Are jet lag pills effective?

[RooFlyer]

Easy as I’m normally wide awake all night before a long haul in case I sleep in.

Yep, that's me too. Bloody annoying.

 

[Flyfrequently]

It is homeopathic, I found it when searching online.

The five homeopathic remedies listed below are the active ingredients in No-Jet-Lag.

Arnica Montana 30C (Leopard's Bane), Bellis Perennis 30C (Daisy), Chamomilla 30C (Wild Chamomile), Ipecacuanha 30C (Ipecac), Lycopodium 30C (Clubmoss)

or link here (if it is allowed)

Buy No Jet Lag Online - 32 Tabs

No-Jet-Lag is raved about by satisfied travellers from around the world, including business executives, sports teams, tour operators, and flight crews. It is safe & easy to take.

www.mynaturalhealth.com.au

I would be very wary of this concoction @JanP
Ingredient Ipecac

Syrup of ipecac - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Good information from other AFFer's here but I would also chat to your pharmacist or GP.

 

[BrockF]

I stock up on the 10mg melatonin whenever in Singapore or Nth America. Find it works well on the plane and try to time it to wake up for breakfast time at destination. Also works well night 1 when you need to sleep.

 

[MollyJones]

Have you tried the "Timeshifter" app?
You enter your fights and it works out a plan for you of when to have melatonin, caffeine, sleep, sunlight etc
We tried it going MEL-DXB-LHR-KEF over 30 hours and hit the ground running! Felt fantastic. Used it coming home LHR-DXB-MEL as well and really noticed the difference in how the body held up.
Free app, first trip is free.
Nothing to lose but highly recommended.

 

[RSD]

Have you tried the "Timeshifter" app?
You enter your fights and it works out a plan for you of when to have melatonin, caffeine, sleep, sunlight etc
We tried it going MEL-DXB-LHR-KEF over 30 hours and hit the ground running! Felt fantastic. Used it coming home LHR-DXB-MEL as well and really noticed the difference in how the body held up.
Free app, first trip is free.
Nothing to lose but highly recommended.

Sounds interesting!

 

[RooFlyer]

Have you tried the "Timeshifter" app?

Thanks, I’ll probably give it a go for my next long trip.

 

[serfty]

I just take Champagne, red wine, Gin or a mix where I can before the flight, and possibly during.

No other pills such as melatonin.

It seems if I can get 6 hours sleep out of 24 hours then I'll generally be fine.

My smart watch tells me I sleep cough on a flight irrespective of travel class.

So I just enjoy it.

 

[JanP]

Have you tried the "Timeshifter" app?

Thank you. I will check it out.
I also found this:

Jet Lag Rooster by Sleepopolis - Jet Lag Calculator

What is it?

sleepopolis.com

 

[BenP]

Have you tried the "Timeshifter" app?
You enter your fights and it works out a plan for you of when to have melatonin, caffeine, sleep, sunlight etc
We tried it going MEL-DXB-LHR-KEF over 30 hours and hit the ground running! Felt fantastic. Used it coming home LHR-DXB-MEL as well and really noticed the difference in how the body held up.
Free app, first trip is free.
Nothing to lose but highly recommended.

I 2nd Timeshifter as well, I liked so much for my last trip the USA that I created a 2nd email account so I could use it again for free

 

[drron]

Here is a Mayo clinic article on jet lag.

Jet lag disorder - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

www.mayoclinic.org

According to that many people taking stuff for jet lag are having a placebo effect. Quite agree with @serfty that champagne or a nice French red are my favourite drugs for the placebo effect. Then staying awake as long as I can if flying east and arriving in the morning.

 

[RSD]

Then staying awake as long as I can if flying east and arriving in the morning.

Qantas created an easy way to stay awake as long as you can - the B787 economy seat...

 

[p--and--t]

Qantas Airlines created an easy way to stay awake as long as you can - the B787 economy seat...

Fixed that for you.

 

[RSD]

Fixed that for you.

Once you have experienced a 14 hour long distance bus trip in Egypt you discover that economy isn't that bad At least in economy on a plane they don't play Egyptian movies at full volume, and they don't make you get off the plane at a checkpoint every 30 minutes or so. Dahab to Cairo is never going to rate as one of the Great Bus Journey's of the World!

One thing I have discovered in Y though when flying Emirates is that the blanket they give you isn't to keep you warm - it is to sit on to make the seat a bit softer...

 

[p--and--t]

Once you have experienced a 14 hour long distance bus trip in Egypt you discover that economy isn't that bad At least in economy on a plane they don't play Egyptian movies at full volume, and they don't make you get off the plane at a checkpoint every 30 minutes or so. Dahab to Cairo is never going to rate as one of the Great Bus Journey's of the World!

One thing I have discovered in Y though when flying Emirates is that the blanket they give you isn't to keep you warm - it is to sit on to make the seat a bit softer...

IIRC I think the hardest/most uncomfortable airline seats I sat on were during the pilots strike - a chartered Romanian plane from ADL-MEL and a RAAF plane from ADL-SYD. Although my recent flight in Y on CI from TPE-YVR was bum numbing after a few hours.

 

[Lawrage]

The direction def makes a difference for jetlag for us.

Going west (Aus - Europe) there are some good flights time wise, stay awake till bed time and you generally pass out but wake at 4am.

Europe back to Aus, this one can suck. For the wife and I we generally take 1/2 of a restavit tablet the first 2 nights and we are mostly back to normal.

If Flying in J and have a flat bed I have taken a half a restavit in air and slept for 8 hours straight - be careful here as you dont want to be taking sleeping pills when you are not in a bed or are on a short flight.

 

[Buzzard]

What about this beef flavoured, chewable one?

 

[RSD]

What about this beef flavoured, chewable one?
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Probably a lot cheaper than Melatonin in the pharmacies in Australia!

 

[dajop]

If arriving in the morning, lots of walking does the trick for me - sometimes laced with your preferred vice (such as coffee, tea, coke, chocolate, bubble tea, soft drink, milkshake ... ). Anything sedentary can send send a signal to the body that you should be asleep.

If arriving in the evening, I usually try to avoid sleeping on the plane and avoid anything with caffeine, and that seems to work, as I can usually get to sleep soon after arrival.

 

[DC3]

Probably a lot cheaper than Melatonin in the pharmacies in Australia!

Regarding Melatonin, the US product is best. I find the Oz stuff to be rather ordinary.

 

[RooFlyer]

Regarding Melatonin, the US product is best. I find the Oz stuff to be rather ordinary.

Different formulation?