Scopoderm out of production?

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Just popped into Boots to get some Scopoderm in case it's a bit rolly on the way over the Channel this weekend to be told that they''ve been temporarily withdrawn from sale because of production problems.

Och no! It's obviously psychosomatic, but now I feel doomed to a weekend of heaving over the side - the daft thing is I didn't worry about having mal-de-mer before last year when I discovered the magic patches!
 
Google it and all sorts of suppliers pop up, though it might be a bit late for the weekend. Otherwise, next time get a friend in Canada to send it.
 
If you look back to May's Scopderm thread you'll see that Spuddy had similar problems getting hold of the magic patches. What isn't obvious is my ending up shopping in down-town Hayling and posting them on!

I'll willingly do the same again (£8 per packet of two plus postage). That's too late for this weekend's Cherbourg dash of course, so can only suggest you refer to the advice proffered at the time.
 
Thanks for kind offer

Very kind to offer to send patches, although my fault for leaving it too last minute (I'm off to Oostende, not the Cherbourg party).

It's not so much their general rarity value that's the issue (I bought some from the same branch of Boots not long ago) - more the pharmacist's comment that they'd been withdrawn from sale because of manufacturing problems. That would suggest everyone's going to find them hard to get hold of, if they've not actually been pulled off the shelves.

In practical terms, Kwells also uses Hyoscine, which is the same active ingredient, so should be okay, and I never used them at all before last year, although all the guys I sailed with raved about them, it's just that now I know they work and I haven't got any...
 
Re: \"Just land me on that rock Skip . . . PLEASE!\"

Now I would never imply that my pitiful posts should be treated as tablets of stone, BUT . . .

I did say in May, based on many years of taking people sailing every weekend, that impending nausea is often concealed (macho pride?) until it's too late to take anything orally - it's simply going to come back up. That's when a patch, or an enema, is the only effective means of application.

So if you have faith in Kwells (remember that no single potion is best - what works for you is unlikely to work for me) then give it a chance: take it early, 24 hours in advance if that's what the packet says. BUT you run the risk that the result is being sick-free 'cos you're asleep in your bunk!!

I don't do enough boating these days to keep the demon at bay on a passage over 3-4 hours. Seasickness affects 90% of the population, but knowing that certainly doesn't help at the time. Nor does the fact that no-one has ever died from it!! But it IS a threshold that can be pushed back by more sea miles. I expect to suffer, can't afford to relax, and have learned to get it over with and get on with the job. If I'm skipper then your lives are my responsibility.

It is only right that candidates fail the more taxing RYA practical exams if 'debilitated by seasickness'. That means being out of action. But as many will testify, I am repulsively hearty after throwing up.

Sorry chaps, welcome aboard!
 
supply probs

Yup. Colin was kind enough to do that for me. Found afterwards that Tesco pharms had them. There certainly WAS a manufacturing problem at one time. Boots info may not have been updated.
 
SWMBO uses the things and she had a similar response from Boots.

They are however available on prescription and after a gentle word with the medic she now gets the stuff without a problem.

Good old NHS eh?
 
FWIW, here in France, you can get patches, eyedrops, tablets... but even - and this might really suit you - suppositories /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Just send your order.... /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
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