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Does Anyone take Ginger Root pills for seasickness?
I thought I read somewhere where you can take Ginger Root tablets ( from the vitamin section ) to help with seasickness?
Has anyone done this ? I was looking for something to take on an ongoing basis during our trip thru the parks and on our cruise. My tolerance in not what it used to be for roller coasters , so I was thinking I might have trouble on the cruise as well.
I use ginger all the time now. I works great for me and no more groggy feeling from taking Dramamine or Bonine. I take it before flying, driving long distances and when going on WDW rides.
We've used ginger tables and capsules, ginger candy, ginger snaps (ooops, lots of those, sorry diet ) and ginger ale. All work well. You just have to make sure you "dose" correctly. OTOH, we really don't need to use anything, both of us having cast iron stomachs. We've been on 38 foot boats in 12 foot confused seas with no issues.
Yes. In Canada we have a product called Gravol and they now have a Ginger Gravol. Works well without the drowsness. Should mention that preg. or trying to become preg. women shouldn't take it.
I used both sea bands and ginger pills on last cruise and didn't feel sick once. We did have deck 2, midship, which may have helped. I'm very prone to motion sickness, so go overboard in trying to prevent it. (The pills like dramamine and bonine make me feel sick, so can't take those.)
I got my pills from a health food store. The salesclerk looked up dosage in a book they had, just to be safe and I followed that.
On our last cruise, I took the ginger pills, and wore the sea bands at night. I get horribly motion sick, and even on the rare occasion when the boat was rocking, I was fine.
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Ask you doctor to prescribe the motion sickness patches for you. I wear them whenever I fly or visit Disney Parks. Nothing worse than feeling sick on a vacation.
Happy Voyoage.
Heidi
I use the scopalamine patches on the cruise and Bonine for the rides. The patch has worked really well for me in the past, however the side affect that they say is experienced by 70 something % of people is dry mouth...which of course I had. My first cruise I suffered through it and just felt constantly thirst (which is better than sick I suppose) On our second cruise though I bought Oasis brand mouth wash (made for dry mouth) and Oasis brand mouth spray (again for the dry mouth) Both those products worked really well and I wasn't uncomfortable at all.
For "land use" I love Bonine. It doesn't make me drowsy and actually works. I use it for flying as well. Dramamine makes me feel foggy and out of it, but the active ingredient in Bonine is different than in Dramamine. It is called Meclizine. You can also buy strictly Meclizine tabs through a pharmacy or drug store...those work well too.
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) and ginger ale. All work well. You just have to make sure you "dose" correctly. OTOH, we really don't need to use anything, both of us having cast iron stomachs. We've been on 38 foot boats in 12 foot confused seas with no issues.
(The pills like dramamine and bonine make me feel sick, so can't take those.)
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