Sea sickness

[nabob]

Will my tablets for vertigo help to ease the possible problem of sea sickness when I go on a cruise? Or will I have to purchase some appropriate medication?
Thanks.

[auntiebertie]

You rarely get seasick these days - the new big modern ships have such good stabablisers you don't feel it. If you are going with a older smaller tug-boat like FredOlsen or Thomson then it is a different answer then I'm afraid. There is a brand called Bonine that is handed out for free, by the ships I have been on.
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[nabob]

Thank you.

[Pippa24]

Depends on what sort they are, what are they called?

[nabob]

Proziere 5mg

[Pippa24]

No those vertigo tablets are not suitable for motion sickness including sea sickness. You will have to buy something else. Go to your pharmacy and ask to see the pharmacist. You will need to tell him/her what other medication you are on including these ones and anything else so that they can give you something that does not interact with your medication.

Having said all this when we were on a cruise last November you hardly feel any motion at all as they are such big ships. I took some tablets with me and never needed any. As a previous poster stated, they should have some on board if you need them.

Enjoy your cruise

[nabob]

Many thanks!

[handygran]

You can get wristbands at chemists for sea sickness. and they do work. We got some for the first cruise we did and we were fine. Now we never think about sea sickness because as auntiebertie says the bigger the ship the better it is. We have done 10 now and love it.

[kittykatking]

ginger biscuits are really good for sea sickness

[nabob]

Thanks all!