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After years of trying various medications, I found the following combination to be completely successful at preventing seasickness without side-effects of drowsiness:
Transderm scopolamine (1.5mg) patch, applied the evening before embarkation;
plus Promethazine 25mg (aka Phenergan), take 1 tablet the evening before and then 1 tablet 1 hour before embarkation;
plus Pseudoephadrine HCl 60mg (aka Sudafed, NOT Phenylephrine), take 1 dosage 1 hour before embarkation to counteract narcotic effect of Promethazine.
Background:
I just got back from a 4-day fishing trip in Alaska. First day we had 3-5ft confused ("jackass") seas for 6 hours. I would typically either be chumming within an hour or sitting like Buddha in a drug-induced stupor. All 4 days I had no hint of sickness and no problem with drowsiness. By day 4, I went so far as eating lunch with a beer. Over the past 10+ years, I've been trying various other medications with very limited success, including scopolamine patch alone, scopace pills, dramamine, meclazine, electronic wrist band (ReliefBand).
Transderm scopolamine (1.5mg) patch, applied the evening before embarkation;
plus Promethazine 25mg (aka Phenergan), take 1 tablet the evening before and then 1 tablet 1 hour before embarkation;
plus Pseudoephadrine HCl 60mg (aka Sudafed, NOT Phenylephrine), take 1 dosage 1 hour before embarkation to counteract narcotic effect of Promethazine.
Background:
I just got back from a 4-day fishing trip in Alaska. First day we had 3-5ft confused ("jackass") seas for 6 hours. I would typically either be chumming within an hour or sitting like Buddha in a drug-induced stupor. All 4 days I had no hint of sickness and no problem with drowsiness. By day 4, I went so far as eating lunch with a beer. Over the past 10+ years, I've been trying various other medications with very limited success, including scopolamine patch alone, scopace pills, dramamine, meclazine, electronic wrist band (ReliefBand).
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