5 tips for packing and shipping drugs
1. You need to take stock of medicines
Medications that you need to be taken regularly, take it with a mandatory reserve for 3-5 days. No one does not exclude the situation with floods, storms or sudden eruption of the volcano, because of which your return home delayed for some time.
2. Get rid of bulk boxes
There is always a temptation to save a little space in your suitcase and throw bulky boxes and instructions. From boxes can be eliminated, as the information about the medication name, dosage and expiration date is duplicated on the package, which is in direct contact with the drug. If you are not sure that the place where you are going, you will always have at your fingertips online, then take a photo of yourself or download to your phone for instructions.
3. Open the jar and started to take the blisters can be
The main condition - intact drug name, to customs officials can easily understand what you are trying to import.
4. Choose practical packaging
Minimum glass containers: it's hard, and quite fragile. Look counterparts in plastic packaging.
5. Do not forget the recipe
Be sure to bring the prescription if the drug is included in the list of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
First aid kit for adults and children
The first in the medicine cabinet traveler - analgesic and antipyretic. This includes preparations based on ibuprofen, acetaminophen, nimesulide. For children it makes sense to duplicate these drugs and take them to release two forms: in the form of candles, and in the form of syrups or tablets. So you podstrahuete yourself in a situation where the child has vomiting or diarrhea happen to temperature background - though some medicine in it is delayed.
Children and adults on the background of climate change, because of the unfamiliar food and water exposed to intestinal infections. It makes sense to take antidiarrheal agent loperamide and based chelators that absorb toxins and derive naturally. Do not forget about the means to restore water balance in case of poisoning and enzyme preparations on the basis of pancreatin, improves digestion.
Antihistamines for allergies need. Better to take a new generation of products based on cetirizine or rupatadina from which will not be sleepy.
In the adult we place a first aid kit just in case of antispasmodics Drotaverinum.
If you have a long trip by car or by sea, you will catch a means to help with motion sickness.
For children who are actively exploring the world, and no less actively earn bruises and scratches, take any antiseptic agent on the basis of dexpanthenol as an ointment and spray accelerating skin wound dressing (bandages, bactericides plasters). Instead of traditional bandages and plasters can take the surgical adhesive dressings and bandages self-locking. They cost more, but it is much more convenient to use.
The children's first aid kit add tools to help with a cold: saline or any of its analogs, any vasoconstrictor drugs to nose breathing at night. If you know that a child is exposed to otitis media, put in the ear drops medicine cabinet.
Also do not forget sunscreens and repellents, which will be useful to both adults and children. Small child would be difficult to explain that it is not necessary to comb the place in which mosquito bite - is easier to prevent the event. If you still bitten, make the night to help calm allergy ointment, for example on the basis of penciclovir.
ambulance box
In the campaign kit is divided into two parts: operational, which is always with you at the doctor, and more, which carries the other party. If the itinerary includes any crossing, in which a separation of the group, everyone should have the personal dressing package.
Packing kits should be airtight, good shock absorption, be convenient to carry. Operational first aid kit should contain a minimum of tools and quickly retrieved. As it makes sense to put dressings, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, an antiseptic, zelyonkoj (strictly for the treatment of surfaces around wounds), tourniquet.
Total kit includes all the possible illnesses that can happen to campaign contributors. In it include painkillers and antipyretics, antihistamines, antiseptics, cardiovascular drugs, antidiarrheals and laxatives, enzymes, antispasmodics, means pain in the throat with a cold, cough, ointment for burns eye drops.
The number of drugs on the group is calculated as follows: all the drugs from gastrointestinal illnesses taken at the rate of one pack per participant, other drugs - one box on two.
Quantitative content of first aid kits and much depends on the nature of the campaign (whether it is mountain hiking, boating or bike tour) And places. Thus, in the foot march often occur dislocations and sprains, rubbed his legs, while alloys - suffer from throat and nose, especially in the bike tour is becoming urgent aid for cuts, scrapes and bruises.
Drugs used in severe cases (strong painkillers ampoules and similar agents) are taken from the calculation "to survive to rescue."
If they have to be applied, the campaign is automatically converted into rescue operations and the continuation of the route can be no question.
Rules of drug trafficking through customs
The list of narcotic and psychotropic drugs, which we mentioned earlier in this article, is valid only for the import and movement of drugs on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The proper and safe way to know whether your disease from medicine forbidden in another country, ask about it at the consulate when you apply for a visa.
For example, in Estonia, you can not take Corvalol because of phenobarbital in its composition, in Germany with caution refer to the analgesic ketorolac based in Finland, you will not be able to import drugs from severe forms of influenza due TAMIFLU. Within the EU there are no uniform rules of importation of drugs, each country sets its own.
Medication during the inspection at the airport, put it in a transparent plastic bag and put it on tape.
If the importation of the drug is not limited in any way in the country, it is enough to question customs of your medicine cabinet to answer «medicine».
If the importation of the drug is limited to the territory of the country where you want to go, at the Customs Declare your medicine and go through the red lane. Do not forget, in this case fully keep the original packaging and take a prescription from a doctor. The recipe should be translated into English by a certified translator.
If the volume of liquid medicines needed you more than 100 ml, then it falls under the limit on carrying liquids in hand luggage. But this does not mean that you can not bring your medicine. Put everything in a transparent bag, place bag on the belt before the inspection customs officers warn that carries a medicine, and present a prescription from a certified translation.
How to explain to a foreign pharmacist what medicine I need
Layfhaker collected a minimum list of drugs that can help you quickly solve a health problem. But all is not podstelesh straw. How to be in a situation where you need to somehow explain to a foreign pharmacist?
Pre-set in phone dictionary to the language of the country where you are traveling. Universal English It does not hurt, but, unfortunately, they are unlikely to possess the inhabitants of remote areas of the tourist destinations.
If you are sure in the name of the drug that you need to take, you can look at the site State register of medicines. The World Health Organization leads and constantly updates the list of active substances, of which all drugs.
Enter a name for your desired product in the line "trade name" and click "Find."
Open a table, which lists the active ingredients that make up the drug.
Now you will only have to use a dictionary, so he translated the name of the active ingredient into a foreign language.
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