Seasickness and Stugeron

[Kris626]

Thank you all for the information and insight you've shared. I'll be sifting through all of the links you've cited and going from there. Offshore season starts here next week, so I'll see how it goes.

 

[DandyDon]

It is not available in the US but is sold in the UK all of the other english speaking contries (NZ, AZ, Bahamas,..) and in Mexico. Here on the west coast cuising sailors typically head down the coast to mexico or farther before turning right and heading out into the Pacific It is pretty common for them to pick up a supply of Stugeron (sp?) in Mexico. In places where it is sold it is an over the counter non-prescription drug.

Google found this....
Rx Stugeron Consumer Information- Prescription Free Stugeron - FDA approved meds online - Buy with/out RX.

How do these online sales of drugs not legal in the US get them into the US? Just ship them and hope that customs doesn't notice? I've heard that from a friend who buys that way - that they will simply reship free if customs intercepts a shipment, but is there and reflection on the recipient of such prohibited drugs?

Thank you both for your feedback. Since I have fairly easy access to getting the drug (I have friends heading to Canada to visit soon), I may try it. Short of making it worse (heaven forbid) or some serious side effect, I'm ready to try just about anything.

:lol2: Is asking your friends to lie to customs and smuggle such drugs a good answer?

I noticed that the online site above mentioned "similar drug Atarax" and wonder if that is legal in the US, and/or similar in effect here...?

I've always found that wrapping my arms tightly around an oak tree clears it right up.

Really though, I used to get unbelievably seasick, praying that the next wave would be large enough to carry me away and end my suffering. I have managed to make a living on the ocean for all but about five years of my adult life, lobstering, being in the navy, and then working on dive boats. I learned to isolate my head from the movement of the boat by flexing at the joints . Pretend your head is a cup full of water , and you don't want any to spill. Do this while looking out away from the boat so that you don't see it moving around, and try to get as much fresh air as on your body as possible, even to the point of removing your wetsuit if conditions permit.

Gooooood post Kev! I know that Kamala, owner of Singledivers.com used to get deathly ill on boats but she really wanted to learn to dive so after a few no-dives trip off of NC, ill for hours on each one but never getting wet, they started gearing her up and throwing her in the water where her problem ceased. Her problems lessened over the years just gradually, but she kept going; now years and hundreds of boat trips later she says little problem.

Your suggestions would seem to go with "the boat pilot never gets seasick" as I've heard many times. Kris said: "I've been on boats pretty much all of my life, but as soon as the boat stops, I am insanely sick," and I wonder if he is usually the pilot? The one time I nearly got ill was on a moored boat rocking just barely, but that's as close as my experiences get. I was driving tractors on rough ground and riding horses at a gallop before puberty so I just had to get used to all the movements.

For you non-medical types who may be wondering, cookie absent is a medical term referring to the condition one is in after having tossed their cookies. Just thought I'd clear that up.

Again thanks for the translation. :lol: