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To ask if travel sick bands actually work?

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froggies · 14/07/2013 18:59

Dd is away on a residential trip tomorrow, she hasn't had travel sickness with me in the car for the last couple of years, but she will be going on a coach and a short ferry trip, so I had bought her travel sick pills just in case.

She has just come back from contact with Exp, and he has ought her some travel sick bands.

Obviously if they work, I would rather she used the bands than took pills, but am wary about sending her off on a coach and then a ferry with 20 other kids if the bands don't work.

They are the ones that have buttons that work on an acupuncture point. I am also a bit concerned as the bands are quite tight that she might take them off, even if the do work, as she is only 8 and HATES havng tight or uncomfortable clothes, so may not be happy about tight wrist bands that are designed to press into her, and I won't be there to tell her to put them back on!

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singleWhiteMale · 14/07/2013 21:54

They were tested by the Institute of Naval Medicine and found to work no better than placebo: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2339974

WorrySighWorrySigh · 14/07/2013 22:18

Didnt work for DD (travel sickness sufferer since age dot)

Tell whoever is in charge that your DD suffers from travel sickness. Pack a change of clothes in hand luggage. Wet wipes and nappy sacks if you have time to get these as well.

All best wishes!

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