I pack my suitcase and take with the drugs! If you are travelling, you should make time to think of the perfect travel kit. FOCUS Online explains which medications are appropriate and what should be included in a Mini-pharmacy for short trips.
This belongs in the travel pharmacy
So you don’t need to look in the holiday the the nearest drugstore should medicines for typical ailments such as Nausea and diarrhea are missing in any travel first-aid kit. Also the medicines you need on a regular basis anyway, to include with the Luggage. It is also useful medicines against common diseases of the respective destination country (for example Malaria).
As holiday makers in countries with poor hygienic conditions and language barriers, reluctant to go to the doctor, is a well-equipped travel pharmacy all the more important. Nevertheless, all the diseases not only by self-medication to solve. The complaints do not subside even after several days, you should consult a doctor.
Travel Pharmacy: Your Check-List
They take due to illness, regular medication, come with you to the pharmacy – for example, against allergies, Asthma or a thyroid malfunction. Also an ointment against Herpes or contraceptives should not be missing when needed.
Useful drugs are also
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
- Bloating
- Sore throat and cough
- Runny nose
- Fever (fever thermometers and fever-reducing agent)
- Head -, and limb pain
- Sunburn
- Wounds
- Insects (both as a Spray to repel mosquitoes, as well as an ointment for the treatment of bites)
and bandages for small and large wounds with
- Patch
- Gauze bandages
- sterile dressings
- Safety pins
- Disposable gloves
- Tweezers
- Scissors
Who in the areas of travel, which are affected by Malaria, should take in addition to a sufficient insect repellent Spray and mosquito net is also an emergency drug. For this purpose, your doctor must issue a prescription. Best offer on BestCheck.de
For Short Trips: The Mini Travel Pharmacy
For short trips, the Association recommends that the German Green cross, a Minimum-travel pharmacy, which contains only seven ingredients, which helps, but against some 20 common complaints:
- Ibuprofen or Paracetamol of any pain in the body, fever, and sunburn
- Diphenhydramine or Dimenhydriat: against Nausea, motion sickness, itching, Allergy, and mild sleeping problems
- Loperamide: anti-diarrhea
- Bisacodyl against constipation
- Antacid against heartburn
- Octenidine: for disinfection of wounds
- Dequalinium chloride, Clioquinol, or Tyrotricin: as ointment
Also in the Mini-first aid kit dressing material and medicines for individual problems and should not be missing, of course.
- Also read: travelling with Asthma
Medication during the flight
Anti-Nausea on the flight, a ferry or a cruise ship special remedies can help for motion sickness, there are, among other things, in the Form of tablets or chewing gum. Earplugs let you in spite of aircraft noise, sleep and a nasal spray can ease the pressure compensation.
Do not pack important medication in the hand Luggage, to look at the loss of the case without drugs. Usually, medicines do not be objected to for their own use in the German safety control. In some countries, however, may lead to Demands. Useful a medical certificate and a list of the required drugs, you have to show in the control. Best with the signature and stamp of the attending physician.
Travel pharmacy buy
Although there are ready-made Sets in the pharmacy, at the best, you can put together the necessary medications, and adjust the range to your individual needs. You go with one of the check lists in the pharmacy and get the appropriate medication recommend.
- All information on the subject of medicines, you will find here
Medications store correctly
Also look in the holiday to the optimum storage of your product sets. Many medications must be cool, dry and dark stored, usually between 15 to 25 degrees. That is, in hot countries, it is not always easy. Keep the medication in a sealable bag.
It is also possible to Transport in a cooler bag. Since the optimum temperature is for most drugs between 15 and 25 degrees should not store the packs, however, right next to a freezer pack, but in addition in a towel to be wrapped.
Important notes on storage please refer to the package insert. In the case of the ideal storage you can use medicines from the last holiday again – provided that the expiry date is not reached yet.
Also: vaccinations do not forget!
In addition to a well-equipped travel pharmacy certain vaccinations are in many countries necessary, to health risks. In addition to the basic vaccinations against Tetanus, diphtheria and Poliomyelitis vaccinations against Hepatitis A, B, typhoid, and yellow fever are useful, depending on the destination, also a rabies vaccination.