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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. |
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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 ... "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. |
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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. |
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"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 |
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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. |
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