Sea sickness tablets - recommendations

[magpieman]

We are going on Western Med cruise on the Ventura in June. I'm not a very good sailor, I was once sick on the Isle of Wight ferry. :eek:

 

I want to go prepared for our cruise, can anyone recommend over the counter sea sickness tablets that I could buy at the chemists and take on board with me?

 

I have read there is an injection available but I don't fancy that as I have a phobia of needles, I'd rather be sick. :rolleyes:

[cruiseluvva]

Buccastem is excellent. You don't even need to swallow it which is handy if you're queasy. You put it between your gum and cheek and it dissolves slowly.

[davecttr]

I use TravelEeze chewable pastilles.

 

Doasge 2 per 24 hours and you can take them once you start feeling sick.

[tartanexile81]

Injections are only given as a last resort but you'll be able to buy seasickness tablets in one of the shops when you're aboard - think it's maybe Stugeron. My husband takes Sealegs with him then has one every night as a precaution and has never had any problems despite some very rough crossings. The active ingredient is Meclizine which lots of people have recommended on the US side of these forums. Think Traveleze recommended by davecttr has the same ingredient.

 

Hopefully you won't feel the movement as much as you would do on the IoW Ferry :D

[Vampire Parrot]

TravelEeze also work well with me, as do "Sea-Legs". The active ingredient in each is meclizine hydrochloride.

 

Sea sickness meds. are best taken before you start to feel queezy, so what we do is always keep an eye on the weather and listen out for warnings. We've been across the Atlantic in a force 10 with a 25-foot swell, the restaurant was almost empty and yet my wife and I felt absolutely fine because we'd both taken meclizine.

 

Other meds. that work for me are Stugeron and Phenegan, however both make me drowsy so I don't usually take them.

 

VP

[davecttr]

Oceanas next cruise looks as if it could be rough. I am taking enough tablets for the entire voyage, not all at once of course :p

[marylizcat]

My son got very seasick on his first cruise and had the injection, which worked like magic! Now he takes Stugeron and like Tartanexile, takes it throughout the cruise. Once you feel sick it is too late!

[Thejuggler]

Imagine a Force 5 with 5m swell on the Condor 5,000 tonne ferry from Weymouth to Guernsey, it does 40 knts. It was up and down like a roller coaster.

 

All five of us dosed up with stugeron an hour or so before we sailed and took another on board and one just before we returned later in the day.

 

All of us were fine, which couldn't be said for a lot of fellow passengers.

[cruiseluvva]

Once you feel sick it is too late!

 

Not if you take Buccastem.

[Host Sharon]

Phenergan is the same as the injection the medical centre will give you, but it will make you drowsy. I carry Stugeron with me as a stand by.

 

Make sure whatever you buy will go with any other medication you might be taking. Not all will.

[jenny wren]

I always take Stugeron at the first sign of any rough weather....but on the big ships you hardly feel the movement...and it has worked every time even on a very rough two way transatlantic a couple of years ago !!!:)

[jeanlyon]

I have been seasick in my time, but now that we cruise, I take crystallised ginger with me and I start eating it on the way down in the car. Never felt queasy yet. If you can't eat it that way, then there are ginger tablets too.

[Essexlass2]

I have been seasick in my time, but now that we cruise, I take crystallised ginger with me and I start eating it on the way down in the car. Never felt queasy yet. If you can't eat it that way, then there are ginger tablets too.

 

Yes, I agree with that. In fact, anything with ginger in it will have the desired effect, even ginger ale! Green apple or lemon slices also do the trick if you start to feel a bit queasy.

 

I was also once bad on the Isle of Wight ferry but have never been bad on any of the big ships even though we did once experience gale force conditions in the Caribbean when we all had to be locked inside for safety :eek:. Thankfully, that is quite rare and you will have nothing to worry about I'm sure. Enjoy your cruise and don't even think about it! :)

[vodkatonic1961]

We also take ginger tablets and have never felt seasick

[C at Sea]

What tablets can you take together?

Can you take Stugeron and Buccastem together?

Despite having cruised so much, I still get a bit sea-sick I often wonder if its just in my mind?!) I used to take Avomine which the ships Dr. gave you as an injection.

Boots don't sell this now, though I could order it off them last time we travelled.

[jimphil]

Buccastem is not really suitable for seasickness---the tablets take 1-2 hours to dissolve! too late if you already feel sick!

[magpieman]

Thanks for all the replies, some really useful information.

[davecttr]

The forecast indicates Oceana will be hitting rough seas in the Bay on Tuesday night/Wednesday. Wave heights up to 8 metres and a beam sea :eek::eek:

 

I wonder if the casino dealers will tie themseleves to the tables :D

[daiB]

Thanks for all the replies, some really useful information.

 

Couple bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale work a treat but then you must be a Notts magpie so it may not work for you. :rolleyes:

 

G&T works as well.

 

 

Gan Canny

 

Dai

[Norfolk Brit]

My husband takes Sealegs with him then has one every night as a precaution and has never had any problems despite some very rough crossings. The active ingredient is Meclizine which lots of people have recommended on the US side of these forums.

 

Sea-Legs are excellent and work. However, at present there's a licensing problem affecting the manufacturers, making them almost impossible to obtain (apparently along with, of all things, Rinstead Pastilles)...

 

Mary

[magpieman]

Couple bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale work a treat but then you must be a Notts magpie so it may not work for you. :rolleyes:

 

G&T works as well.

 

Ahh, I will be taking a bottle of gin to drink in the cabin and although I am a Notts County magpie I am not averse to a drink of Newcastle Brown. ;)

[jimphil]

Norfolk Brit, Travelleze is the same drug as sea legs [i.e. meclizine] ,Boots sell them.

[annieuk]

A friend of mine heartily recommends Buccastem as well. She has had dreadful trouble in the past and said Buccastem worked very fast. In the past I have always taken Stugeron but will try Buccastem next time.

 

Carole

[C at Sea]

Can these be bought over the counter?

[cruiseluvva]

Yes they can.