Drug Ratings for TRANSDERM SCOPAverage Rating: 2.0 (198 Ratings)
Compare TRANSDERM SCOP with similar: |
Results are sorted by Gender with females listed first (no age reported listed before females) Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 |
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRANSDERM SCOP | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
  | F M | | | | |||
| 2 | Five weeks ago, I put a patch on a Thursday morning for only 2 hours for a 1 hour flight. I took it off immediately after the plane landed. On Friday, I put on another patch for a return flight. I thought that since the trips were so short this would be ok. In the past when I wore 1 patch for 3 days, my vision was so blurry I could not read at the meetings and my vision was blurred for days. I must have over dosed because for the last 5 weeks I have had headaches, distorted vision, vertigo, loss of appetite and have been vomiting. I've seen 3 doctors and have had an MRI and I am waiting for the results. | I am terrified that this is permanent. Before this, I thought that Transderm scop was a gift. I have never been able to travel well, but after using the TS I was liberated. Not only could I fly with ease, but I could read on the plane. I did not know that I should not have used the patch so close to one another, but I didn't see any warning. A good thing that went terribly bad and I do not know what to do. | 41 | 2 days | 6/17/2007 | 1 | 4 day cruise | I had blurred vision the entire time of the cruise | I took it off and about 24 hours later the real hell came in. I feel dizzy, sick to my stomach, my eyes have trouble focusing, i want to sleep all day. I am a Mom of 4 and my husband had to take off a day of work just to get the kids on the buses. I am useless. I can hardly dtand. this is my 3 rd day off and finally can get up a little bit. My doctor said this is a better drug than dramamine, more convenient. I will never take this drug again. Nobody told me of the side effects. Dramimine never made me feel like this. Hopefully I will feel better soon and the headache will do away . | 35 | 4 days | 3/13/2009 | 5 | Cruise | very minimal - little blurred vision | From what I saw of the other passengers on the rocky water I am glad I took it - worked great! Well worth the blurred vision - for the one day it was blurred! | F | 41 | 5 days | 9/30/2008 | 5 | 7 day cruise | Could not read small print | I LOVED the patch. Felt wonderful the entire time I was on it. I get extremely motion sick and was nervous about taking my first cruise. I never felt an ounce of nausea the entire trip---airplane, ship, limo (sat facing backwards!), buses on winding, winding roads. Even eating all kinds of different foods and MANY alcoholic beverages didn't make me nauseated. It was absolutely wonderful. Used a patch for three days, washed/dried the area behind the ear and stuck another one on. Needed to wear three patches in all to get me from home to back to home (was nine days away with air travel etc.) I am amazed I had such great luck with the patch, I am extremely sensitive to medicines and usually avoid them at all costs. I had no real side effects in the days that followed after taking the patch off. I was extremely tired for a few days (I was just on a MAJOR vacation that felt like an Amazing Race, so figure it was that more than anything, plus came back from a six hour time change and had to readjust), felt a little 'wavy' but figured it was from being on a boat. Was a little 'depressed', but my vacation was done and I had such a wonderful time, I didn't want it to end. So, most of the side effects of withdrawal were mild to none. My eyesight took the longest to come back, but wasn't a big deal, had to relearn to 'focus' up close but just did some eye exercises to accomplish that. Highly recommended it to friends but will caution them now that some people have reported ill-effects. | F | 42 | 9 days | 6/1/2009 | 5 | cruise | mild blurred vision for couple days that went away. | I get bad motion sickness and it worked great, even with rough seas (5m waves). However, 48 hours after use I am having withdrawal symptoms: nausea, headache, and light-headedness. I am hoping the withdrawal symptons pass quickly (the nausea has already gone away and the headache is waning). | F | 39 | 11 days | 2/15/2008 | 5 | Cruise/seasickness | I do get dry mouth, blurred vision with up close reading and some confusion. But all these side effects still outweigh not getting seasick! After taking off the patch I might get a few instances of "boat rocking" but I think that is just adjusting from being on a rocking boat to being on flat land again. | I have used this patch on the last 6 cruises I have been on. It is a miracle and I reccommend it to anyone. I did not get sick even when the ship was rocking so hard that they put up caution tape on all doors and barf bags on every garbage can. The blurred vision, dry throat and confusion do not bother me because anything is better than being seasick! | F | 27 | 15 days | 11/12/2008 | 5 | Potential motion sickness on cruise | The only side effect I noticed while on the patch was EXTREME dry mouth. That went away within 4 hours of taking it off. | Put it on the morning of some very rough seas. Expected to have blurred vision, feel drowsy and listless after reading some reviews. I had none of that. Felt fine except for the dry mouth, which was not bothersome. Did not feel/get sick AT ALL while on the cruise. I would recommend the patch for anyone who is concerned about potentially getting sick on a boat. | F | 36 | 3 days | 8/13/2007 | 5 | Vertigo | No side effects | Only thing that stopped my vertigo, nausea, and vomiting that lasted for four weeks before I got it. Within 30 minutes of having one on, my vertigo stopped. Hasn't been back since. Highly recommend this for anyone with vertigo. Be careful and wash your hands after handling. This is a strong sympathetic system medicine. | F | 34 | 21 days 30 mg 1X D | 5/4/2013 | 5 | motion sickness | slight off-taste at back of throat; very MINIMAL eyesight change | This has been a life saver/quality of life enhancer drug for me and I been using it since it came out -- over a decade. I have very bad motion sickness -- I can't even ride in the backseat of a car for long distances -- but I love to travel and my job requires travel as well. I would suggest to users the following: (1) start with a 1/2 patch by cutting it in half. This works for most people; (2) don't wear it 24 hours a day! Even on a cruise, you are on land a good part of the time and don't need it. Additionally, on a longer cruise, you might find that 2 or 3 days out, you are used to the ship motion and don't require it; (3) Don't drink. Just like Dramamine and many other medications, alcohol does not mix; (4) Just like any other medication, really discuss it with your health care provider and be absolutely honest on all the medications and herbals/supplements/vitamins you already take. | F | 49 | | 10/3/2008 | 5 | Cruise ship | dry mouth and swollen throat - minor, vertigo and dizziness, blurred vision | It worked like a champ to keep me from getting seasick on a cruise through very rough waters. Used it for 5 days and the side effects started to get annoying near the end. The blurred vision is still with me 8 hours after removing the last patch. I would rather deal with that than seasickness though. I would take it again. | F | 34 | 5 days | 10/27/2008 | 5 | Motion sickness-airplane | F | 47 | 7 days 1 patch | 12/28/2011 | 5 | motion sickness/flying | I have used this patch with great success, but have never left it on for longer than 12 hours. It did make my mouth dry and my eyes felt dry as well. It has saved me from the terrible nausea, throwing up and anxiety that I used to go through when I flew. Even during a rough flight, I felt 100% | F | 42 | 1X D | 4/28/2010 | 5 | travel on a catamaran | glassy eyes, slight dryness of mouth | This drug has changed my life. I get 'seasick' in small planes, traveling in small boats on the ocean, snorkeling on the ocean any actively where the swaying motion of the ocean can be felt. I can not take the Dramamine type medicine because I can't wake up and enjoy the activity and to be able to do these things that I could never enjoy before is exhilarating! | F | 52 | 6 days 1.5mg 1X AN | 4/23/2010 | 5 | for a cruise | none! | I was standing in line at the pharmacy to pick up my ear patches when the person in line next to me told me that he works for the company that makes it. It can make you sick if you take too much so he suggested that we cut it up and not use the whole patch. My husband and I both used only a quarter of a patch(cut it up into 4 pieces) and it worked great! We did not feel sick or sleepy! It was just enough to take the edge off so we could enjoy our cruise. We did change it and put a new piece on after 3 days. If a quarter of a patch doesn't work then I suggest adding more slowly so that you don't overdose and make yourself sick. | F | 42 | 1 weeks 1/4 patch 1X O | 7/16/2010 | 5 | cruise/sailing | None and usually I'm prone to getting carsick. | I was able to enjoy my vacation with out feeling at all seasick. No problems while wearing patch or upon removal. Obviously from this website you can see this drug is not for everyone, but worked well for me and others on the same trip. | F | 52 | 6 days 1X D | 8/14/2010 | 5 | to prevent sickness | maybe a little dry mouth | love it love it love it..I've been going to mexico for a weeks time in the winter for a long time, and I have gotten sick on EVERY boat or water activity I tried-even parasailing.. two years ago, I got the patch and I can do anything..I've been on ocean fishing boats and catamarans where the waves were huge, and I don't get sick..love it | F | 58 | 7 days 30mg 1X D | 6/22/2011 | 5 | Motion sickness | A bit of dry mouth while taking and absolutely NO side effects after. | I suffer from extreme motion sickness. Transderm Scop has enabled me to enjoy cruising. I would definitely recommend this patch to others. I would bet that there are more people that it helps than those it doesn't. | F | 68 | 21 days 1X AN | 9/2/2011 | 4 | cruise | while wearing the patch: dry mouth, slight fatigue, dilated pupils (resulting in far-sightedness) | The side effects while on the patch were minimal. Just as described by the drug's website, the withdrawl symptoms began 24 hours after taking off the last one. I was light-headed, very fatigued, and dizzy. These symptoms improved over the next 24 hours. Like any drug, there are side effects. People need to be take responsibility for their own health care and research any medication recommended by a doctor so they can make an informed decision. The withdrawl symptoms were unpleasant, but I would never have been able to go on the cruise without it. I would use it again. | F | 41 | 7 days 1.5 3X W | 4/19/2011 | 4 | Overseas travel | No side effects during the use of the drug, except for some drymouth at the end of the duration (21 days) | My wife couldn't fly until the transdermal patch was released for use. Dramamine and other like drugs did not work. She has used the patch to fly for at least a dozen or more trips in the US with no bad effects. We made a 10 hour flight to Europe with many train, boat and bus trips. She wore the patch for 21 days with no adverse effects. Upon removing the patch, approximately 10 hours later, she developed extreme dizziness, nausia and slight diarreah. She was able to sleep and after the first day her appetite was normal. Her symptoms seemed to wane in the morning, only to return full force in the afternoon. As of this writing, she is in her 5th day of withdrawl. This is a holiday weekend, so we will wait until Tuesday to consult a physician, but most doctors including my surgeon son, do not know about the side effects of this drug. My wife generally does not react to drugs, it usually takes a larger dose than usual to effect her, but the prolonged dosage has made her quite ill. This information needs to be transmitted to internal medicine docs so they can advise their patients. | F | 64 | 21 days 1X D | 5/29/2011 | 4 | Antarctic Cruise - Drake Passage | I was a little drowsy and some slight double vision, but nothing to write home about. I would DEFINITELY take the patch again if I ever needed it. The side effects didb't bother me. I only noticed the double-vision when I was reading a book up close - no other time. And I just drank some tea to combat the drowsiness. But I also sleep really easy on boats so that could be making me sleepy too. | I have been off the patch for 3 days and have had no ill effects. I would much rather take the patch again rather than go through the Drake Passage without it. | F | 30 | 8 days 1 patch 1X O | 2/7/2012 | 4 | Vertigo/Meniere's Disease | I've tried almost everything under the sun to help with my daily bouts of vertigo due to Meniere's Disease. The Scop patch is the only medication that has reliably helped; it cut down my episodes of vertigo from every day (sometimes a couple times a day) to 2-4 times a week. In preparation for surgery, my ENT wanted me to wean off the scop. I took off the patch before a 3-day weekend after reading about terrible withdrawal. 12 hours after removal, withdrawal kicked in. One study online had recommended a meclizine taper to counter the withdrawal, so as soon as I started feeling the extreme vertigo and nausea, I took 2 tablets of OTC meclizine (less-drowsy version of dramamine) and 8 mg of Zofran. Every 4-6 hours I took another tablet of each for the first day. Day 2, I cut down to every 8 hours, then day 3, every 12 hours. I was able to go to work on day 4. I'm now on a 3 days on, 2 days off schedule for the patch until my surgery. It gives me some relief from vertigo, and the only withdrawal with that short of a duration is a headache for a few hours 12-24 hours after taking it off. For me, the benefit of reduced vertigo in my daily life outweighs the mildly annoying side effects and the withdrawal. I wouldn't strongly recommend this medication for just a cruise or air travel, but for people with daily vertigo that doesn't abate with more common treatments, this medication may vastly improve quality of life. | F | 26 | 4 months 1 patch 1X D | 5/8/2012 History | 4 | job as a bus counselor | extremely dry mouth, what felt like a constant post-nasal drip, blurry vision (unable to focus on things up-close), rashes/scabbing around patch as well as crusty stuff and pus, lack of appetite, extreme sensitivity to light, a bump behind my ear, and occasional fatigue | i've worn the patches last year for a duration of two months as well and i received all the same side effects as this time around. the patch works without fault, and because of this i continued to wear them regardless of all the side-effects | F | 18 | 2 months 1 patch 2X W | 7/9/2012 | 4 | 14 day cruise | Extreme nausea within 4 hours of removing the patch at the end of our cruise. I couldn't eat or drink anything for 2 days. By the third day I was able to keep down flat ginger ale. At day 4, I can eat low sodium chicken noodle soup, toast, crackers, etc. Initially, I had mild blurred vision which has cleared up completely. | I've used this patch for much shorter timeframes in the past with no adverse effects. My motion sickness isn't limited to ships - I get very sick in cars, etc. Since our cruise also included excursions in mountainous areas, I kept the patch on the entire 14 days. I had no ill effects until I removed it. I noticed a small of amount of visual blurring when we got home, but that cleared up within a day. Within 4 hours of removing the patch, I had hot flashes, was dizzy and thought I was going to throw up (in a restaurant). Once home, I had to go straight to bed. The next morning, I felt kind of OK, so I drank a small smoothie. That was the beginning of the end. From that point, I threw up whenever I tried to drink anything for the next 2 days. I thought I'd have to go to the hospital to be treated for dehydration if I couldn't begin keeping liquids down soon. After finally settling my stomach with flat ginger ale, I've been able to keep very plain, bland foods down - I feel like someone who's on a chemo diet. Anything with much of a fat content (like a pat of butter) goes right through me, however, I feel so much better than I did a few days ago, it's like a new me. I'm lucky because I'm retired, so I didn't have to worry about getting to work like some of the others. There's no way I could have handled riding in a car, much less public transportation. | F | 58 | 14 days 1X O | 10/29/2012 | 4 | A cruise | We came off of the ship this morning and I was attempting to read a newpaper and was very upset when everything was a blur. I got very nervous and jumped on line and your link showed up. I am so glad I am not the only one. I am nervous and scared. If I knew about these side effects, I would have asked my Dr. for something else. He never mentioned the side effects. Hope everyone goes back to normal soon. This too scary for me and I work for an optical mfr for the medical field. I did loose the first patch after 2 days and had to put a new one on. Maybe this is what is causing these effects - a little too much too fast. D. Ross NY | F | 42 | 5 days | 8/6/2007 | 4 | Traveling | severe nausea, vomiting, dizziness and general malaise for 3 day. Seemingly unprovoked nausea as well as nausea related to a decreased tolerance for motion for 3 weeks. | I am an anesthetist who traveled to Nigeria for a medical mission. I used the scop.patch for the flght. It worked like a charm minus the sedation I usually experience with dramamine. Two days later during a long and bumpy ride I became very nauseous. Because of our unpredictable travel pattern and routes I applied another patch changing it every 3 days for the remainder of my two week trip. I had no problems until approx. 1 day after returning and removing the patch. I had severe nausea,vomiting and general malaise for 3 days (it was so bad I thought I had malaria and required IV fluids for dehyration). I continue to feel nauseated however at decresing freq. Its been approx 3weeks. I do feel confident that this will resolve soon. I use the scop patch in my practice for patients with a signif. history of post-operative nausea and vomiting. My personal use as well as many of the other rating this drug is not the norm. Most individuals use this drug for less than 3 day and have n | F | 36 | 13 days | 1/18/2008 | 4 | Long Haul Flight | Extreme dry mouth, blurred vision | I have tried every medication since I was young to help with air sickness. This is the only one that works. I do not wear the patch too long which is why I do not experience extreme side effects after taking it off. Overall, I can deal with the side effects during the flight but would not recommend wearing it for more than 24 hours. | F | 25 | 1 days | 6/9/2009 | 4 | Road Trip | Extremely dry mouth, I felt a small blister on side of tongue aswell. My feet were cold all the time! Drank plenty of water, but didn't help. Disoriented/confused, hard to keep up brain-mouth connection. Appetite was minimal, hardly ate at all. I wish I had cut the patch in two pieces, half dose should have been enough for me. | I suffer from motion sickness since I can remember, my poor mom would always carry ziploc bags with her when traveling with me, but the motion sickness got worse when I was pregnant and stayed like that ever since (about 6 years ago). Bottom line: the medicine did help, but I wish my DR or Pharmacist would educate me better next time. Like I said, I would cut the patch in two and get the results I wanted. I would use again, because the side effects were not as bad as stopping every so often to vomit... | F | 38 | 2 days | 12/15/2008 | 4 | Severe nausea | Blurred vision, pupils dialated, dry mouth | In August of 08 I was in ICU for 2 weeks for a blood clot in my leg that broke off and went to my lungs. I survived but now I have so many problems internally that no doctor yet can correctly diagnose. I have either been to the ER or admitted to the hospital 16 times since August. One doctor at the Mayo finally gave me this ear patch for my nausea. It worked! I've been using them for 6 months now. I tried not putting one on this morning and I was throwing up. They will stay on me until I can find a doctor that can help me. This blood clot did some severe damage to some of my organs but at least my nausea is the least of my problems. | F | 55 | 6 months | 3/22/2009 | 4 | one day sailing trip | ok on the water. took it as a precaution and immediately removed it once we docked however about 2 days post trip I began to experience what I can only describe as "boggy" hearing and a sensation of fullness/wetness though I did not get water in my ear. It took me a couple days to associate the transderm scop patch with these symptoms although they only occurred in the one ear where the patch had been. My nurse friend took a look; no wax, no water, ear drum looked good. ENT doc may very well be the next step. Its been a week today and no improvement as yet. My hearing is definitely compromised at this point and beginning to experience a bit of discomfort. | Unless I was absolutely sure I was going to get horrendously sea sick I would be very hesitant to try the patch again. | F | 57 | | 8/9/2009 | 3 | Cruise | The patch worked fine when on the cruise ship but about 24 hours after taking the patch off, I have been nauseous, depressed, anxious, want to sleep all the time, no appetite. That was 6 days ago and its still going on. I have taken the patch before (10 years ago) and had no problems then. | F | 50 | 7 days | 9/17/2008 | 3 | Problems with motion sickness | Transderm did work for me but had too many side effects. I had extreme redness in my eyes and deep black circles around my eyes. I have been home four days and still have blurriness. I sleep for two days in I came home from my cruise. My mouth was very dry and I had a day taste in my mouth. | F | 62 | 12 days | 10/4/2009 | 3 | 7 day Cruise | Dry mouth, red eyes, bad taste in mouth, extreme fatigue, "rolling" feeling when on solid ground after the patch was removed. Slept unusually long after patch removed. | Works well for motion sickness but not sure I'll take it again. The side effects are pretty dramatic. | F | 60 | 7 days | 11/10/2009 | 3 | Severe Motion Sickness | Extremely dry mouth, sensitivity to light (eyes), blurred vision, "burn" marks at the patch site (my ears are still healing) | I spoke with 2 doctors, 2 nurses and a pharmacist and not one of them mentioned the withdrawal. I went on the patch originally for an African safari and the road travel. I have suffered from motion sickness most of my life. I continued on the patch once I returned, believing that my motion sickness issues progressed. It was actually withdrawal that not one of my doctors (2), nurses (2), or pharmicist (1), mentioned or considered. I have been on the patch since September 1st and at this point am trying to plan my withdrawal so that I can then try an anti-seizure med to control the motion sickness. I am usually sick on a daily basis and most typically as I am driving home from work at night. I did not even need to wait 24 hours for withdrawal symptoms. It hits me quickly and I experience nausea and vomiting. Inow need to plan for a week out of work so that I can come off of this evil "dot" that has left burn marks on my body. One note: I was informed that you need not wear this behind an ear. You can wear this wherever there is not hair. It works. Thank goodness as my ears were scabbing over from all of the puss. | F | 40 | 135 days | 1/13/2010 | 3 | Cruise | Used this medicine as prescribed for a three-day cruise. The first night was a rough one and the ship was rocking quite a bit but the medicine helped a lot. Other than a dry mouth, I never had a problem the rest of the trip and removed the patch yesterday after returning home. Today, I feel dizzy, lightheaded and nauseous. I feel worse than I ever did while on the ship. It's hard for me to concentrate at work, too. I would have stuck with Dramamine if I knew I would have such a hard time re-adjusting after using this patch. | F | 47 | 3 days | 4/29/2008 | 3 | Motion Sickness | I had tried a few different things before taking the Scop but nothing worked. Was on a sailboat for 3 days. The Scop worked great until I took it off. This is day 6 since I removed it and I'm still very dizzy and light-headed. It's difficult to work - all I want to do is sleep. | F | 33 | 3 days | 7/15/2008 | 3 | Severe Motion Sickness | While wearing the patch I experienced dry mouth and blurred vision. | I started wearing the patch because I have to take the train to work and the wrist bands did not help my motion sickness. There is no doubt that the patch prevents motion sickness but the withdrawal symptoms are horrible. I changed the patch out every three days but took it off during the weekends. I'm having headaches, confusion, nausea, dizziness, and just feeling out of it. It is not worth it. I would like to go back to enjoying my weekends with my husband. He hasn't been back from Iraq that long and we try to spend as much time together as possible. The past couple of weekends, I have been so out of it, that all I want to do is sleep. I am not putting the patch back on and I hope it gets out of my system soon. This is my second day of going through withdrawals. | F | 26 | 15 days | 4/6/2008 | 3 | Motion sickness on cruise | After removing the patch, I felt like I was moving - nausea, a disconnected feeling. I used three patches over 7 days. Worked well on the cruise ship, but the after effects are very unpleasant. | F | 53 | 7 days | 4/7/2008 | 3 | benign positional vertigo | On two seperate occassions after removing the patch, within 24 hours I get very dizzy, sweat, feel nauseous, and start vomiting. I put a patch back on and within a half hour, I am OK. | I have graves disease and have used the patches for 3 different surgeries to keep me from getting nauseous. It worked perfectly with no problems when I stopped using them. I had my 4th surgery on April 19, 2007. I have had benign positional vertigo since caused by my eyes not being aligned and my eye has somewhat dropped so now my eyes are uneven. I went to an ENT specialist who confirmed the vertigo, gave me a prescription for the patches with 4 refills. He said I can continue to use them until my next surgery, so, I have been using them since April 18th. I have tried on two seperate occassions to stop using them and within 24 hours I get very dizzy, sweat, feel nauseous, and start vomiting. Are there any suggestions as to how I can come off the patches and not be sick? Thanks so much in advance. | F | 40 | 2 months | 6/20/2007 | 3 | cruise | Used 2 patches and changed every 3 days as directed during cruise. Side effects while using patches: sore throat, red eyes, blurry vision, dilated eyes. It worked great for my motion sickness most of the time. We hit some rough seas for a few hours and I had to lie down. Most of the cruise was pretty smooth. | After removing the patch I had major withdrawal symptoms about 24 hours later. First nausea and then dizziness. Had to take a Dramamine to get rid of rocking feeling. Was not able to drive or do much for several days. One day I could not stop fidgeting. This led to pacing and a couple panic attacks. Felt like I was losing my mind. Felt very disconnected from my body and weak. Pharmacist and doctor had no knowledge of possible withdrawal. The major part of withdrawal lasted for about 3 days and tapered off throughout the remaining 3 days. I ate a lot and drank lots of water, ginger ale, and cranberry juice to try and flush my system. Not sure if this helped or not. Ginger ale seemed to really help with nausea. Will look for alternative treatments for future travels. | F | 32 | 6 days | 10/18/2008 | 3 | Cruise | My wife used this for a recent cruise we were on. While using the patch, she felt fine. 2 days after removing the patch(she wore it for 5 days) she started feeling nauseas. 2 days after that, we were in the emergency room due to dizzyness, fatigue, numbness in her arms and face, and overall "not feeling right." after a battery of tests, the doctor concluded it was a withdrawl or overdose of the medication. It has now been 4 days since she has been off the drug and things are up and down. I know that we both can not wait until she feels back to normal. If you are sensative to medications, my wife is, I would recommend bypassing this drug. | F | 31 | 5 days | 10/26/2005 | 3 | vertigo | Being on the patch was bad enough but when I asked to be removed the withdrawal was horrible. I began to experience panic and anxiety feelings (which I haven't had for over 15 years). I actually thought I was having a nervous breakdown and contacted a psychologist. My cognitive abilities were 0 the first 2 days coming off of it. By the 6th day I was a nervous wreck and by day 7 I was normal again. Maybe the patch isn't as bad as my quack Dr. who didn't warn me enough to not freak out over the horrible withdrawals. | F | 45 | 6 days | 9/10/2005 | 3 | cruise | vertigo, nausea, headache | I have used the patch many times for cruises and it usually makes me feel OKAY on the boat, I never feel great. I ALWAYS feel bad after I take it off. Luckily I dont feel as bad as many of the people who have written on here before, I usually have vertigo and nausea for awhile after I take the patch off. The ONLY thing that sometimes makes me feel better is to take a warm bath, Im not sure why it helps so much, maybe because I can actually match my vertigo up the the way the water moves or something but it definitely makes me feel better. Also, dont bother calling them about questions, they had me on hold for 20 minutes, asked me a million questions and then told me they couldnt help me because they werent doctors... gee thanks. The only good information that I got from them was that it takes 4.5 days for the medicine to leave your system and if you feel bad after taking off the patch then youre probably having withdrawls! Good luck everybody who doesnt feel well, I feel your pain. | F | 22 | 7 days 1.5 mg 3X W | 3/19/2012 | 3 | Cruise - motion sickness | The cruise went great - no real motion sickness. I changed the patch every 3 days and directed by the doctor - and wore a patch for 8 days. Within 24 hours of taking off the patch I have had horrible symptoms of dizziness, nausea, the worse headache I have ever had, blurred vision and a feeling of I cant concentrate on anything - I just want to sleep and I am feeling real bad. I have felt this way for 4 days now. Anyone know of anything I can do to get over this please email me!!!!! I would not wear this patch again due to this reaction - no one said anything about withdrawl - its too bad because I really liked the patch while I was on the cruise. | If you have any helpful advice about how I can get over these withdrawl symptoms - please email me. I have never felt like this before, very unpleasant! | F | 34 | 7 days 1 mg 1X W | 5/2/2011 | 3 | Cruise | During cruise I felt great as far as being seasick is concerned. I did have dry mouth. I was able to enjoy my vacation, however, since removing the patch I have been very I'll. it has been four days and I am worse now than before. | I have felt dizzy since removing the patch to the point of having difficulty walking. I am afraid to drive. I m experiencing extreme nausea and a general ill feeling. I am very concerned. not sure how I will make it to work tomorrow. | F | 44 | 4 days 1X AN | 3/27/2011 | 3 | Post surgery nausea | Worked wonderfully to control nausea after surgery. Some dry mouth and a strange metallic taste. I removed the patch after 3 days and the next evening was suddenly hit with severe dizziness, nausea, increased heartrate and headache. I was home alone with my young son and had to call 911 as I had no idea what was happening to me. The EMT said they have seen other people abruptly stop the patch and have serious withdrawal symptoms. No one told me in the hospital not to remove it suddenly. If doctors are going to prescribe it they need to be vey careful to tell people everything before they put it on. I'm still dizzy 3 days later and have been very sick since I took it off. It's miserable to throw up just days after abdominal surgery. My husband is stuck taking care of 4 kids because I'm incapicatated more than I should be after a simple surgery. | It worked great for the nausea I experience after surgery but I'm not sure the side effect were worth it. | F | 36 | 2 days 1 patch 1X D | 1/16/2011 | 3 | sea sickness | Blurred vision, headache, spinning, dry mouth | Worked great for the motion sickness, felt great on the cruise which was very rocky. Changed patches every 72 hrs as directed. 2 days later while watching TV my vision became very blurry both closeup and at a distance. Headache started, had slight difficulty walking. Thinking I might be having a stroke, I went to ER. They did blood work, CT scan of brain, EKG, ran an IV w/diazepam and zofran. When they put me at a 45 degree angle things started spinning fast. The Dr. had me follow a light with my eyes and they were shaking and darting around. He diagnosed me with Vertigo. I mentioned to him I had just come off a very bumpy cruise,but he didn't seem to think it was related. Afer reading this website....I know it was the patch. The ER Dr. gave me a Rx for meclizine and I took 2 and most of my symptons went away. He advised I take this as needed. My spinning has stopped, but my vision gets a little blurry on & off. In the future I will just take Bonine or dramamine | F | 54 | 7 days 1.5mg 1X O | 10/16/2010 | 3 | 7 day cruise | dry mouth, blurred vision | While taking the patch, things were good. It actually worked and I did not experience motion sickness while cruising. This was my first cruise but I normally get nauseous on ferry boats or boats like that. The trouble is going on now (day 3 post patch removal) I can barely stay awake in the afternoons. I get really dizzy when sitting for too long. My vision is still blurry and I am forced to wear glasses I use sometimes for distance in order to read my computer screen, phone screen, books, ect. I'm just thankful that I came across this message board. I'm experiencing so many of the same things as others have posted. I suppose it's just a waiting game now to see when these symptoms stop. Good luck everyone. | F | 31 | 7 days 1.5 1X D | 9/28/2011 | 3 | trip to New Zealand from US | Changed patch every three days. Very dry mouth. Vision blurry. Overall loved the patch. Was on boats (including rough seas), trains, cars (drove 1400 miles), helicopter and felt great the whole time. No hint of sickness at all. | What they don't tell you!... 24 hours after you remove the patch you get very sick. I was so dizzy I couldn't stand. Had an upset stomach for almost four days. Researched on the internet and no-one had remedies. I ended up wearing the elastic Sea Bands 24 hours a day and took dramamine. I wasn't dizzy 24/7 just in the middle of the day for some reason. It was pretty extreme. Even though I had a great trip on the patch, I'm not sure if I'd do it again. It was very hard and inconvenient to wean myself off. | F | 43 | 15 days 1 patch 1X O | 11/8/2010 | 3 | vertigo | extreme dry mouth the longer I was on it, soreness and itch at patch site, felt like my eyes were bugging out of my head. | I would not recommend the use of this patch. I was put on for my vertigo and although it helped alot with that the side effects and with drawal symptoms were not worth it. I did not read about this drug untill after I had been on it for almost a week, Ive been kicking myself in the butt since. After reading about the withdrawals symptoms on here I decided to go off it, called both of my drs, my neurologist and primary and both said that because of the amount of time I was on it that I wouldnt have any withdrawal issues, the neurologist recommend that since it was helping me that I stay on it, my primary said that since the side effects were getting worse to go off it immediatly. So on 530 wednesday eve. I took it off and braced myself for at least 3 days of hell. I started to drink as much water as I could tolerate 12 hours after taking the patch off as well as started taking 12.5 mg of my meclizine every 6 to 8 hours in hopes of counter acting the withdrawal symptoms. I started with symptoms at the 12 hour mark after taking the patch off, that included dizziness, diareah, uspet stomach/heartburn, numbness, tiredness,and extreme dry mouth. That all continued untill about the 44 hour mark, when all I had was on and off dizziness and numbness in my face. For me the withdrawal syptoms were no worse than a bad case of vertigo but Im very happy I had my meclizine to get through it. Im keeping my fingers crossed that from here on out Im on my way to getting better.. | F | 36 | 7 days 1.5 1X O | 6/25/2010 | 3 | Cruise | Dry mouth, blurred vision, trouble concentrating, tired | I took this as a precaution to getting motion sickness and although I didn't get sick I will never use this again. The side effects are to scary. I had no idea what was wrong with my eyes until I looked up the side effects of this drug. Its been four days since removing the patch and I'm still not quite back to normal. | F | 47 | 5 days 2X W | 3/4/2010 History | 2 | Cruise | I just went on a cruise and thought it would be a great idea to put the patch behind my ear to help with my sea sickness. I felt ok the first two days...the third day I could not see! I have severe blurry vision and seem to see weird things when i close my eyes to rest. I really hope i feel better soon.....I thought i was having a stroke! How long does this last? I have 5 kids and need to drive them to and from school.....i would NEVER take this again! | F | 37 | 4 days | 2/1/2010 | 2 | to avoid sea sickness on a cruise | NO side effects while I was wearing the patch, but horrible after-effects. dizziness, nausea and general discomfort for 4 days and still happening. | I will NOT use this patch again, due to the strong side effects once I removed it. | F | 26 | 5 days 1.0 1X O | 9/13/2010 | 2 | I was given it while before surgery | After my surgery, I was nauseous--and, in fact vomited three times, so it didn't do a great job of controlling my nausea. What is far worse, though, is that while taking the drug, I have experienced a significant worsening of my vision. I was already wearing reading classes (especially at night when I was tired), but could read fairly easily without them. While I had the patch (and still, two days after removing the patch), I cannot read ANYTHING without reading glasses--it is scary. I don't know how long it will take before my vision returns to normal. | As I was prescribed the patch while I had surgery, there could be other drugs that caused my blurred vision--the anesthesia, the pain medicine (hydrocodone acetominophen) or the antibiotics (cephalexin) I was prescribed after surgery. However, I took these two drugs for two days only because I developed a severe rash so discontinued both. Unfortunately, I left the transderm patch on for five days because I forgot it was there. That's why I think it is the cause of the blurred vision. Also, I found an article on blurred vision following wearing a scopolamine patch that describes my symptoms almost exactly. Here's the address if you want to read it: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.470010209/pdf My advice to medical practitioners it to tell people to take the patch off as soon as possible--I had no need to leave it on, and didn't remember it until my first attempt to wash my hair five days after having surgery on my arms. If I had taken it off sooner, I would probably be able to see better right now. | F | 49 | 5 days 1X D | 5/24/2011 | 2 | Cruise | Blurred vision, extreme dry mouth while using. Nausea, dizziness, continued blurred vision 48 hours after removal. | Worked great to help with my motion sickness on the ship, however the side effects and withdrawal symptoms I'm now experiencing are not worth it. I feel horrible and am worried about when my vision will (if ever) clear up to what it was previously. The side effects seem minor until you have to deal with them for days after ending treatment. I won't use these again. Not worth it. | F | 42 | 7 days 1X AN | 4/9/2012 | 2 | to treat motion sickness | My 14 year old daughter was prescribed the patch to cure her motion sickness just before we left on a road trip. She wore the patch and replaced it with a fresh one every 2 days. She did this for nearly 2 weeks in a row. Big mistake. 2 days after removing the patch she is vomiting every hour, hallucinating, and cannot see clearly. I hope her withdrawals go away soon. I am very frightened that we may end up in the ER tonight. | At this moment, my daughter has commented that she would rather have dealt with the motion sickness on the trip instead of suffering from all the side effects of withdrawal. Bottom line, this drug is just not worth it. | F | 35 | 12 days | 8/4/2006 | 2 | Cruise | My wife used this patch on our cruise for 9 days and it did help aleviate her motion sickness pretty well...however, the post patch affects were pretty harsh to deal with. On day 2 after the patch was removed, she felt dizzy, had tiggly sensations in her legs, her eyes could not focus, she was nauseous, had headaches, and was "just not feeling rigth at all". We are crossing our fingers for all these side affects to quickly go away so her life can return to normal...be careful to read up on this medicine if you are thinking about using it, especially if you are sensitive to meds in general to start with. | F | 42 | 9 days | 7/30/2006 | 2 | post-anesthesia nausea | I had major surgery in January 2007. I was given the patch. I was in hospital 6 days. After 3 days, I took off patch and within 24 hrs had the worst Vertigo of my life. After 4 hrs of severe dizziness/nausea and trying other anti-nauseas, I was allowed to put patch back on. Within several hours, I was okay. Twice since then, I have tried to go off the patch only to experience SEVERE nausea, dizziness, vomiting. Also, I became very emotional and confused... I have been "addicted" for almost a year. I am so afraid of what the long term side effects might be. I'm afraid I may never be able to handle the withdrawl.symptoms. | Though I give this drug a "1", I must admit that being dizzy and nausea proof has been wonderful. I just can't find info about long term use.I am a cancer patient, but have not had metastasis to areas that could affect nausea- I have just stayed on because of the withdrawl. | F | 43 | 10 months | 11/21/2007 | 2 | We went on a cruise | Nausea, headache, listlessness. Lingering for a week now after taking the patch off. | F | 49 | 7 days | 6/29/2007 | 2 | 15 day cruise | I was fine for the entire cruise - However, since the cruise (6 days) I have been incapacitated with nausea and blurred vision. | F | 50 | 17 days | 12/30/2007 | 2 | to prevent from getting sea sick | two days after removing patch I have been confused, slow with speech, and just not feeling right. I didn't get sea sick, but I wish I knew how long I will feel like this? It is day 6 from removing the patch. | F | 32 | 3 days | 4/26/2007 |