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Scopolamine
Update
For people prone to seasickness, any
therapy that reliably brings relief is
indispensible. While some divers
and boaters successfully combat
the symptoms with ginger, pressure
bands and eating (or avoiding)
certain foods, many others rely on
pharmaceutical assistance.
The three medications
most commonly used to treat
seasickness are dimenhydrinate,
meclizine and scopolamine.
Dimenhydrinate and meclizine are
available over the counter in the
U.S. under a variety of different
brand names; scopolamine
requires a prescription. Until
recently, scopolamine was
available in tablet form, but the
pill Scopace was taken off the
market by its manufacturer,
Hope Pharmaceuticals, in the
spring of 2011. This followed the
discontinuation of Maldemar,
another oral form of scopolamine,
by its manufacturer, Hawthorne
Pharmaceuticals, in 2006.
For now, divers who rely on
scopolamine will usually only
be able to find it in the form of
Transderm Scōp, a patch worn
on the skin. Divers who used oral
scopolamine should talk to their
doctors about the other options
available to them.
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