This article is tourism topic.
Although Wikimatkat is not a medical encyclopedia, here are some thoughts on what medications and health-related supplies you may need along the way.
Understand
It is not always possible to buy and bring all the items on this list, it all depends on where you travel. In some cases, you will need a doctor's prescription or else the police or border guard of the destination country may seize the medication. If in doubt, ask your doctor before traveling.
People often disagree a lot about what medications they need on the go - some take everything they suspect they need, others are more selective. In the article Tropical diseases and tips for traveling in developing countries there is more health information.
Stay healthy
- Regular medicinesA: If you take any medications regularly, take them with you on the trip enough to cover them throughout the trip, and keep the prescription with you. If you are traveling by plane, carry your medicines and prescription with you in your hand luggage. A prescription is needed if you have to visit a pharmacy on the way, or more likely if customs wants to know what pills you carry with you.
- Diarrhea medication: Help for the "tourist fair". Area use if there is blood in your stool - then it is something more serious and you should definitely see a doctor.
- Analgesic: Against pain.
- Bepanthen: for minor skin lesions
- Sunscreen: For sun and ski trips. Check that the sunscreen provides adequate protection.
- Patches: For smaller wounds.
- Bladder patches: for bladder protection
- Disinfectant: For wound disinfection - important!
- Insecticide: If you travel to the jungle or elsewhere with lots of insects.
- Condominium: HIV and hepatitis are quite common in some parts of the world, unprotected sex is a risk anyway
- Birth control pill: just in case
Outside tourist routes
If you are traveling outside of larger cities where there are no doctors, you may want to bring a complete first aid kit. And Learn How To Use It! In addition, you should bring water purification tablets.
If your first aid skills are rusty, you should take a first aid course before such a trip.