Best meds (or not) for seasickness

[CAPT PETE]

Originally Posted by ytuna

Scopace - you need a script. It is the same medicine in the patch only in pill form.

Everyone I know that gets seasick that has tried it swears by it. I don't know of even one case where it did not work.

Side affects are minor - a dry mouth. You need one pill every 8 hours. Some folks take only 1/2 a pill.

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I've tried just about everything and Scopace works the best. Been out in some nasty seas and felt fine. The last time I tried to get a prescription filled, they wouldn't fill it because the company stopped making it. If that's still the case, find a compounding pharmacy, bring them the script and they will make it for you.

[darrenflynn]

12 pack of Heineken and 20$ worth of tacobell the night before a trip, has never done me wrong

[PaBeerGuy]

Originally Posted by Foul Hook

Meclizine and a hand full of your favorite brew! If I ever fell sick I chug a beer, it foams up in my stomach and if you yak its all foam. stay away from the coffee prior to the trip too

I think you might have something there with the no coffee. I always seem to have some before hand and it's the first thing to come up.

[PAFireGuy]

I take a zantac for stomach acid. That seems to work for me. I also skip the meat lovers breakfast, that has caused problems for me a few times. It seems the people who stare at their rod tips too long also become sick. Try to tell them not to focus on any one point too long.
Odd that no one mentioned Dramamine yet. That stuff just puts me to sleep for 2 days...

[JBird]

I haven't been seasick in years and the last time I was it was b/c I had a hangover from hell

It seems the one thing that I hear over and over is taking the medicine the night before the trip and then taking it again at least and hour BEFORE YOU GET ON THE BOAT seems to help. I have NEVER seen anyone take anything that works after they already feel queasy. The only cure at that point is sitting under an oak tree.
I've seen people eat ginger from a sushi bar, ginger ale, ginger gum etc all with some success but it's no guarantee.

Just remember, if you do get sick get to the rail and send it over the side. DO NOT go to the head, puke in the garbage can or anywhere else. The crew and fellow anglers will appreciate the courtesy.

[SplitShot]

I think its going to be different for everyone......I have a couple cups of coffee before I even get to the boat and ALWAYS bring a thermos of coffee for out on the water , and thats for summer fluking as well as winter fishing. I eat cereal before I go and bring stuff to eat during the day. I think an empty stomach isnt good and I never stay in the cabin

[Capt Joe]

Transdermscop Patch. Phone in perscription. Never saw anyone uke with one on!

[NJ Dave]

I think 90% of sea sickness is in your head. Most people talk themselves into in.
Reason i say this is because several times I have handed a hooked up rod to a sick person. The mind now shifts to thinking of the fish not the belly. After landed you tell em bait up the fish are everywhere. Bu the time you know it that person is at the rail fishing and that person does not even realize it the sea sickness has passed.
Sure there are times I felt like crap and i have chummed a few times myself.
Lack of sleep makes me feel a lil funny some times.
A friend swears by a sea sick wrist watch. It was like $200 bux but he says it works for him.
On canyon trips I wear those silly wrist bands. I don't think they work but the mind thinks so and usually prevents the up set belly.
Mind over matter.

[Sharkyispy]

As a kid I would feel the Mel de Mare on my uncle's boat out on the lakes and he would curse me out for making him bring me back to dock where he left me to fish until he was done on the boat ,years went by and I move to the ocean fishing. Had a little trouble at first but remembered my uncles remedy... Eating Ginger root or drinking good/real ginger ale(Vernors from upstate NY). Worked every time by eating or drinking before we went out. Tried dramamine a few times but that made me pretty tired especially when I was drinking the beer. Today, I really don't take anything, guess I've developed the sea legs with the amount I get out fishing and don't need anything now and have been out in pretty rough seas w/o it...Watch the acidic foods, don't go getting drunk the night before( that's the last time I yacked) and get some sleep all mentioned previously.

[Super]

I don’t get sick much. I did when I was younger. Combination of watching the chum machine, diesel smoke, cigarette smoke, and the boat motion. Stay away from stuff that makes you puke other than motion.

Once I start to feel a little queasy, deep breaths of fresh air and looking at the horizon help me. Try and stay in the center of the boat where the motion is less.

If you can, get your body moving. That helps too.

One time I was on a small boat rocking for a few hours and about to puke when one of the reels started losing line. I ran over, landed a tuna and felt 100% better. I learned that an adrenaline rush cures sea sickness.

And don't try the Banana and Sprite Challenge on a boat.