Travel information The Travel Pharmacy

November 7, 2024

Traveller's information the travel pharmacy

What first-aid supplies and medicines do you take with you when travelling?
At your travel destination, hygiene and medical standards may be different from those in
Netherlands. Therefore, bring your own travel pharmacy. The composition may vary from first-aid
resources to medicines that may be difficult to obtain abroad. In consultation
with a doctor, prescribed drugs and any other items can be added to the
travel pharmacy to be added.

Before taking any medication, read the package insert. If you take prescribed medication
take with you when travelling, it is important to discuss this with your GP, practitioner or pharmacist.
Sometimes medicines require you to take certain things into account, for example:

If you go to another country and take medicines covered by the Opium Act, then
you will probably need a medicine certificate. This applies to heavy painkillers, for example,
sleep and sedatives and ADHD medication. You can find more information via the CAK.
The expiry date.
High temperature or humidity can have a negative effect on
drugs.
Be aware that some medicines mix poorly with other drugs or agents.

From the checklist below, you can choose which medicines and items you
with you when you travel. You can also get advice on suitable remedies at the pharmacy or drugstore.

BASIC TRAVEL PHARMACY
First-aid box
□ Gauzes (sterile)
□ Gauze dressing
□ Vaseline gauzes
□ Hydrophilic dressing
□ Stretch bandage
□ (waterproof) Wound plasters
□ Adhesive plasters (tape)
□ Blister plasters
□ Mitella
□ Cotton wool
□ Swallowtails
□ Scissors
□ Tweezers
□ Safety pins
□ Gloves
□ Forceps or drawing cards
□ Thermometer

Diarrhoea
□ Oral rehydration salts (O.R.S.) (possibly sugar-free)
□ Loperamide (diarrhoea inhibitor), no activated charcoal

Pain and fever control
□ Painkillers (e.g. paracetamol or ibuprofen)
- Possibly child dosage
- Caution: Suppositories may melt due to heat
- No acetylsalicylic acid-based painkillers due to blood-thinning effects (aspirin®/ascal®).

Insect repellents
□ Insect repellent, 20-50% DEET
- % Depending on age or pregnancy
- See leaflet ‘Mosquito repellent when travelling’
Impregnated mosquito net (mosquito net)
□ Airy body-covering clothing

Sun protection
□ Sunscreen
- At least SPF 30, see KWF
- Includes UVA & UVB radiation protection
□ Lip protection with SPF

Disinfectant
□ Alcohol 70%
□ Wound disinfectant

COMPLEMENTARY TRAVEL PHARMACY
Own medication
□ Sufficient medication
- In original packaging
□ Medicine passport
- available at pharmacies
□ Any medication statement
- See CAK website

Drinking water
In case of no clean drinking water (bottled water)
□ Water disinfectant
□ Water filter
For more information, see Wanda

STIs/preservatives
□ Condoms
□ (Oral) contraception

Nasal drops
□ Saline

Allergies
□ Anti-allergy medicines

Travel sickness
□ Anti-allergy medicines

Important documents
□ Health insurance card and travel insurance number (policy number)
□ Yellow vaccination booklet

The following resources can only be brought in consultation with an expert adviser:
Malaria
□ Malaria prophylaxis,
- Depending on travel destination and health conditions
- See leaflets on Malaria

Altitude sickness
□ Acetazolamide
- Depending on travel destination and health conditions
- See the leaflet ‘Altitude sickness’

Traveller's diarrhoea
□ Antibiotics (on indication only)
- See leaflet ‘Traveller's diarrhoea’

Are you going to an area with no or insufficient medical facilities, or are you staying
long-term in a remote area, consult with your travel advisor or other issues
are needed such as syringes or an infusion system.