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Maintenance medication
Take a large supply of your maintenance medication and contraceptive pills with you and distribute them in different places.
Malaria prevention
Discuss with your doctor whether malaria tablets are recommended.
Diarrhoea prevention and treatment
Insects and ticks
Skin care
Other travel medicines
Thrombosis prevention
Altitude sickness
Acetazolamide if you will be staying at a height of over 3000 meters
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Discuss with your doctor or pharmacist what you should take with you. This depends on factors such as the type of journey that you are undertaking.
Medical certificate
Take a medical certificate or medication summary with you, stating the generic names of the medicines that you need to take. This is useful if you need to consult a doctor, if you lose your medication or during a customs inspection.
Packaging
Take medicines with you in the original packaging. Divide your medication over various pieces of hand luggage, so that you have spare medication if some of your baggage is lost.
Medical declaration for narcotics
Some medicines are considered to be narcotics. This applies, for example, to sleeping pills, some painkillers and ADHD medication. The 'List of narcotic drugs under international control' tells you which medicines this applies to. If you take any of these medicines, then you need a specific medical declaration:
Syringes
If you need to carry injection needles with you, then you also need a signed declaration from your doctor for air travel.
Storage
Some medicines cannot be stored at very high or low temperatures. Never leave medication lying in a car if it is warm or very cold.
Ointments, creams and suppositories can melt or freeze, making them unusable.
Ask your pharmacist for advice.
Adjusting the dose
The dose of some medicines must be adjusted if you are ill or in case of diarrhoea.
Sometimes the intake schedule has to be adjusted to the time of day for flights to the west or east.
Discuss this with your doctor.
Fake medicines
Take into consideration that fake medicines are sold in some countries. Only buy medication from reliable pharmacies. Contact your travel insurance company to find out more about where to go.
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