REPEAT/Compounded gel offers new hope for "motion sick" travelers.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1996--Countless travelers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. have suffered since a "patch" to prevent motion sickness motion sickness, waves of nausea and vomiting experienced by some people, resulting from the sudden changes in movement of a vehicle. The ailment is also known as seasickness, car sickness, train sickness, airsickness, and swing sickness. stopped being produced in August 1994. As the peak summer travel season in 1996 is close at hand, these travelers now have renewed hope, according to a prominent California pharmacist, who reported that compounding specialists have formulated a gel which now meets this health need. The patch, Transderm Scop, is worn behind the ear to prevent motion sickness. Due to production problems, CIBA CIBA Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association CIBA Chemical Industry in Basle CIBA Cayman Islands Bankers Association CIBA Californian Indian Basketweavers Association Self Medication Inc., of Woodbridge, N.J., the sole manufacturers of Transderm Scop, stopped making this popular motion sickness remedy. As a result, the patch is not presently available in the United States or most of the world, but the company expects to have them available in the first quarter of 1997. The solution for those who suffer motion sickness is scopolamine scopolamine (skōpŏl`əmēn, –mĭn) or hyoscine (hī`əsēn', –sĭn), alkaloid drug obtained from plants of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), chiefly from henbane, mixed in a gel, reports Earl Broidy of Panorama Pharmacy in Los Angeles, one of the nation's leading compounding pharmacists. He notes that the gel, like Transderm Scop, is only available by prescription. The gel is squeezed from a premeasured applicator ap·pli·ca·tor n. An instrument for applying something, such as a medication. applicator, n a device for applying medication; usually a slender rod of glass or wood, used with a pledget of cotton on the end. onto the inside of the wrist, he said, adding that the dose is normally repeated, as needed as needed prn. See prn order. , every eight to 12 hours. The availability of scopolamine gel is limited because it must be prepared in a pharmacy that has trained compounding specialists Broidy remarked. Additional information on scopolamine gel and its availability can be obtained by contacting Broidy at 800/247-9767. CONTACT: Fisher & Associates Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif. Bob Fisher or Nele Freedman, 818/593-2202 |
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