What can you carry during your next departure?✈✈
Discuss the use of medications with your health care provider before departure and carefully follow the directions for use, including dosage and when to seek medical care. Bring more than enough medication to last your entire trip.
Here is a basic list of medications to be included in your travel health kit:
- Any prescription or over-the-counter medication you normally use
- 1% hydrocortisone cream to treat minor skin irritation, such as itching caused by bug bites or poison ivy
- Allergy medication, such as an antihistamine, or epinephrine prescribed by your doctor, such as an EpiPen®
- Anti-diarrheal medication
- Anti-motion sickness medication
- Antifungal and antibacterial ointments or creams to apply to wounds to prevent infection
- Cold and flu medications, such as decongestants, cough suppressants or throat lozenges
- Pain and fever medication, such as acetylsalicylic acid (e.g., Aspirin®), ibuprofen (e.g., Advil®), or acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol®) • Stomach and intestinal medication, such as antacids and laxatives
- If recommended, destination-specific medication, like those for malaria or high-altitude sickness
- If you need to use needles or syringes, take more than enough to last for your entire trip and carry a medical certificate from your health care provider explaining that the needles or syringes are for medical use.
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