langa

hi im flying out next week to Perth, From Manchester via Singapore and want some sleeping tablets to knock me out for the flight but never bought any before can anyone recommend any good ones please?

Grayling

All proper sleeping tablets will be prescription only......see your GP.

G

langa

Thought you could buy over the counter of a Pharmacy!

Grayling

You may be able to buy herbal remedies etc. but not sleeping tablets.

G

thatman

Sleeping tabs not a good idea - incase of emergency you will be in la la land.

A couple of slugs of Night Nurse was my OH solution - mine is inflight films.

Dorothy

Also be aware of any medication that may not be allowed in the country you're transitting through.

renth

Especially Dubai, where even a poppy seed stuck in your cardigan from that breakfast roll at Gatwick will see you serve a 4 year stretch.

asprilla

Just drink a few cans of beer on the flight and watch the movies.

Jaycee1

Or going to!!
We had some basic sleeping tablets from our doc and immigration at Sydney thought we were drug dealers!!
We had 24 tablets which contained tamazipan? and immi said that they were 'Highly illegal in Australia and you could receive a $2000 fine '
He then got his manager, who then got someone else.... who counted them and said we could keep them - at one point I said they could keep them -
After a 25 hour flight with 2 kids and OH and not being 'home' for 15 years I seriously thought they were going to refuse our entry...
They let us and the tablets go through
Check the website for what is allowed to save the hassle
J x

moneypenny20

If you've never taken any before, some of the natural ones should work. Go into a Health food place and ask for something from them.

Nu-Shooz

Only natural remedies you can buy over the counter. They only make you drowsy though.

quoll

I get awful motion sickness and find the best thing is Avomine - being a bit slow on the uptake, I now realize these are antihistamines and was wondering why I sleep so well on flights. They do make sleeping easier for me anyway! I probably shouldnt indulge also in a bottle of merlot with dinner but what the heck!

Mike and Stella

hey
i also have HUGE motion sickness and the last time i flew to australia is a time i do not want to remember! lol
anyone have anything that can help? i think i took dramamine and dont remember it working alot
anyone know anything i can get stronger - even if through my doctor - as i cannot face another 24 hours like the last one!
thanks

quoll

LOL that is why I take Avomine since they stopped selling the scopolomine patches which were fantastic!!! Avomine works for 24 hours rather than the miserable 6 hours that dramamine gives you! I get motion sick just watching planes take off so I definitely need a cast iron solution! If you can find "Scop" patches anywhere though, do get them, they stick behind your ear and last for 48 hours or more.

TiddlyPom

Friend of mine took Mogodon on a flight to Aus. Sadly, plane diverted to LA on emergency where he realises the only thing he can move is eyelids.

Everyone held up as plane staff believe he's had stroke.
Doctor called onto flight.
Everyone very concerned.
Frantic blinking makes everyone realise he's speaking in code.
Two blinks yes, one blink no.
Tells them what's happened.
Lots of blinking, drooling.... (him, not the staff)
Wheeled from plane on trolley, Hanibal Lecture style, drooling... blinking...
Taken to hospital.
Drug wears off.
Given massive bill by US hospital, put on another flight to Aus.
Never takes mogodon ever again.
Gets years of free beers for very funny story.