seasickness

[disneyholic family]

what in heavens name is sea lice???????
is it something specific to that area?
we live on the mediterannean and have never heard of it....(we have the delightful - not- menace known as jellyfish.....)

Horace,
thanks for the info...
so i'll just bring her dramamine II for her.....(and my son and husband if they need it)....

i'll just have to hope i don't get sick...or maybe i'll try a wristband......i'm not really allowed to take anything...(the reason this whole cruise thing is probably a nutty idea...especially during hurricane season)....

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

It seems that all the drug-based seasickness remedies cause drowsiness to some degree. Regular Dramamine (dimenhydrinate) makes our daughters very sleepy. They've fallen asleep during the day when they've taken regular Dramamine.

The full name of Dramamine II (meclizine) is "Dramamine II Less Drowsy Formula" -- not "non-drowsy," just "less drowsy."

Sandee wrote, "My DD (adult) and I tried the patch and slept away 2/3 of our 1st cruise. It also bothered my vision so much I had to wear sunglass even in the restaurants."

On the Transderm Scop patch website (see http://www.transdermscop.com/ ), under "side effects" they say:
<dl><dd>The most common side effect experienced by people using Transderm Scop is dryness of the mouth. This occurs in about two thirds of the people. A less frequent side effect is drowsiness, which occurs in less than one sixth of the people. Temporary blurring of vision and dilation (widening) of the pupils may occur, especially if the drug is on your hands and comes in contact with the eyes. On infrequent occasions, disorientation, memory disturbances, dizziness, restlessness, hallucinations, confusion, difficulty urinating, skin rashes or redness, temporary changes in heart rate such as palpitations, dry itchy, or reddened whites of the eyes, and eye pain have been reported.</dl>
So only one in six people are supposed to get sleepy from the patch.

 

[Werner Weiss]

Originally posted by Horace Horsecollar
On the Transderm Scop patch website (see http://www.transdermscop.com/ ), under "side effects" they say:
<dl><dd>The most common side effect experienced by people using Transderm Scop is dryness of the mouth. This occurs in about two thirds of the people. A less frequent side effect is drowsiness, which occurs in less than one sixth of the people. Temporary blurring of vision and dilation (widening) of the pupils may occur, especially if the drug is on your hands and comes in contact with the eyes. On infrequent occasions, disorientation, memory disturbances, dizziness, restlessness, hallucinations, confusion, difficulty urinating, skin rashes or redness, temporary changes in heart rate such as palpitations, dry itchy, or reddened whites of the eyes, and eye pain have been reported.</dl>

As I wrote earlier in this thread, I used the patch on a really rough Western Caribbean cruise in 1993. One night, dishes in the dining room were flying off the tables, and many bottles of liquor in the bars became piles of broken glass on the floor. Passengers were departing from the dining room in droves, presumably to head to their bathrooms or to the railing.

I have a real problem with motion sickness, but I was fine on the whole cruise.

The patch was not without side effects. I had a very dry mouth, especially in the morning. And I suffered from disorientation. I'm blessed with an excellent sense of direction. But on that cruise, while wearing the patch, I was constantly confused about my bearings, and often headed in the wrong direction when trying to go toward the front or the aft of the ship.

 

[disneyholic family]

oh i see, sea lice are jelly fish larvae....
well that suncsreen really does work....
i think it's the same one we use (though with a different brand name).....
you just have to be sure to put it on a good hour before you go into the water....
i don't know about sea lice but it does work on jelly fish (disgusting things that they are....yuck)...
i'll be sure to go to the pharmacy and buy a few bottles before our trip....

 

[disneyholic family]

wow Horace.
don't you just love reading the package insert of medications...
one look and there's no way you'd take it......at least no way i'd take it...
but i'm one of those people who've had a particularly nasty reaction to a simple over the counter medication (the one the FDA pulled from the shelves last year)....
after ending up in the hospital, i would never ever ever take anything not absolutely necessary..
on the other hand i will give it to the rest of the family....
dramamine II never makes my daughter drowsy or any of the other things, so that's what i'll pack for them all to take...