Scopolamine for motion sickness
Common Questions and Answers about Scopolamine for motion sickness
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I was at the OB today as he wanted to check on baby xyz before I headed from my home town 8 hours away for 6 days of camping, then back home for 48 hours and then 8+ hours in the opposite direction for more camping. I asked for Zofran as I am familiar with it due to the beginning of my pregnancy, I am 14 week + 6 days now, and I was unsuccessful in getting it. (I do have 5 or 6 left from my prescription).
I went on a cruise this past weekend and decided to try the scopolamine motion sickness patch.
I removed the patch after wearing it for a day and a half because I noticed my right eye had fully dilated.
Its unclear if my eye was directly infected by me touching the patch and then my eye or if this was just a side effect (i don't remember touching my eye).
My right eye has been dilated for four days now, each day going down a little.
In the mean time I saw a ENT he said I needed to get off the patch so my body would normalize on its own, and believed I had some motion sickness yet brought on by the cruise and did not know how long it would last. I then removed the patch a 3rd. time and again became very sick, nausea and vomiting the first 24 hours. The second day I am still light headed and nauseated but and taking phenergan to help with the nausea.
While prophylactic use of meclizine is most effective in the treatment of motion sickness, other factors such as patient age, and type, severity, and duration of motion influence its effectiveness. It has been suggested that meclizine causes fewer anticholinergic effects than scopolamine. Meclizine was approved by the FDA in 1953.
For control of vertigo associated with vestibular system diseases:
Oral Dosage:
Adults and adolescents: The recommended dose is 25—100 mg/day PO in divided doses.
I don’t smoke, rarely drink. This patch was HORRIBLE. I used it for motion sickness while traveling only to realize the withdrawals were tenfold. I went to remove it, 24 hours later was vomiting and nauseated beyond belief. The only relief came via placing another patch on. All withdrawals were gone within 2-3 hours. Life was back to “normal”. Replay that for 4 months.
I was wondering if you all have any tips for avoiding sickness post-surgery. Did the scopolamine patch work for you? Zofran? I would love any advice to ease my mind! Thanks so much!!
I had major motion sickness especially in a moving vehicle when I was 19weeks! Lol it was terrible, I would get so mad at BD for every little turn he made Lol.. it does go away and I was so happy when it did, I would avoid leaving the house unless I absolutely HAD to go somewhere, I just hybernated myself Lol.
It is used primarily for the prevention of motion sickness. It can cause dryness of saliva and mucus and might help reduce the amount of mucous. You state that your asthma is, "...always out of control because of all this mucus". That could be true, especially if the mucus originates in the upper airways, rather than your lungs. However asthma is not infrequently characterized by excessive mucus and the mucus could be caused by your asthma.
Vertigo can also be brought on suddenly through various actions or incidents, such as skull fractures or brain trauma, sudden changes of blood pressure, or as a symptom of motion sickness while sailing, riding amusement rides, airplanes or in a motor vehicle. Vertigo can also be caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. It is also one of the more common symptoms of superior canal dehiscence syndrome and Meniere's disease”.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.
I just recently took a long plane trip(6 hours time difference) and since returning I have had debilitating motion sickness plus horrible anxiety. I am on day 6 of this. Could this be hormones? I am 51 years old and haven't had a period in 7 months. I don't know what to do. I can not function because I am quite dizzy and feel sick to my stomach. I am considering making an appt with a neurologist. Help!
You are suffering from sea sickness which is characterized by a feeling of nausea and in very severe cases vertigo after spending some time on the sea craft.
OTC prescription medicines like Dramamine and Scopolamine help. Apart from these ginger capsules and wearing special wrist bands also help in managing this condition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasickness
Hope this helps.
I have always had very bad motion sickness and a lot of times this is what my headaches feel like, even though I havent done anything that would usually bring on my motion sickness. I am also very tired no matter how much sleep I get. I can get a full eight hours and still be extremely tired and sometimes even have to take naps during the day on my days off. My family members thought maybe it was my vision but I have tried wearing my glasses but still feel the same way.
Ginger ale, milk, and peppermints are good for tummy indigestion. You can take motion sickness pills from the drugstore, too. I have a relative who always gets sick on the plane, so she takes those pills, meclazine is in it, I think. Sit next to a window if you can, if it's clear out, you can focus your gaze on the horizon and it'll help a little.
I know this is not really a substance abuse question but cannot really find anywhere else to post this.
So I was talking to my bf today about being sick, because I have been out of "gravol" or motion sickness pills for a couple of days. he was pretty shocked to hear that I have been taking between 4 and 10 everyday for that past 3-4 years. I explained that if I don't take them I feel sick and actually vomit (as I had been all morning today).
Sometimes it's not just motion sickness, it's a combination of nerves and excitement over being in the car combined with a touch of motion sickness.
First of all, I would put a t-shirt on him. This will keep him from drooling and spitting all over himself in the car. Put down an old blanket or a large towel on the seat to keep him from soaking the seat with drool. Then start taking him for rides.
Thanks for your input --- we ended up using the cream and slowly decreasing the amount of cream within a 24 hour period, per the Hospice nurse's suggestion. Of course the nurse was not at all concerned about weaning off Scopolamine since the patient was only on it for a couple months. I was concerned, so she agreed that we can do it with the cream if we felt safer.
Try dramimine.
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