Sleep aid for a long flight

[TimBKK]

I have a very long flight next week - Hong Kong to Boston, 15+ hours - and am looking for something that I can buy at a local pharmacy in Pattaya, or maybe online, to help get some sleep on the plane.  
 

Nothing cannabis related though, I dont want to mess with Hong Kong customs

 

Any recommendations?  🙏

 

Mods - not sure if this is the correct forum?  

[OJAS]

Some decent earplugs might go a long way to ensuring that you spend most your upcoming flight in the land of nod. My personal recommendation are Boots Mouldable Wax Earplugs which thusfar I've only been able to obtain during occasional trips back to the UK (my home country). But they now appear to be available online here in Thailand!😀

 

https://store.boots.co.th/products/บู๊ทส์-ฟาร์มาซูติคอลส์-ที่อุดหูแบบขี้ผึ้ง-5-คู่/5ff563031ab13d187c4d913e

 

Edited 7 hours ago by OJAS

[Hummin]

5 valium 5mg have been great for me, I get them at Bangkok hospital for 2k included dr fee, only two each flight, and one for the jetleg when I arrive back home if not straight of offshore. 

 

I know this was not what you asked for, but thats one of the few "legal" ways of doing it, with something that actually works. 

 

My recipee my experience, and should not be taken as an advise. One redvine for the food, and one cognac after, one bottle of water, two valium, do your needed restroom duties,  and sleep 

[scottiejohn]

18 minutes ago, Hummin said:

5 valium 5mg have been great for me, I get them at Bangkok hospital for 2k included dr fee, only two each flight, and one for the jetleg when I arrive back home if not straight of offshore. 

 

I know this was not what you asked for, but thats one of the few "legal" ways of doing it, with something that actually works. 

 

My recipee my experience, and should not be taken as an advise. One redvine for the food, and one cognac after, one bottle of water, two valium, do your needed restroom duties,  and sleep 

And what happens in an emergency when you are zonked out?

[Hummin]

22 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

And what happens in an emergency when you are zonked out?

You do not get zonked our, but an God idea to take 5mg first and if you wake up, drink some water, 5 mg more, another needed restroom visit, and back to sleep

[0ffshore360]

😶

[Hummin]

Just want to warn those who think it is a great idea to buy the blue 10mg at pharmacy without an Dr prescription, you risk trouble both when leaving the country, and also arriving your destination with valium. I know many do, but on your own risk.

 

From "backyard pharmacies", you most likely get counterfeit diazepam (valium) which is quite normal in Thailand. 

 

 

[gargamon]

Fly business. Lie flat seats. Problem solved.

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Fly business. Lie flat seats. Problem solved.

 

No really, beds are hard - still a problem...   Fly First Class - Problem solved... 

 

Or...  get realistic - not everyone flys business class, so your of cuff remark is pathetic and serves no purpose.

 

 

Best info has been provided for the Op..  get a prescribed sleeping aid. 

Another option is Melatonin, which works better for some than others.

 

 

[scottiejohn]

48 minutes ago, Hummin said:

ust want to warn those who think it is a great idea to buy the blue 10mg at pharmacy without an Dr prescription, you risk trouble both when leaving the country, and also arriving your destination with valium. I know many do, but on your own risk.

And also the risk you would to others if you taken them and an emergancy subsequently happened! 

[Ralf001]

10mg of Xanax does it for me on long hauls.

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, scottiejohn said:

And also the risk you would to others if you taken them and an emergancy subsequently happened! 

 

Its a bit of a myth that these substances completely knock you out and potentially make you a liability in an emergency - suggesting so is a little sanctimonious.

 

Medication such as this just 'takes the edge off ' - so that once you are asleep the things that might otherwise disturb you tend not to...   the cabin noises, someone knocking your seat, a little turbulence etc'... that just doesn't disturb you...

 

... but, if a passenger who's taken such a 'sleep aid' needed the bathroom etc they'd have no issues... they can still get up and go... If something serious occurs they'll can wake up and can respond without issue.

 

From that perspective, this is perhaps better than someone getting blind drunk so they can sleep.

 

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

No really, beds are hard - still a problem...   Fly First Class - Problem solved... 

 

Or...  get realistic - not everyone flys business class, so your of cuff remark is pathetic and serves no purpose.

 

 

Best info has been provided for the Op..  get a prescribed sleeping aid. 

Another option is Melatonin, which works better for some than others.

 

 

Not  really, last time I flew First the  tv was broken........on Emirates in the A380, complained and got a free  flight next time.............private jet, way to go!!

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Not  really, last time I flew First the  tv was broken........on Emirates in the A380, complained and got a free  flight next time.............private jet, way to go!!

 

Topics about sleeping on a flight - not watching TV or bragging about flying business or First.