Regarding the antiemetic, the generic name is Cinnarzine, usually sold under the brand name Stugeron, but I don't think it's available in the US. Scopolamine is a good place to start, but you should put the first patch on 12 hours before departure, and keep up a steady intake of nibbles of dry crackers (like saltines) and sips of flat ginger ale. Not too much, but just a little at a time. I know some people can't get over the seasickness at all, but this regime works for me for about 24 to 48 hours, then I'm OK for the rest of the trip.
Showing posts with label seasick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seasick. Show all posts
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Seasickness Drug
Well, it took some work, but I tracked down my sailing friend and go the name of the drug out of Europe that is good for seasickness. He had sailed to Saipan from Mexico, worked at the hospital for a few years, and then headed on to the Philippines on his boat. Now he's in New Zealand, flying to Borneo in two weeks to meet his boat and head out again. Here's his email about the drug.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Northern Nausea
I've spent the last hour doing research on anti-nausea medications, more specifically those related to motion sickness.
I got an invitation from a boat captain to take a trip up to the Northern Islands. I'm dying to go again, but I get horribly seasick. I went up about 13 years ago. We went to Anatahan, Alamagan, Pagan and Agrigan -- all the inhabited islands. Most of them had about 5-10 people living on them. They are beautiful islands -- absolutely spectacular, mythical. They must be some of the most remote and untouched parts of the world. I bet most of them have had less than 100 humans visit them over the past 100 years. This trip includes Maug, which is the summit of a volcanic crater. This is what it looks like from the air.
My last trip was a five day trip, and I spent those five days hanging over the side of the boat "feeding the fish." I took all the anti seasickness drugs, but I managed to break through them, while still suffering from all their side effects -- my mouth was dry, I couldn't see, I couldn't pee, and I was puking my guts out. I was a sight to behold, drapped over two bags of rice with my head in a bucket. When I returned, and people asked me about the trip, I would say, "It was a once in a lifetime trip." But I so want to go again.
Apparently there is some drug out of Europe that sailors use a few days prior to their trip and about three days into the trip that kills the nausea and seasickness. It's not approved in the US. I'm trying to find out more about it, but no luck yet. I don't even know its name. If I can figure out this seasickness thing, I'm going back to the Northern Islands.
I got an invitation from a boat captain to take a trip up to the Northern Islands. I'm dying to go again, but I get horribly seasick. I went up about 13 years ago. We went to Anatahan, Alamagan, Pagan and Agrigan -- all the inhabited islands. Most of them had about 5-10 people living on them. They are beautiful islands -- absolutely spectacular, mythical. They must be some of the most remote and untouched parts of the world. I bet most of them have had less than 100 humans visit them over the past 100 years. This trip includes Maug, which is the summit of a volcanic crater. This is what it looks like from the air.
My last trip was a five day trip, and I spent those five days hanging over the side of the boat "feeding the fish." I took all the anti seasickness drugs, but I managed to break through them, while still suffering from all their side effects -- my mouth was dry, I couldn't see, I couldn't pee, and I was puking my guts out. I was a sight to behold, drapped over two bags of rice with my head in a bucket. When I returned, and people asked me about the trip, I would say, "It was a once in a lifetime trip." But I so want to go again.
Apparently there is some drug out of Europe that sailors use a few days prior to their trip and about three days into the trip that kills the nausea and seasickness. It's not approved in the US. I'm trying to find out more about it, but no luck yet. I don't even know its name. If I can figure out this seasickness thing, I'm going back to the Northern Islands.
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