Travel sickness

[keiralee]

Hi, can anyone recommend a travel sickness pill that will not affect my RLS.

Many thanks

[Joolsg]

Transderm scop patch and Kytril are safe for RLS patients.

[keiralee in reply to Joolsg]

Thank you Joolsg

[Spurdog1]

not sure if it helps as my wife doesn't have RLS, but she is hypersensitive to drugs (she often has a reaction to a new drug), she has no reaction from Qwells.

[keiralee in reply to Spurdog1]

Thank you

[marsha2306]

Zofran and Sea Bands

[keiralee in reply to marsha2306]

Thank you for replying

[Elffindoe]

Sorry forthe belated reply.

Out of interest.

I believe there are two main causes of nausea, ones that make you sick in the head and ones that make you sick to the stomach. Brain nausea and stomach nausea

If seeking a remedy for nausea then, it's best to use one that's appropriate to the cause. Aljhough there may be some overerlap because some medicines may suppress the "nausea centre" which is found in the brain.

So, for example, the nausea caused say, by eating something that "disagrees" with you or, I believe chemotherapy, is stomach nausea. Travel sickness is brain nausea.

In additon there are potent prescription only anti-nausea medicines and less potent over the counter ones. It doesn't seem appropriate to seek a prescription drug when an OTC one may be sufficient.

For example, a very potent anti-brain nausea medicine "scopolamine" is often used in medical practice to counteract the brain nausea inducing properties of anaesthetics and opioids. Incidently, it's been called a "zombie" drug and was once used as a "truth" drug.

Travel sickness, sea sickness or it's technical name , "motion sickness" is a particlar type of brain nausea. It occurs because the motion detector sensors in your inner ear are telling your brain that you're moving, but your eyes are telling you that you're not.

Remedy - use your eyes to tell your brain that you're moving.

If a passenger in a car or train, and feeling sick, sit facing in the direction of travel and look out the window, do not look at anything that is not moving, e.g. a book, or fall asleep.

On a ship, stay outside the cabin and look at the horizon.

Obviously being in a plane is a bit of a problem. It's about time they installed cameras in the cockpit so that passengers can see where they're going.

The other thing you can do is get some "sea band" bracelets. These can work for motion sickness and are cheap wristbands thst have an accupressure button on them. They have been shown to have some effect.

For stomach nausea, ginger and arrowroot can help. You can biscuits of either of these.

I am always reluctant to take medications but will if necessary. I will take them if necessary, but I won't take soemthing when I can't see a real need for it, nor will I take some potent drug when a safer one will do.

[keiralee in reply to Elffindoe]

Thank you for taking time to reply. Much appreciated.

[sadie1965]

I get terrible motion sickness but I still go on boats because I’m a scuba diver. I have discovered that ginger capsules work the best for me. You have to remember to keep taking it every few hours though. I have tried sea bands but they didn’t work. Scopolamine works but gives you the driest mouth ever!

[keiralee in reply to sadie1965]

Many thanks for your reply.

[BBMBRB]

I use cinnarizine but also wear seabands