Here is your vote for the patch. Yes, it works with no side effects at all. We have been on 4 cruises in the last year and a half, and always wore the patch. Even those days and nights when we knew we would have been puking without it, we felt great. And we drank, if that is an issue, we drank a lot actually. We took extra on the first cruise and the first night one of our table mates was really sick, never saw a green person before. We gave her the extra patches and we got some great big hugs from a very happy and healthy lady the next night. We have to change them every three days, so that means we don't have to forget to take our pill. Patch has our vote big time
Glory 6/04
RCL Grandeur 3/04
Grand Princess 7/03
Ectasy 3/03