If you're afraid of the unknown, You're going to know before hand if
you take the syrup and that isn't going to help the cause IMHO. But if
it will do the trick, it's worth a try. Like you and just about
everyone else here, I don't think it's a brief, expected puke that we
fear, it's a sick puke that can last days with an illness and have a
lot of pain with it. In addition to that, it's a disruption of one's
daily routine and things like fever dreams often accompany an illness.
Memories of which last a lifetime for us e-phobes.