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 | 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 | 1 | Cruise | While on patch, body aches, fatigue, blurred vision. About 36 hours of removing patch, lightheadedness, extreme persistent fatigue, difficulty concentrating. Have had symptoms for 6 days now, but appear to be slowly improving. | Since stopping this medication my ability to drive or concentrate has been severely impaired. Visit to doctor's office accomplished nothing, they do not seem to know or understand why this is happening, although they did indicate that it could possibly be from patch. Was told if symptoms did not improve within a week to return to office. I used this product on a cruise 3 years ago with no problems, I would like to know if something has changed. | F | 46 | 7 days 1X day | 3/5/2011 | 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 | 7 day cruise | achy muscles, cold sweats, dizziness to the point that I had to call into sick to work. these all showed up within 24 hours of me taking the final patch off. | DONT TAKE THIS STUFF....The side effects once you quit taking it are AWEFUL!!!!!!! BEWARE!!!!!!! use dramamine instead if you are going to be sick | M | 33 | 7 days 1.5 mg 1X day | 2/15/2011 | 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 day | 2/13/2011 | 2 | dizziness | extreme dry mouth, extreme blurred vision | it worked well at first, but then the dry mouth was extreme. The blurred vision was so bad, I could not read anything, so I had to use reading glasses. The blurred vision continued after stopping the patch. It took several months for my vision to improve. It's not worth taking this patch! I will never take it again. | M | 48 | 10 days 1 patch 2X W | 1/27/2011 | 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 day | 1/16/2011 | 1 | cruise | within 24 hours of taking of taking patch off, vomitting, dizzy, sleepy and feeling unwell | Don't use this patch, side effects not worth it | M | 44 | 8 days 1.5 mg 1X AN | 1/11/2011 | 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 | Motion sickness plane, bus ride | 1 patch for 72 hours -- by the third day I was sitting at the restaurant and the plate started spinning and I got light headed and very dizzy. My husband had to walk me to the room. I laid down and closed my eyes and had horrible hallusinations. I woke up the next day, thought I would be okay, by dinner time again, I had the same symptoms and thought I was having anxiety attacks (which I never had before). Missed that dinner too. Then the next day I was okay, then the day after that I was at breakfast at the resort and the same symptoms hit me, very dizzy, anxious, things were spinning, I had to go to the room once again. We were at an all inclusive resort for this trip and half of it was horrible because of this patch! After getting home I had been off the patch for a day and I went back to work and had another episode. I guess I have to wait until it gets out of my system completely. This was a very expensive trip that was ruiened. I kept thinking I was having anxiety attack | The Dr. should have warned me about this. They need to take it off the market now. Don't take this medication, it's not worth the side effects! | F | 49 | 7 days 1.5 1X O | 12/30/2010 | 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 | 5 | Took my wife on her first cruise | Got very tired apx. 36 hrs. after stopping the patch.(7 day cruise) I believe that the next time we cruise...we will cut the patch in 1/3 rds. and try that.We snorkled.swam.and did everything possiable including working out almost every day. I firmily believe that the benifits FAR outweighed the side-effects, and WILL use this product again, however on a longer cruiae we will cut the patch in thirds,and add more only IF needed. | 3rd nite in...pretty rough water w/swells....extremely grateful we used the patch......I felt a little ill between changing from an old one to a new one...takes apx. 3-4 hrs. to enter bloodstreem. | M | 55 | 1 weeks 1.5 mg eve 3X W | 10/18/2010 | 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 | 1 | 10 day cruise | F | 60 | 1X day | 10/8/2010 Patient History | 1 | travel sickness prevention | All was fine until 36 hours after I took off the final patch. Since then I have had 1) two early mornings when I was awakened with a blinding headache 2) a constant low-to-mid grade headache 3) significant ringing in my ears 4) general "thick" headedness. It has now been 3 days and really don't feel any better. Hope this ends soon. UPDATE: After 5 days by withdrawal symptoms are 99% gone. I did not do anything but wait it out (others have re-applied the patch or used meclizine). My symptoms were pretty minor compared to others. But wanted to let others know how long my withdrawal took. | F | 56 | 12 days 1.5MG 1X day | 10/1/2010 Patient History | 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 | 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 | 5 | Motion sickness w/diabetes | dry mouth, altered taste sensation, slight vertigo. Application, about once every 3-4 days. | Being an insulin dependent diabetic, "losing my lunch" could be disastrous. I am moderately susceptible to seasickness. I use the med for ocean sailing, in moderate to heavy seas, for which it works great. No nausea after application AT ALL, even when I was queasy immediately before application, and no matter the sea conditions. The side effect I find most annoying is the altered taste of everything. Everything is edible, but nothing tastes really good. On a long trip, I eat, but I lose weight cause I eat less due to taste. Sometimes (not always), I get a dry mouth and/or very slight vertigo as well. About 12 hours after removing the patch, all symptoms subside. | M | 58 | 3 weeks 1X O | 9/5/2010 | 5 | Cruise | A little sleepy | I'm surprised so many people have problems with this medicine. I think it is amazing! This was my third cruise with the patch. We had rough seas (that normally would have had my head in the toilet) and I was able to enjoy the shows, eat normally, etc. I didn't have any side effects, other than being a tad sleepy. Amazing, and I will take this on all future trips!! | M | 33 | 7 days 1 patch 2X W | 8/31/2010 | 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 day | 8/14/2010 |