Using ginger pills to combat nausea

[Spelvin]

Hi all, swim hopes this is the best forum for this, it could be posted in many forums about substances that cause nausea so it'll go here for now.
Swim has been using ginger root capsules to get rid of nausea for a while now, after seeing a Mythbusters episode that confirmed it is comparable to dramamine for its ability to relieve motion sickness without the lassitude. Swim has found it to be perfect for heading off nausea that accompanies vicodin usage or just to help an upset stomach. Swim has previously used ginger ale for the same reason but found ginger root capsules to be cheaper and more effective and available at many drugstores.
Anyone else have the same luck with ginger root? Is it more or less effective with other substances? Is it unwise to combine it with any other substances? Any side effects swim doesn't know about?

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