TRANSDERM SCOP Reviews (SCOPOLAMINE)Average Rating: 2.0 (270 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TRANSDERM SCOP with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRANSDERM SCOP | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Motion sickness-cruise | I wore the patch for seven days (changing to a new patch every three days as prescribed) for motion sickness on a cruise and had no problems while on the cruise. However, 24 hours after I removed the patch I began to have severe motion symptoms and have felt like I have been at sea ever since (it has now been 4 days). I hope the symptoms go away soon. I missed two days of work. | This possible side effect should have been better noted. | M | 51 | 7 days | 5/3/2007 | 1 | Cruise | My husband wore the patch for 7 days, changing to a new patch every three days as prescribed. Seventh day he woke up very dizzy and was soon vomiting. He removed the patch but remained dizzy, sick and disoriented. Since removing the patch he has experienced eye problems, felt dizzy, and is "just not feeling well". He still feels like he is aboard ship even though we have been off for several days. He is also very fatigued, sleeping most of the day as well as all night. | If you are thinking of using this medication, be careful. Better options are available: wrist bands, ginger gum and candy, even over-the-counter drugs like Dramimine. | M | 65 | 7 days | 5/27/2007 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | I went on a cruise | Took off the patch and within 24 hours, had blurred vision, nausea, and vertigo. I went to my doctor and she told me to put on another patch...big mistake..I found this site and realized I was having withdrawal symptoms. I took off the patch on Tuesday night and it is now Friday and I still have blurred vision and nausea. I wore 3 patches within 10 days. I am hoping this goes away soon, but from what I understand it has to get out of your blood system which could take up to 3 weeks. Not a fun way to have to work! My husband and his parents only used one patch during the cruise and did not suffer any side effects. | I would not recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 49 | 10 days | 8/3/2007 | 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 | 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 | 2 | Wow. I have come to this site too late also! My wife used the patch on a cruise, 7 days, and the flight also. Worked great for seasickness. Dry mouth, blurred vision, but felt fine on the water... She removed the patch after getting off the plane, several hours later she felt as if she was seasick. This went on all night. The next day our son read that your body goes through a transformation back to land, and she was reacting to that. So we thought, lets put the patch back on until her body is adjusted. Mistake! When we removed the patch in 48 hours, the sickness started again, and became worse. This went on for over 4 days. We learned also it was the dependency on the drug. I think the longer you use it, and probably your size has a lot to do with this. It has been nearly 5 months now. She would rather get sick on the boat, than to ever feel the way she did for that week. It took weeks after to feel normal again. | F | 45 | 7 days | 9/18/2007 | 1 | Worse medicine i ever had... don't use it ..i used 3 patches over a week and after removing it i got diziness for a day followed by nautia , headache and worse acedity , stomach upset for more than a week. | F | 30 | 7 days | 10/7/2007 | 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 | 4 | Vertigo | Dry mouth and blurred vision and intermittant light-headedness. | After nearly a week of severe vertigo and nausea, and after trying several other prescription drugs to control the condition, my doctor — having consulted with the neurologist, opted to prescribe the Transderm Scop. Within a few hours, days of spins and vomiting stopped cold. Continued to wear patches for the following 14 days. I'm about 30 hours into a so-called withdrawal and experiencing light-headedness and diareaha. Lethargic as well. The withdrawal my be unpleasant and long-lasting. But after having dropped nearly 9 pounds from vomiting because of the severe spins, it's a small price to pay. Looking forward to feeling great in the next week...two weeks...however long it takes. Just no more spins, please. | M | 57 | 2 weeks | 11/26/2007 | 5 | Depression | dizziness, blurred vision. The patch (Transderm-V) has a very uneven delivery. The first days is filled with side effects and day two and three are much much better. | The National Institutes of Health is conducting clinical trials on scopolamine for depression (unipolar and bipolar) and has had tremendous results. Although the study was small, the results were very impressive. The response rate was days not weeks and over 50% of participants fully responded. Since Scopolamine is available as OTC in Canada (Transderm-V), I have self-medicated and have had fantastic results. I have not had a response like this in years. I am not sure if my doctor will work with me on this since it is not FDA approved for depression. The long term side effects of scolopamine is unknown. | M | 44 | 2 months | 11/30/2007 |
TRANSDERM SCOP (SCOPOLAMINE): This skin patch is used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by motion sickness or recovery from anesthesia and surgery. This medication works by correcting the imbalance of natural substances (acetylcholine and norepinephrine) that can occur in motion sickness. It also blocks certain signals to the brain that can cause nausea and vomiting. This medication is not recommended for use in children. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)