Reply With QuoteBonamine is still sold in USA, brand name is Bonine. It has always worked well for me and others I've given it to.
(sorry Deewar... ;-)
Bonamine is the only thing I've ever taken that brought me back from being sea-sick. Normally, once you're gone, you're gone but with Bonamine, I've actually come back. However, the best thing is to take some the night before and the morning of to make sure you've got it in your bloodstream for the day.
Bonamine is still sold in USA, brand name is Bonine. It has always worked well for me and others I've given it to.
(sorry Deewar... ;-)
You guys are probably aware you can't purchase Gravol down the States-Bonamine is a trade name-it is just dramamine if you want the cheap generic version-
"So many fish-So little time"
Not sure that's right....from some googling, the drug in Bonine is meclizine. Dramamine is one brand name for the drug dimenhydrinate, which is also the active ingredient in Gravol. So Dramamine and Gravol are one family, Bonine/Meclizine are a different drug family.
Though it could be the website that's wrong, after all the Internet is more or less the infinite monkeys tapping out the works of Shakespeare. I know you can't believe all you read on the interwebs.
Dramamine is one brand name for the drug dimenhydrinate, which is also the active ingredient in Gravol. So Dramamine "and Gravol are one family, Bonine/Meclizine are a different drug family."
This is correct. But everyone seems to react differently to different meds (and pre-fishing meals) so the key is to find what works for you.
The patch, Bonine, and candied ginger triple threat from the guy who puked everywhere from Eureka to Dutch Harbor before the days of Google is my best bet. Not sure the first two should be mixed though.
Thanks for the correction guys-I should have checked the bottles as I have them all on board-One of them will work on most people
I kind of like a bunch of beer mixed in with Kentucky Fried Chicken the night before and on the way out in the morning. Mix a bit of Fireball in your coffee to go along with it and all is good. Thanks to Osama for this recipe. Cheers.
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I use the 25mg meclizine buy 100 pills in a jar for 7 bucks in the states. It really helps me I get seasick bad. I take them for 3 days before and take two pill before bed each night and continue through the fishing trip. Acidic food and drinks are a really bad think for sea sickness so don't drink a liter of Oj or coffee if your heading into the big swells and you get seasick. I have also heard deisel fumes are really bad but never really had to deal with that.
Definately not the same drug...Originally Posted by spring fever
I cannot possibly stay awake with Gravol..and still puke.
Bonamine no side effects what so ever.. and no puking!
I am a person that with out drugs gets so sick I am crawling ( not walking) to the side of the boat to puke.
“Keep your friends close – keep your enemies CLOSER!” The only problem I have ever had with that was figuring out who are “friends” and who are “enemies?" -Charlie
Nobody likes to get sick on a fishing trip nor does anyone like to see someone get sick. Such a sight can start a chain reaction. Anyhow, over the years I have seen 2 different types of pukers.
Type 1: This is the guy who while not feeling well and throwing up will take it for the team and even have a beer or two for a laugh. The fishing trip continues.
Type2: This person will be quiet at first, not very chatty and having the odd yawn while the symptoms build. Denial of symptoms is common. Once the guts get chucked then the real clear indicators of Type2 sea sickness appear. Basically they will do anything to get the boat back to the dock ASAP! Offering money, threatening violence is not unheard of.
I always say to the puker when they are done pukin " well, one good thing is that's the first hot meal those seagulls have had in weeks". Usually good for a laugh.
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