Did you ever give up on an IR?

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:

According to the AOPA medications database, the only motion sickness medicines
that are specifically prohibited are scopolamine and meclizine. You should
check with the AOPA medical hotline or an AME about others.

Dramamine = Meclizine HCl
(and that's the "less drowsy" formula)

I sailed in a yacht race a few years ago, and all the landlubbers who took
Dramamine were completely worthless. They certainly weren't sick, but they
were mostly asleep.

I've used non-drowsy dramamine while scuba diving - a pretty strenuous
activity - and had no issues. Adrenaline was a factor, though, given that
they were my certifying dives.

Definitely a drug where everyone reacts differently.

Meriah...

"Craig Prouse" wrote in message
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:

According to the AOPA medications database, the only motion sickness
medicines
that are specifically prohibited are scopolamine and meclizine. You
should
check with the AOPA medical hotline or an AME about others.

Dramamine = Meclizine HCl
(and that's the "less drowsy" formula)

I sailed in a yacht race a few years ago, and all the landlubbers who took
Dramamine were completely worthless. They certainly weren't sick, but
they
were mostly asleep.

Meriah Crawford wrote:

I've used non-drowsy dramamine while scuba diving - a pretty strenuous
activity - and had no issues.

Well, as Craig said, it's meclizine (which I didn't know). Since that's on the
prohibited list, it doesn't matter how you react.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:

Lynn Melrose wrote:

According to the PDR, "Dramamine may cause drowsiness. Be especially cautious
when driving, and when operating machinery." Dramamine 'Less Drowsy' has this same
warning.

The key word in there is "may". Try it. If it makes you drowsy, don't fly when
taking it. If it doesn't produce unpleasant or dangerous side effects when you
take it, go fly.

And what medical testing would you use to determine if it did not produce any unpleasant
or dangerous side effects during flight? Your advice to "go fly" is bad advice and the
absence of a drug on the prohibited list does not mean that it is permitted. Don't take
my word for it, talk to your AME.

--
"Pilots who are susceptible to airsickness should not take the preventative drugs which
are available over the counter or by prescription."
http://www2.faa.gov/fsdo/orl/files/advcir/P874041.TXT

Lynn Melrose wrote:

Don't take my word for it, talk to your AME.

I won't and I have.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.