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Rocky in NM · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:34 pm Post subject: OT--kinda--Sea Sick Patch

going to see my Doc soon, and wanted to get a script for a GOOD sea sick patch!

You never know I may get lucky when I come back this Oct--and get offshore!!
thanks, Rocky
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REEL BEAST · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:49 pm Post subject:

Rocky, the best thing to do is eat a chorizo taco before you head offshore. It does absolutely nothing for sea sickness, but the Snapper love it and your fishing buddy's will appreciate you more. Laughing

The best thing I have seen used was dramamine on a rubber band looking bracelet with a patch attached that when on your wrist made skin contact, and thus absorption. The guys put them on first thing in the morning before they even showed up to go fish. The Dramamine will make you sluggish and sleepy, be careful, don't want to sleep through the trip either.
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ironmanstan · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:17 pm Post subject:

The patch works great. The only place to get it is from your doctor. It does not make you drowsy and lasts all day. Works great in conjunction with the chorizo taco with bean and bacon. Well maybe 2. Very Happy

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Mad Dog · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:41 pm Post subject:

Here you go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine

Ask about the pill form.

MD Wink

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Drake · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:45 pm Post subject: Sea sick

This one sucks but it absolutely helps.... Stay "relatively" sober the night before. Given the number of times I failed to follow that advise i am positive when measured against sea conditions for the day, food consumed, hours slept, lies told and bed vs floor, staying sober the night before helps.

Rocky in NM · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:18 pm Post subject:

Rocky in NM · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:24 pm Post subject:

[quote="REEL BEAST"]Rocky, the best thing to do is eat a chorizo taco before you head offshore. It does absolutely nothing for sea sickness, but the Snapper love it and your fishing buddy's will appreciate you more. Laughing

Hey, I love your suggestion on the chorizo taco--
that said, maybe I can get with you this fall
I saw the snapper pics you got the other day--good job!!
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ironmanstan · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:53 am Post subject:

Skillzzz9 · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:08 am Post subject:

Take a box of ginger snaps as well. Ginger is a natural anti-emetic. Start feeling a little headache or heartburn/reflux, chew on some snaps. Don't leave port without them.
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rawlbay · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:24 am Post subject:

The brand name for the patches I get is Transderm Scop. The drug is scoplamine. Rx only and they come in a box of 4 for about 60 bucks. Each patch is supposed to last three consecutive days. They work for me 9 out of 10 times (did not work 2 days ago, for whatever reason). That's the only patch I know of.

For whatever its worth, I usually double down and pop a "less drowsy formula" dramamine, which is meclizine hydrochloride, as soon as I wake up and then again mid day (forgot to on Wednesday). That is over the counter stuff. Regular dramamine is dymenhydrinate. I'll sleep through the whole damn trip on that.

sheepdog · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:50 am Post subject:

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:51 am Post subject:

Ginger Ale and Tootsie Pops. I kid you not.

The ginger ale just for the same reasons as the ginger snaps, but the tootsie pops have the effect of you constantly working your inner ear as you are sucking on them and swallowing. That combats the disconnect between what your eyes are seeing and what your inner ear is telling your brain (which physiologically is the main reason for getting sea sick).

And a good part of it is mental. If you convenience yourself before you leave the jetties that you are going to get sea sick, you probably will. Confused

But the chorizo prep and a can of sardines for lunch will always make you popular with your deckmates!!!!

Rocky in NM · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:25 am Post subject:

Thanks everyone for all the info--
we/I will test out my drug plan--and see what they cost me!!
but most of all
the chorizo prep and the sardines for lunch will always make you popular with your deckmates!!!!
If ya keep the deckhand happy--everybody is happy--Right!!
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maxthelab · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:47 am Post subject:

My only complaint about scopolamine patch is spitting cotton balls, no matter how much water I drank. The two times I used them was out of Port Isabel. 1st trip was on about a 30' boat w/ storms in the area, no other issues other than the cotton ball thing. 2nd trip was on a cattle boat that co-workers and I chartered (ala CF offshore trip) very sporty seas, still cotton balls, but was able to puke and reel, puke and reel. Several guys turned real green and just puked, no reel. Around 1 pm drank a couple beers and then it was just reel.

Lovethemyorkies · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:50 am Post subject:

1 patch lasts 72 hours. $20.00 per patch.