Hi all,
Being someone for whom no anti-motion sickness medication works and someone
who would like to be able to ENJOY the odd pelagic cruise now and then I
have more than a passing interest in this topic.
There has been more than one occasion in the few years that this topic has
been raised and I have noticed one strange thing about the reponses: there
does not appear to have been any response from someone claiming to be a
person medically qualified to answer the question. I wonder why. Surely
there is the odd medical doctor (as opposed to the countless number of
academic doctors) who is a member of this list. I know I have met
birdwatchers who were doctors (GPs in fact) but perhaps they have all died.
It seems to me that it would be handy to have on record in the BirdingAus
Archives a medically competent statement about motion-sickness and how to
treat it.
Is the fact that there has been no response from a medical doctor an
indication that such an action on a forum such as this would be, like, sort
of, you know............unethical?
Or even illegal?
I realise I am being quite naughty by prolonging a thread which many members
had hoped was ended and by mentioning 'ethics' but my curiosity has been
aroused and I would like to know the answer.
Motion-sickness (especially the sea-sickness form - or is that
"sub-species"?) affects different people in different ways and can affect
individuals in different ways on different occasions. There is, therefore,
no one answer which will suit everyone every time. People who have never
suffered from motion-sickness do not really understand the condition just
like chronic sufferers do not understand how some people are never affected.
Of course, if there are no medical doctors on this list I won't get an
answer.........ah......well.........that would be a shame as it is obvious
that many users of anti-motion sickness medication don't really know what
chemicals they are putting into their bodies and the possible dangerous
side-effects overuse or abuse of those chemicals can cause.
In the case of anti-motion sickness medication, more is definitely not
better. Blindness and Parkinson's Disease are not something that I would
look forward to.
Of course, if taken in the recommended dosages for the recommended periods
very few people will suffer from those "side-effects".
Cheers
Bob Inglis
Sandstone Point
Qld
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