HOW-TO Prevent Seasickness

Posted Feb 25th 2006 7:55AM by Willy Volk
Filed under: Health & Medicine, Beginners, Experts, Boat

Scopace Do you get seasick when you go out on the dive boat? If so, then you might want to check out the Sun Herald’s run-down of motion sickness remedies:

Get plenty of rest the night before a boat ride.
Avoid eating greasy food shortly before the trip.
Do not drink alcohol to excess the night before.
Try over-the-counter remedies like ginger, licorice root, peppermint, Dramamine or bonine. Or try some Diversitea.
Get a “relief band,” which straps on your wrist. When it’s turned on, the batteries send pulses up your nerves which relieve the problems in many people.
Get a prescription to Scopace. The drug is available in both patch and tablet form.

Reader Comments

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1. I've tried most of these remedies. The Scop patch works great, but if you take it off earlier than you're supposed to you can get VERY sick.

Posted at 3:00PM on Feb 27th 2006 by Calvin Tang

2. I've tried a modified relief band called a "Sea Band," which uses pressure points to alleviate queasiness (http://www.momentum98.com/seaband.html). However, I'm only slightly prone to nausea, so I wonder how effective it would be for serious cases.

Posted at 3:11PM on Feb 27th 2006 by Willy

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