In my experience they don't wear off completely. After 5 or 6 hours in really bad waves I will start to get queasy. I should take another one but haven't yet.
Question Scopolamine... where to get and cost
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Rob. I tried. No info. Sorry.
OP
No worries.. I appreciate it. I'm sure I'll have to go to the doctor at some point. Easiest answer would be to just get the scrip, but man was it easy to just have them delivered to my door.
Maybe I can schedule a tele visit with my primary.. .they were big into that during the height of covid.
OP
No worries, I appreciate the effort!!!
drrich2
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Some observations from checking into this years ago when I dove with a couple of people who were prone to motion sickness and used scopolamine patches.
1.) A pill form called Scopace used to be sold in the U.S., but that ended.
2.) With a prescription, it was still possible to get scopolamine pills made in the U.S. by a compounding pharmacy. Not all pharmacies are compounding pharmacies, and you might ought to do a little research on what dose you'd want. If you can get Kwell pretty easily, not sure that's worth the bother to get into, but the option is out there.
3.) The patches stayed on well for one person and not for the other.
4.) The patch messed with one person's vision a bit. Anticholinergic effects can dilate the eye pupils and let in more light. Considering sunlight includes UV light and we often dive closer to the equator (where sunlight's strong) than we're used to, be careful out there.
5.) Touching a patch and then your eye without carefully washing your hands can make you 'blow a pupil' - that pupil can get really large for awhile. So handle carefully and wash your hands well afterward.
6.) Be careful what other medications you are on (particularly if known for anti-cholinergic side-effects) and what medical conditions you may have (e.g.: proneness to urinary retention/obstruction or constipation), that scopolamine's anti-cholinergic action might add to or worsen.
Richard.
1.) A pill form called Scopace used to be sold in the U.S., but that ended.
2.) With a prescription, it was still possible to get scopolamine pills made in the U.S. by a compounding pharmacy. Not all pharmacies are compounding pharmacies, and you might ought to do a little research on what dose you'd want. If you can get Kwell pretty easily, not sure that's worth the bother to get into, but the option is out there.
3.) The patches stayed on well for one person and not for the other.
4.) The patch messed with one person's vision a bit. Anticholinergic effects can dilate the eye pupils and let in more light. Considering sunlight includes UV light and we often dive closer to the equator (where sunlight's strong) than we're used to, be careful out there.
5.) Touching a patch and then your eye without carefully washing your hands can make you 'blow a pupil' - that pupil can get really large for awhile. So handle carefully and wash your hands well afterward.
6.) Be careful what other medications you are on (particularly if known for anti-cholinergic side-effects) and what medical conditions you may have (e.g.: proneness to urinary retention/obstruction or constipation), that scopolamine's anti-cholinergic action might add to or worsen.
Richard.
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