Sea Sick Remedies...follow-up

[HORNBLOWER]

Last week a thread was posted regarding various sea-sickness remedies. One seemingly preferred remedy was the prescription: Meclizine...(also available over-the-counter under a different name). In checking this morning with the pharmacist, he informed me that Dramamine has TWO different formulas. He picked up the second one ("Less Drowsy Formula), and pointed-out the ingredient: MECLIZINE. Cost $5.29 for 8 tablets. Dosage is one tab per day. Expiration date was June 2008 on this package. Hope this is helpful to some people.

[PATRICK 11-14]

Hey thanks!! That was me that posted the sea sick remedies for my wife. Problem is we didn't get to try em out b/c she "talked" me into fishing a smaller river on the coast.
Bought the bands for her, but will have another "potential puker" on board when we fish 10 this Sat. He's going to wear the bands and we'll see if they work or not!!
Thanks for the info!!!

[fishtales]

Try a product called motion ease. Goes behind the ear, it's a blend of essential oils. NO SIDE EFFECTS can bring people out of being sick. My wife has tried everything she gets sick walking accross the floor. Patches work for her with after effects. This stuff works for her and everyone I know who has tried it. Several have been getting sick and it tured them around. Get it at Englund Marine. Astoria,Newport, Coosbay

[finnedwonder]

Does anyone know of any other places that carry this "motion ease" it sounds awfully convincing...but awfully far away for me to get some.

[fishindude]

I went to drug store/ food store and found an off brand of dramamine (less drowsy) with the same active ingredient. 25mg of HCI. I got 100 chewable tablets of the off brand for only a dollar more than the 8 dramamine tablets of equal stength. Go figure. Can I name the store, I don't know. The store rhymes with giftway. It was in downtown Hillsboro.

[Steel Neurosis]

Hornblower:

$5.99 for 8 pills???? Yikes..that is extremely high.

I have an illness that is medicated with Meclizine. I pay $7.99 at a local pharmacy for 100 pills (manufactured by SANDOZ). This is Over the Counter, just like you are looking at.

The stuff does a great job of helping with the imbalance, dizziness and stomach upset that can occur at sea. The key to it working is to take it once (25 mg.) at least 8 hours before you go, and another about 2 hrs. before departure (no more than 25 mg. every six hrs.).

Plan to drink a lot of water...this stuff makes your mouth feel like the Sahara.

This stuff, IMO, will keep a person fishing over the rail and not barfing over it!

Mike

p.s. If you think gettin sea sick is bad, imagine having vertigo attacks like that all the time. It is called Meniere's Disease. It sucks!

[shaggy357]

Meclizine is available as a "motion sickness" medication from most every Pharmacist. You just have to ask for it. About $5 for a 100 count bottle. Its not on the shelf, its behind the counter.

Motion Eze is available at the Duffle Bag in Tacoma, for anyone in WA.

Steve

[HntnFsh]

Its been a couple years but I got meclazine off the shelf at the pharmacy.A lot cheaper than Dramamine.

[Away2Long]

Try Gi Joes for the motioneze - I saw it at either Hillsboro or Cedar Hills store. Worked for me.........well - either that or the Bonine pill I took the day before. What a difference to go out and enjoy yourself on big blue.

Steel N - $6 for 8 pills is expensive? Bet I could get 20 times that if someone is sick and it will bring them back.......

[RogueFishr]

Hornblower:

$5.99 for 8 pills???? Yikes..that is extremely high.

Speaking as one who has fished the ocean about 75 times, and been sick ALL 75 of those times, I would like to say that money is NO object compared to a day of puking and fishing.

RF

[Angler of Repose]

I bought the 12.5 mg dose of meclazine at Bi-Mart for $4.25 for 100. The 25 mg bottle of 100 is $8.95 for 100. One hundred will last me a long time.