

Both crystalline ginger and the relief band work well for some, not so
well for others. I have tried the electric relief band with my crew
chief who suffers from airsickness. Worked OK for her but was not 100%
effective in all situations. Motion combined with higher than normal
anxiety or excitement such as with someone's first glider flight, can
overwhelm the anti-nausea properties of ginger or the bands.


Scopolamine is indeed a very powerful drug with lots of side effects. In
higher doses, it can be lethal. However, the doses used for anti-nausea
rarely cause more than dry mouth. My experience with the anti-nausea
scopolamine patches is that they tend toward overdosing causing
drowsiness and headache on top of nearly terminal cotton-mouth. The
scopolamine pills allow one to tailor the dose to avoid side effects. My
experience with Scopace and Kwells scopolamine tablets is that they are
completely effective as opposed to Dramamine or other otc anti-nausea
meds commonly available in the U.S. that are only moderately effective
and have more side effects.

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