Drug Ratings for TRANSDERM SCOPAverage Rating: 2.0 (198 Ratings)
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | going on a cruise | As I had never been on a cruise before, I decided to try the patch. I had no seasickness at all. However, after removing the patch, I feel like I am still on the ship. I am dizzy, nauseous, off balance and even a bit confused. I am so glad I have read the other stories, so I don't feel like I am going crazy. I would never use this patch again, I can hardly wait to feel normal again. | F | 50 | | 4/23/2007 | 1 | motion sickness/ nausea | more nausea, confusion, anxiety, | I tried the patch a few times and it seemed to be ok, in the car. Well we had to go to NY for my father in laws funeral and oh my GOD!!!!!!!!! the side effects were HELL, I`ll put it like this they had to land the plane in Richmond VA airport to let me off the plane I was so sick. At first I started getting nausea about an hour after wearing (and by the way I have no fear of flying) then it got so strong I had to run to the bathroom and throw up and it was so violent, I was also shaking really bad, I felt as if I was going to die, well they piolot announced that were getting close to NY so everyone had to be seated and wear seat belts, well I couldn`t get out of the restroom plus I was so shaky I couldnt bear to be around anyone, so I refused and they called for any Drs on the plane and 2 Drs stood up and came back and checked on me, they said my pulse was thready (whatever that means) and that I didnt look good. So they landed the plane in Va and had paramedics waiting took vitals bloodpressure was not normal, I was a mess from the patch. They told me to take it off and that it would take around 4 hours to wear off, and it did. Needless to say I missed the funeral because I had to sit at the airport all alone until I felt better and told my hubby to go without me, the airline gave me an open ticket to come later that day when I was better. I went about 5 hours later. I`ll never use the patch again!!!!!!!!!! | F | 36 | 1 patch 1X D | 6/6/2010 | 1 | motion sickness | Used 1 patch for 3 days. Took it off, Became ill next day and 1 week later I still don't feel right. It's like I'm a little bit dizzy all the time now. Can still function mostly normal but have a heavy feeling in my head. Ringing in my ears prior to using this patch was not something I noticed much. It's now much louder.. I hope these problems are not permanent. | I have used this patch in the past without incident but only wore it for less than 24 hours. This product is dangerous if used for several days. Not knowing if and when these long lasting effects will subside is quite worrying. Will never use this product again. | M | 28 | 1.5mg 1X W | 9/30/2010 | 1 | 10 day cruise | F | 60 | 1X D | 10/8/2010 History | 1 | Slobering | Mother is 86 yrs old and is 10yrs advanced with Alzheimer's. The nurse prescribed the patch because patient was salivating & drooling by the mouth. After applying the patch she started to show weakness, more drooling, incoherent, non-responsive, difficulty speaking. | F | 86 | 1.5 MG 1X O | 1/6/2011 | 1 | light headedness / dizziness | blurred vision, couldn't read - extreme dizziness - restlessness - anxiety - extreme fatigue - muscle weakness - impaired motor funcion | I put this patch on at 5pm on a Friday, woke up at 5am Saturday and sat up in bed, room was whirling, broke out in a cold sweat, felt horrible, immediately removed the patch and tried to sleep. Felt bad all day on Saturday, but oh my Sunday morning all hell broke loose, 24 hours after removing the patch my symptoms were heightened. My husband took me to the urgent care center, all they did was tell me to drink lots of water to try and flush the drug out of my system. Its day 5 now and I'm still having issues with dizziness, weakness and fatigue. Hoping to be back to at least the original state I was in before takign this drug soon. | F | 47 | 1 times 1.5 1X D | 6/6/2013 | 5 | Deep sea fishing | Dry mouth | These patches are amazing! I get violently sick on the high seas. To the point of dry heaving the entire day non stop. I love fishing so much that my doctor starting prescribing me these patches about 8 years ago. I put one on the night before my fishing trip and fish for 10-15 hours the following day. I take it off the second we step off the boat. No problems! Awesome stuff! By the way, the over the counter motion sickness meds don't work on me. | M | 58 | 1 days 1.5 mg 1X D | 12/27/2012 | 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 | 3 | yes | works great sometimes | M | 33 | 1 days 1.5 1X D | 7/26/2010 | 1 | Surgery | A few hours after I took off the patch, I experienced tingling in my arms and legs. Also my throat felt dry and swollen. Today I the tingling has moved to pins and needles feeling on my arms and legs and also my face. I am not sure how long the withdrawal lasts... but it's pretty scary. I would NOT recommend this to anyone. | F | 30 | 1 days 1.5 1X D | 7/25/2010 | 1 | Seasickness | Severe vomiting and unconsciousness | I put a transderm patch on the first night of a 7 day cruise as I suffer from motion sickness. About 18 hours later I started to feel very ill and began vomiting. After fours hours of feeling horribly ill and constant vomiting I fainted and injured my head as I fell. I started to become very disoriented and could barely figure out how to call 911 as I kept fainting every time I tried to get up. Needed IV fluids and other medications and attention to the head injury. The docs there said it was the patch and I should never use it again. Had to stay in my cabin for a couple of days and was not allowed off the ship for the whole cruise as I was weak and slow to recover. | F | 59 | 1 days 1 patch 1X AN | 7/21/2010 | 1 | surgery | My 80 yr old mother was given this patch to prevent nausea from anesthesia. After 8 hours she displayed symptoms of disorientation, had hallucinations, slurred speech, insomnia. Could not follow directions, her eyes darted all around, thought her IV tubing was a light bulb, saw spiders on the wall, did not know her husband. After 6 hours of symptoms we removed the patch and 3 hours later she started to become lucid. It took 2 days before she became normal again. It was very terrifying and we did not know what the problem was until we eliminated this. I have no idea why the anesthesiologist thought this was a good idea. There is a high % of adverse reactions, especially in individuals over 60. | F | 80 | 1 days 40 1X D | 4/30/2010 | 1 | Prevent motion sickenss | Blurred vision, nausea, dizzy, tunnel effect, irritability, mood swings. | Symptoms started after I removed the patch are still here 6 days later. | M | 35 | 1 days 1 1X D | 2/28/2010 | 1 | motion sickness | I cut the patch in half because I am sensitive to drugs. I applied it per label directions and within an hour I was stumbling, slurring words, disoriented, crying, blurry vision, extreme fatigue, aggitation. It scared me so much that I took the patch off after an hour and it took me several days to feel back to normal. It was AWFUL and I would never take it again. It freaked me out so badly that I couldn't even get ON the plane to fly to LA and be on the Dr Phil show...and they had bought me a first class ticket and flown a producer out to fly back with me because of my fear of flying. RUINED my chance to be personally on the show-- they had to do a phone interview with me! | Honestly think it should be taken off the market. | F | 38 | 1 days 1X D | 3/23/2010 | 1 | surgery | I had blurry vision, dialated pupils and now have had dizziness for 8 weeks. After multiple tests and a MRI they determined the vestibular system on the side I had the scopolamine patch side is not working. WOuld not recommend this drug to anyone | F | 38 | 1 days 1.5mg 1X D | 4/23/2010 | 1 | Post operative nausea | I was given the 1.5mg patch PRIOR to having surgery to alleviate post-operative nausea. After arriving home and not experiencing any nausea at all I removed the patch not more than six hours after applying it. The day after surgery I felt wonderful, two days after surgery I felt horrible. My symptoms included; severe dizziness, nausea, lethargy, cloudy head, upset stomach and sensitivity to light. I eventually went into ER however, the ER medical staff could not diagnose my problem other than having vertigo. I've never had vertigo and wondered how you 'catch' vertigo? Anyway, after the ER I began searching the net and found askapatient.com. Alas, I know know the source of all my trouble. I can not tell you how relived I am to know what has been causing my symptoms. This patch was on my skin for maybe 3 hours and haven't felt right for three days. Today, being my third day, I am beginning to feel better but not 100%. It's like I'm coming off a bad trip and I never left the far | Do not use this product, side effects are NOT worth the temporary relief that you receive. | M | 42 | 1 days 1.5mg patc 1X D | 2/13/2011 | 1 | Deep Sea Fishing Trip | I did not feel well on the boat. Usual sea sickness symptoms. However, I did experience extreme dizzyness whenever I stood up after lying down or even lying down after standing up. My head just started spinning. I had never taken this drug before, but this type of dizziness had never occurred on my previous fishing trips using Dramamine. The worst side effects occurred after I took the patch off once the trip ended. I applied the patch 5 hours prior to leaving for the trip, the trip was 16 hours. A total of 21 hours that I had the patch applied. It's been 7 days since then and my stomach is still queasy and I am still getting dizzy and light-headed whenever I change positions (lying, standing up). Wow. The side-effects of this drug are amazing, even after such short use. I'm amazed it's still on the market. BEWARE! | This is a scary drug. Such awful side effects. in my opinion: DO NOT USE. | M | 56 | 1 days 1.5 mg 1X D | 7/30/2011 | 1 | Vertigo | Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, extreme dry mouth, headaches, confusion, hallucinations, hard time remembering things, blurred vision/large pupils, abdominal cramps 24 hours after removal of patch as well as sweating, drowsiness | I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS PATCH TO ANYONE!!! It made me feel way worse than I ever did to begin with. I thought taking the patch off would make me feel better but the withdrawal side effects are horrible! 24 hours after I removed it I became very nauseous and had a bad cramp in my stomach. I became very sweaty and felt like I couldn't move. I took the patch off three days ago and I'm still not feeling normal! I'm very easily confused and I cannot remember things that have just happened. The night after I took it off I had hallucinations and thought there was a giant spider chasing me out of my room at 2 in the morning. I am a small girl (100 lbs) and I think the dosage was way too much for my body! Please do yourself a favor and DO NOT use this patch. You will regret it. I wish my doctor had warned me of all these awful side effects! | F | 20 | 1 days 2X W | 8/27/2011 | 1 | Vertigo/dizziness | I was prescribed this during a particularly nasty bout of vertigo because my usual meclazine wasn't doing the trick. I put a patch on, ran an errand, then laid down for an hour or so at home to wait for it to kick in as I had plans that evening. About 4-5 hours later on as I was attending an event, I suddenly experienced a severe chest pain - it felt like a massive cramp - extending from mid breastbone to diaphragm, so bad I couldn't draw a breath for a few moments. After the first bad pain, I could breathe, but it was difficult. My boyfriend took me outside in the fresh air, and got the patch off of me while I tried to breathe. About 5 minutes after the patch came off, the pain disappeared. I called my doctor the next day to tell them what had happened and was told not to put the patch back on (DUH!!) even though the doctor "still felt it was the best treatment" for my dizziness. I didn't have any other side effects once the patch was off, but I have a feeling that ma | My father was prescribed this for nausea during the last stages of cancer and it worked well for him right up until his last few days when he literally needed to be sedated to avoid dry-heaving. I know this drug has its good uses, but I think doctors might be a bit more picky on what they prescribe it for considering how severe the side effects can be. | F | 31 | 1 days 1X D | 9/6/2011 | 1 | surgery | Nurse put patch on b4 surgery, all she said was it reduces nausea and vomiting, by,the end of the day, I had a blinding headache, eyes were so dry they hurt, and waa more disoriented now than I was waking up after surgery. AlmoST two days later, I cannot drink enough watet to and yet barely able to Pee, considering I had a kidney stone removed, peeing would be good I would think, noticed this was a side effect of the patch, MU head still hurts, unable to eat. DO NOT EVER TAKE !!!!!!! I also had bouts of anger and saddnesd | It should be taken off market | F | 44 | 1 days 1X D | 10/9/2011 | 1 | To avoid Nausea after surger | 15 minutes into wearing the patch my heart start thumping wildly and then racing, thumping and racing...beating hard, then I noticed my throat scratchy and dry. I could not think clearly. My face was on fire and when looked into the mirror my cheeks were flushed. Diarrhea the next day. | 15 minutes into wearing the patch my heart start thumping wildly and then racing, thumping and racing...beating hard, then I noticed my throat scratchy and dry. I could not think clearly. My face was on fire and when looked into the mirror my cheeks were flushed. I thought hmmm I better look at side effects and so when I did I ripped that patch off immediately. I had placed it on at bedtime as I was to have surgery the next morning...as a result surgery was cancelled due to my condition from the patch...I had felt GREAT all day long before I placed that patch on...unbelievable...for me it was a HORRIBLE experience. I had diarrhea that next day into the next night...I didn't get any sleep that entire night after I ripped the patch off. If you have ever had an allergic reaction to any other substance DO NOT USE THIS PATCH. | F | 56 | 1 days 1X D | 1/24/2013 | 1 | Dizziness and spinning | Seeing ghost and having panic attacks. Not in normal state of mine. Seeing people in the room with me that did not exist. | My mom is 85 years old and requested treatment for vertigo. She visited the doctor and was giving a patch to treat her vertigo. Hours later she was seeing ghost saying there are people in her room trying to hurt her. It was so bad she called 911. She was fine until she was given this patch. I would not recomend this medicine for elderly people. | F | 85 | 1 days | 1/17/2008 | 1 | Vertigo | extreme dry mouth and throat, dry eyes, mild dizziness while on the patch | I removed the patch after 24 hours due to the dry eyes and throat, eating was getting hard, having to chase food with water to get it to go down. I've been off for over 24 hours and I think my withdrawls are mild compared to what i've read..but here goes. My vision was slightly blurred, made it hard to focus on things close up, I have an anxiety disorder and this has made it much worse than usual. Last night as I was going to bed I would relax and then my muscles started twitching, just on the verge of sleep, I would jump like I felt the falling sensation, I had a very hard time sleeping, it was hard to keep my eyes closed I felt like I had had too much coffee...which I had none. Today I woke up feeling a little better to start, then an hour or so ago, just started feeling out of it and couldn't stop crying...more anxiety. Got home and tried to take a nap and the muscles were jumping and waking me up. Anyone else had muscle twitches? I looked it up and I guess it only happens to a small group of people. Anyway, I believe that I should have just waited out my vertigo spell, I honestly think the patch made me feel worse and way more anxious. I will NEVER use this drug again. | F | 36 | 1 days 1.5mg 1X D | 6/16/2012 | 1 | vertigo | Once I begin to use the patch.I was feeling more dizziness than from the beginning. The dizziness is so serious it is affecting my memory. I cannot work because of dizziness. | F | 42 | 1 days 1.5mg | 10/25/2012 | 1 | Motion sickness (ocean cruise) | NEVER AGAIN. Applied one patch the night before our cruise departed. Woke up with literally zero saliva in my mouth (couldn't even swallow) and unable to walk in a straight line. Also felt extremely heavy-limbed, dizzy, and weak. The patch may work for motion sickness aboard sea vessels (my mom uses it on every cruise) but for me, it is TOTALLY not worth the side effects. I ended up taking the less drowsy Dramamine and that did just fine. | Really, really not worth it for me. Take Dramamine instead. It's cheaper and has way fewer side effects. | M | 31 | 1 days 1X D | 1/13/2012 | 1 | cruise | Put the patch on the night before my flight for air travel and was planning to leave it on for the duration of a 5-day cruise. Within an hour of taking the patch I could feel my heart racing and had palpitations. When I woke up in the morning I had a terrible headache also. I looked it up and found so many comments about the problems after having the patch on so I took it off after 7 hours. No withdrawl symptoms. I am glad I did not leave it on any longer. | Take it off before it's too late | F | 48 | 1 days 1X D | 4/7/2012 | 1 | For dealing with my chronic nausea | While on the patch I didn't feel any better, and i had a hard time focuses in close objects. Having to do school i took it off in less then a day. About 24 hours later I experienced extreme nausea, dizziness,drowsiness, and my eyes were dilated all day. I found online that a drug that helps with sea sickness actually subsided a victims withdrawal. I took bonine and the nausea decreased greatly. its the second day and i took one more bonine and I feel almost back to my regular state (without withdrawals) of nausea. I hope that helps. | DON'T TAKE IT!!! WITHDRAWALS ARE HORRIBLE! if experiencing withdrawals try bonine for nausea. | F | 15 | 1 days 30mg 1X D | 3/30/2012 | 1 | Vertigo | I put the patch on around 10pm. By 2 am I was disoriented, severe dry mouth, hallucinating, felt like I was floating. I was terrified but fell back to sleep. I had blurred vision and was extremely tired. I woke up at 6am and immediately removed the patch. Within an hour the side effects really kicked in. I thought I had a stroke. I could barely put two words together. I felt like I was floating in mid air, panic struck, I scared the heck out of my boyfriend when I called to tell him how I was feeling. After several hours of sleeping the effects wore off. I am still a bit fuzzy (it has been about 29 hours since removal). | NO DOCTOR SHOULD EVER GIVE THIS PATCH. THIS PATCH SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM AN ACCEPTABLE MEDICINE LIST. The side effects during and especially after are horrific. I only feel better because I have read these comments. The patch cost me $50 for five and I almost went to the ER because I thought I had a stroke. I'll use meclizine (dramamine)any day of the week. I will report this to my doctor and the FDA. Thank God I only had it on for 8 hours!!!! | F | 43 | 1 days | 9/5/2009 | 1 | balance problems/inner ear issues | Disoriented, sluggish, motor skills effected, would not try to drive, and was still off balance. | I would not reccommend this for balance problems due to inner ear issues. On the drug everything was much worse than off the drug. I am dissappointed that we spent $81 on patches just to find out they don't work for me. Am glad I got off quicky, and returned to almost normal in about 1/2 a day. | F | 46 | 1 days | 12/24/2009 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 | Surgery | The patch did prevent me from having any nausea after my surgery. I wore it for 48 hours, then took it off, thinking I was doing great. Within a few hours of removing the patch I had to go to the ER with dialated pupils and blurred vision. They did a CT and said it seemed to be a reaction to the medicine. Later that night I developed severe nausea that neither phenergran or zofran would even touch! I am still nauseaous and my pupils are still dialated 24 hours later! | I would avoid this medicine unless you have used it before and know that it works well for you. | F | 27 | 2 days | 12/20/2008 | 1 | 3 day cruise | I was very disturbed by blurred vision. It was so scary because I wasn't even able to read the side effects insert to realize this was in fact related to the patch. I thought I was going blind. Also nausea & dizziness were experienced. I basically spent 3 days in bed in my cabin. I've never felt so lathargic and disoriented. After the 2nd day, the patch was removed. | I wish I would have either avoided the cruise altogether OR dealt with the motion sickness on my own. I should have researched some possible holistic remedies. | F | 37 | 2 days | 9/15/2008 | 1 | MOTION SICKNESS | My pupils were super dilated- out in the sun I could hardly navigate as my eyes wouldn't constric to the light | The nurse on the cruise ship says they DO NOT recommend the patch at all. They had a pill they gave out free- worked great | F | 48 | 2 days | 1/10/2010 | 1 | Post-surgical anesthesia nausea | Blurred vision, severe dry mouth, slowed motor skills, generally odd feeling overall, swollen earlobe and irritated skin where patch was put, strange traveling numbness in face for about 30 minutes when symptoms first began | Terrible side effects began 24 hours after removing the patch and the night after that I ended up in the ER. Even though I thought it might be the patch because my earlobe was swollen, doctor didn't think my symptoms were connected. Went to see regular doctor and she noted that my eyes were not completely constricting, hence the blurred vision. This is the same drug that is used to dilate your eyes for exams, so she called the optometry department and they said effects could last a week. I believe the dry mouth is caused because the drug effectively paralyzes your salivary glands. Most symptoms disappeared suddenly five days after removing patch, except the blurred vision which took another week. Although it did prevent nausea, would have rather have been sick for a day or so after the surgery. Shame that doctors and pharmacists don't have enough info about the side effects. | F | 43 | 2 days | 6/5/2007 | 1 | I had minor surgery. | When removing the patch within an hour or so I was disoriented. Felt like I was in a dream. I then became confused and kept repeating myself. I had to have my husband come to my work and take me home. I slept all night but woke up with the same side effects literally no memory, very scared and confused. Husband took me to the ER. They did cat scan and blood work and told me to drink lots of fluids. Doctors didn't seem to know about drug effects. I became worse within a few days. Finally got to the point where I was studdering and couldn't remember anything. I became catatonic and couldn't speak at all when I was finally rushed again to the ER. I was placed in ICU for 24 hours and had testing for a stroke. I also had vomiting, high blood pressure and fast heart rate. MRI, and every other test said no stroke. reaction to the patch. I then spend another two days in a regular room getting my speech back and my anxiety level down. | THIS DRUG SHOULD NOT BE ON THE MARKET! Even if some tolerate it well its not worth it to have it out there where it can cause so much havoc for those that do not tolerate it well. I was not given any side effect information besides, dry mouth and blurred vision. Surgery center just placed it on me. THIS DRUG COME FROM A PLANT IN COLUMBIA THAT IS USED FOR TRUTH SERUM AS WELL AS CRIMINALS TO DIBILIATE THE VICTIM WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE A MEMORY OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. THIS DRUG IS CALLED DEVILS BREATH IN COLUMBIA. I have went through two weeks of hell after having this patch. I thought that I was not going to live through it all. It has now cost my husband and I thousands in medical bills because of my SERIOUS reaction. Please call the FDA and the pharmaceutical reps in your area as well as the makers of this drug. If enough people do maybe it will be taken off the market. 10 DAYS OUT AND STILL WORKING ON GETTING MYSELF 100% BETTER! STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG. | F | 44 | 2 days unsure 1X D | 4/29/2013 | 1 | Anti nausea for surgery | This was the worst drug experience I have ever had in my life. I did not know what was wrong with me for the first 2 days after I had returned home from a surgery.They gave me the patch to help with Nausea. I first started feeling dizzy and disoriented and then the anxiety started. I could not walk and my heart was pounding. I have done my share of drugs and I will tell you right now this was the worst and most scary experience I have ever had. I thought I had permanently lost my mind. I spent all night awake and hyperventilating.I thought I was having a heart attack. I tried other things to calm me down but nothing helped. I am lucky my boyfriend took care of me. It lasted about 4 days and the worst 2 days where in the middle. I will never take this drug again. The doctors did not believe me when I called and told them what was happening and that made me even more scared until my boyfriend found this site and read the review. at least then I knew I wasn't going mental. | Stay Away from this drug | F | 26 | 2 days patch 1X D | 6/11/2013 | 1 | Vertigo/Dizziness | Nausea, Dizziness, Extreme Headache, Anxiety, Sweating. Then I took the patch off and 2 days later I literally thought I was dying. I missed Thanksgiving dinner and couldn't eat anything for 48 hours. 3 days later I am better, but still have waves of the after-effects. The withdrawal hit me like a tidal wave and I was completely unprepared- I literally was so scared I had a total panic attack. The room was spinning and I felt like I was floating. For the first time ever, I think I even hallucinated. Oh, and I cried and felt depressed. If anyone wants to email and let me know how long their withdrawal symptoms lasted, that would be great. | I would NEVER, EVER take this medication. I have never heard of a medication that you can take for 36 hours and have extreme, and I mean, extreme withdrawal symptoms from. Be warned. | F | 35 | 2 days 1X D | 11/28/2011 | 1 | Cruise | Wearing the patch caused the symptoms it was treating. I was dizzy and nauseous. Couldn't see straight or walk. My words didn't make sense and my speech was slurred. Became disoriented and had hallucinations. The cruise doctor said these were all from the patch and I took it off. I spent the next two days detoxing. Terrible cruise. | F | 41 | 2 days 30mg 1X D | 12/21/2011 | 1 | boating | Terrible side effects. I only took half a patch because of my size. That was over a week ago. Woke up this morning with spinning head - I can't even begin to tell you how bad it is. Threw up on and off all morning. Hard to focus - feels like if you move the wrong way will start the spinning all over again. Chills, weakness, headache - JUST AWFUL. I know it is from the patch because this happened to me before when I took a whole one. Thought I'd be ok with half...obviously not. | Please be careful. To me it is not worth these side effects. You don't know when they are going to hit you...and trust me...they are bad. The spinning feels like someone is rattling your head - and the vomiting reaction is immediate. I am only hoping these symptoms go away for good! Very scary... | F | 42 | 2 days half patch 1X D | 8/9/2012 | 1 | surgery | UPDATE: word patch 48 hours. The worst of the blurred vision gone on day 23. Retinologist says that this drug can cause a shift in the lens of your eye and now, 3 years post LASIK problem-free, I suddenly post-patch may need glasses again for distance. WTF? | STAY FAR, FAR AWAY FROM THIS DRUG! Neighbor told me her diabetic hubby used for cruise and had seizures shortly after applying patch and nearly died. Good Lord but that's a scary thought!! | F | 42 | 2 days 1X D | 8/12/2011 | 1 | help with post-op nausea | Patch was placed behind my left ear pre-op. Wore for 2 days post-op with unexplained blurred vision that oddly enough reading glasses helped with (never, never needed those before and not really old enough to need anyway). Almost exactly 48 hrs post patch removal, the terrifying stuff started to happen: dizziness, severe nausea, disorientation, flushing (felt like an electric pulse shot out through my body in every direction from cntr of my chest), & some abdominal pain (normal post-op). The ER staff thgt I was crazy, ran blood work, ordered CT scan, then sent me home with Rx for anti-nausea meds. | I filed with the FDA at their website (and EVERYONE: please do the same!! It's easy!) with the hope this drug is pulled. No doctor yet has been able to tell me when or if the side effects will stop or what I can do to help speed up the process. TERRIFYING DRUG - NEVER USE!! | F | 42 | 2 days 1X D | 7/21/2011 | 1 | My wife took it pre op | My wife just had a 4 hour op to repair her Esphogeal Hernia. we don't tolerate narcotics. She had severe nausea post surgery years ago. She put on a Scop patch the day before the surgery. 6:30 the morning post op, I got a call from the head Rn, saying my wife was confused, delusional and might get hostile. She was [n a chair in the hallway and came to me and said that the staff was trying to hurt her or commit her. The RN & I went through the bad drug list. My wife hadn't received any. We got the Scop Patch off and my wife back in bed. She went through a littany of evil things the staff had done, was doing and planned to do. Her room mate, shook her head no. In an hour, she left the hallucinal stage and into a mild confused and sometime into a hyper compulsive behavior checking her hospital gown, the blanket and wanting to rearrange them. . My wife would go to sleep, & the noises in the hallway would wake her up. Her surgeon showed up at 1 | On the cruise 5 years ago, my wife had a positive reaction to the Patch. She didn't have nausea post op, but the hallucinations, delusions and verbal hostility were very scary. I could tell that my wife, mentally wasn't with us. Later she said that she was living a bad book, she had read two days before her operation. A woman in the book was in a hospital, and her in laws were trying to kill her with the help of the hospital staff. My wife apparently in her altered mental states had become that woman. Apparently, the drug works for others and for some it like my wife it can be a scary nightmare that they can't get out of. Our current anesthesiologists are superbally trained, and they take great history. There is a weak link in actual post op surgical floor followup to see how their patients responded to the drugs outside the OR and Recovery Room. | M | 71 | 2 days 1X D | 8/3/2011 | 5 | To avoid sea sickness | Very minimal side effects, slight dry mouth, no dizziness and no side effects after removing the patch. Applied the patch every 3 days for more than a month working on a fishing boat. For the most part I couldn't even tell I had it on, other than I was not hurling. | M | 54 | 3 days 1 patch 10X M | 8/31/2011 | 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 | Motion Sickness | Dry mouth from day one and dilated pupils after about 3 days. I couldn't read things up close but had no problem seeing or reading at a distance of 5 feet or more. | I LOVE THIS PATCH!! I love to ski and ride roller coasters but both cause me to have severe motion sickness. Since I started wearing the transderm scop patch I can do both with no problem. Yeah it causes dry mouth and after a few days you can't read up close but that is the trade off. If you can't handle the side effects, don't take it. To me the joy of skiing and riding roller coasters totally blows away the draw backs of hving dry mouth & needing help reading a dinner menu. | M | 30 | 3 days | 12/1/2009 | 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 | Crossing Gulf Stream in 30' boat | Very trippy side effects. Trouble concentrating on charts, eyes seemed to dart around. Eyes kinda felt "swollen" if that makes any sense. Extremely dry mouth and really disgusting taste. | Lots of side effects, but EXTREMELY effective against mal de mar. I had been throwing up for almost a day and could not hold down any of the pills I was taking. Finally tried the patch, fell asleep for a few hours, and woke up with no more barfing! It really just felt like the dosage was too high - side effects seemed to get worse with time. Next time I may try cutting the patch in half after the first few hours. | M | 33 | 3 days | 12/2/2008 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Dizziness due to inner ear issues | The patch made the dizziness go away within a day, but then the side effects came. Blurred vision, dry mouth, mild stuttering, confusion when speaking - like my words and brain had trouble connecting, weird sleep. I thought I was going crazy and blind. I would never have used this had I known these things would happen. I came to this site because after 3 days of wearing the patch, and after a full MRI in the ER - I realized that these problems are all side effects of this horrible drug!!! I've been off the patch for 2 days now, and the dizziness has returned and I still cannot see clearly. It seems that recovery time is different for everyone... I pray things get back to normal soon. | Why are the warnings of the side effects of this horrible drug not told to patients before they are subjected to this torment??? | F | 32 | 3 days | 10/22/2008 | 1 | Severe Motion Sickness | I experienced all of the side effects. I wore the patch for the first three days, at this point my vision became blurred. I replaced the patch with a new one. I realized the next morning that the medicine was causing dizziness, blurry vision and dry mouth. So, I removed the patch. Within the hour, I began to feel nauseous, my head began to spin, and I began to feel anexious. I am assumming there were withdrawl symptoms. I called my PCP and said symptoms can last up to a week. If you have any sensitivity to drugs....DO NOT TAKE THIS! I was and continue to be miserable 3 days later. | F | 24 | 3 days | 12/11/2012 | 1 | Vertigo | While on the patch dry mouth, dilated pupils, blurry vision, confusion, off balance. | Cut patch in half on 2nd day thinking that would help, was no better, actually worse by 3rd day. Removed patch altogether. Immediately after cutting in half experienced tremors,extreme drowsiness, weakness, leathargy still blurry vision. Second day off patch feeling better, actually thinking that by tomorrow I will be fine, but by next morning feeling extreme anxiety feeling outside of my body and blurry vision again. Also no appetite at all during this whole thing. I have not been out of the house or felt like doing anything for 4 days.Hopefully this will be better by tomorrow. I have been off of work for 3 days and cannot go in feeling like this. I do ususally have to take a very low dose of any kind of medication. | F | 58 | 3 days 1X H | 2/27/2011 | 1 | cruise | I've always experience seasickness. Tried sea bands, ginger, dramamine. My friend recommended the patch-said it worked better. I wore one patch for 3 days as recommended then took it off and threw out the rest. The side of my face the patch was on felt weird and sort of numb as soon as I put it on. I had extreme dry mouth and fatigue. The next day I couldn't see clearly and could not walk up a flight of stairs without being totally out of breath. It did work for seasickness but I took it off on day 3 because I was going to going biking and hiking and felt I couldn't work out while wearing the patch. About 12 hour after I took it off, I got seasick (vomited) and generally felt sad and lonely despite being with friends. I was also paranoid that the ship would sink. For the rest of the trip I took non-drowsy dramamine and ginger pills and was okay. I still feel like I'm on a moving ship 2 days after I got off the cruise but all other symptoms are gone. I always have reactions to medicatio | Don't bother with the patch. It's gross. Take dramamine or bonine and ginger pills. Stay hydrated and don't eat or drink too much. The patch should be withdrawn from the market. | F | 41 | 3 days 30 MG 1X O | 6/28/2010 | 1 | 3 day cruise | Dizziness, loss of appetite, Nauseau, upset stomach, drowsiness, feel of emptiness, severe dry mouth, and sore throat. | While I used it on the cruise it did take away motion sickness but it also gave me a lot of side effects. The worst is when i took the patch off and 24 hours later the withdrawal effects kicked in. The pharmacist or my pcp never warned me about withdrawal effects. If I would have known that I would have never used it. TAKE BONINE INSTEAD!!!!! I would tell everyone to never use the patch! I had nauseau, dizziness, and exhaustion twenty four hours after removing the patch. I hope the symptoms go away soon. Oh yeah I cannot concentrate either. | F | 27 | 3 days | 4/15/2008 | 1 | Cruise | Numbness,slow speech,blurry eyed,anxiety, irregular heart beat, sweating, dizziness, headache, feeling smothered, faintness, hot and cold flashes, fear of dying, trembling or shaking. | Went on cruise, wore patch for 3 days. After taking patch off, I started having stroke like symptoms and ended up in emergency room. It has been 1 year and still having issues from the patch. | M | 3 days | 2/28/2008 |