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 | 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 | 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 | 2 | cruise | We were in a seven day cruise, I used 3 patches, my wife used only one.. She has no side effects, but 24 hours after I took the patch off I just didnt feel right, I had blurred vision, felt very nauseated, lethargic, and very edgy..my blood pressure has been elevated and I have a constant headache. I went to the Dr, because I thought maybe I had contaced a virus on ship, the Dr.thought i had a sinus infection, then I started chest pain, went to emergency room and was admitted for stress test and heart tests, that all came back fine. This all happened in less than a week of our cruise. I am still having blurry eyes and headache and sometime feel queasy, I have been taking a dramamine now and then and it seems to help, I dont know if that is the right thing to do, but until this is out of my systen i guess it will do..I am trying to flush it out with lots of water. | The only symtom I had when wearing the patch was hoarseness, and dry throat, it did work great for the motion sickness. Would never wear it again, after affect is not worth it... | M | 57 | 7 days | 3/29/2008 | 2 | Motion Sickness for Cruise | Was fine for the first 3 days, on the night of the 4th day I started feeling incredibly dizzy and took off the patch. It is day 10 and I am still incredibly dizzy, feelings of numbness all over and feeling disconnected from my body. I went to the doctor today and she thinks it's inner ear issues and prescribed steroids. we'll see. this is an awful long time for side effects on a patch i used for4 days i'd think. | My mom used it and was fine. I didn't even have dry mouth for the 4 days I used it. But for all this, not worth it. | F | 25 | 4 days | 3/17/2008 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Trying to avoid motion sickness | Severe dry mouth, blurred vision, dilated pupils, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, upset stomach | Had I been more informed about the side effects, I would have demanded an alternative treatment from my physician. Applied the patch one day before a cruise. Applied a new patch every three days. Experienced blurred vision, extreme dry mouth, upset stomach, dizziness, fatigue. Have had no patch for 24 hours yet still have very blurred vision, upset stomach, and dizziness. | F | 46 | 7 days | 12/10/2007 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |