When traveling it is always best to plan ahead. Take a look at this list. Print the Travel Medical Checklist below and make an appointment with your family doctor or a travel consultant. From this
From this list, you can have a productive conversation to find the right medicines to take with you when you are traveling. Traveling alone, a friend or with a group planning is key to safe and successful journeys that focus on the places and people and not life’s little adventures and dramas.
Travel Medical Checklist
| Medicine | When to use it | Secondary use | Check | |
| Ace Band Aid | Snake bites– compression | Compression Wrap | Sprains – compression | |
| Tylenol | For Fevers. It can treat minor aches and pains and reduces fever. | Analgesic | Aches & Pains | |
| Ibuprofen | It can treat fever and mild to severe pain. | Nonsteroidal anti-Inflammatory drug | Must be used every 4 hours to work | |
| Benadryl | It can treat pain and itching caused by insect bites, minor cuts, burns, poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac when applied topically. In its oral form, it can treat hay fever, allergies, cold symptoms, and insomnia. In its injected form, it can treat severe allergic reactions, motion sickness, and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. | Antihistamine | ||
| RICE | Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate | Treatment soft tissue injuries | ||
| Valacyclovir | Sun sores can be treated, herpes virus, and infections, including shingles, cold sores, and genital herpes all use this medication to reduce pain and discomfort and promotes healing. It can also treat chickenpox. This medication does not cure herpes or sun sores, but may prevent herpes sores or blisters and outbreaks from spreading. | Antiviral drug | ||
| Cipro | It can treat infections | Antibiotics | ||
| Bactrim | Broad Antibiotic General Staph | Antibiotics | Sulfamethoxazole / Trimethoprim | |
| Imodium AD | Diarrhea | Mild food poisoning | ||
| Loperamide 2ml | Diarrhea | Food poisoning | ||
| Ondansetron | Nausea | Food poisoning | 1 pill every 12 hours | |
| Traumed | Topical cream | Topical anti-Inflammatory | ||
| Band Aids/Neosporin | Topical ointment |
you might want to look at some of the other posts. One good one that will help you when you are planning is
Besides a Travel Medical Checklist take a look at this Trip Planning for an Overseas Trip. It is a pre-departure checklist.