Travel consultation
The travel clinic offers personalized consultations with a pharmacist or a nurse, allowing travellers to receive advice tailored to their destination. Each part of the world presents its own challenges: heat strokes, specific diseases like yellow fever or malaria, as well as water quality concerns. During this consultation, you can go over potential health risks and discover best practices to adopt before departure.
Travel vaccine clinic
Planning a trip? Before packing your bags, don’t forget a crucial detail: travel vaccinations. Some destinations require proof of vaccination before allowing entry.
Pharmacists in our branches can help by prescribing and administering the travel vaccines you need. Be sure to plan ahead, ideally 2 to 4 weeks before departure, as some travel vaccines need time to take effect — don’t wait until the last minute!
Your pharmacist can also provide a vaccination certificate required by several countries, ensuring a smooth journey.
Vaccination services available in most of our pharmacies:
- Hepatitis A and B vaccine
- Typhoid vaccine
- Yellow fever vaccine
- Rabies vaccine
- Japanese encephalitis vaccine
- COVID-19 vaccination
Preventive treatments for malaria
Malaria is a disease transmitted to humans through mosquito bites, mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. Symptoms are similar to traveller’s diarrhea, and at-risk individuals may develop complications.
During a visit to the travel health clinic, the pharmacist can assess risks based on your destination. If needed, they can prescribe a preventive treatment. Important reminder: some medications must be taken before, during, and after a stay in a high-risk area. This prevention is particularly crucial for children, pregnant individuals and those with weakened immune systems.
Prevention of traveller’s diarrhea (turista)
Travelling is great, but nothing is worse than being stuck in bed with traveller’s diarrhea. This illness is often caused by local bacteria, parasites or viruses that your body isn’t prepared to handle, usually transmitted through contaminated food or water.
At the travel clinic, we provide advice and preventive treatments to help you avoid this issue. For example, we can guide you on food hygiene and recommend appropriate medications if needed. Did you know there are vaccines that protect against certain types of traveller’s diarrhea? It’s worth considering before your trip.
Your pharmacist can also prescribe medications and preventive products, such as:
- Antibiotics to fight the bacteria responsible for traveller’s diarrhea
- The traveller’s diarrhea vaccine
- Oral rehydration solutions
- Bismuth subsalicylate, which helps reduce stomach acidity
- Loperamide (e.g., Imodium®), which slows intestinal transit
- Alcohol-based hand sanitizers
Prescription medications for travel
Nausea, vomiting, headaches, hot flashes, abdominal discomfort, sweating, dizziness… These symptoms can make traveling unpleasant.
Several over-the-counter products are available, but some may cause drowsiness. Asking a pharmacist for advice is always a good idea to ensure you have the right treatment. Remember, they can also prescribe medications to relieve travel-related discomforts, such as preventing nausea and vomiting.
Packing your travel kit
Finding the right medication in a foreign country, especially in rural areas, can be a real challenge. It’s best to travel with a well-thought-out kit based on the nature of you trip.
For example:
- Your medications, in their original prescription bottles with labels
- Alcohol-based hand sanitizer in case soap and water aren’t available
- Insect repellent and, ideally, a mosquito net
- Sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher (SPF 50 is ideal)
- BAND-AIDSs
- Creams for minor sunburns
- Allergy medications
Check our complete list to make sure you don’t forget anything!
Preventive tips
Practical advice on health and safety while travelling is provided, including recommendations on managing common illnesses, food safety, and hygiene measures to follow during your trip to minimize health risks.
In short, the best way to travel worry-free is to book an appointment with your pharmacist.
Safe travels!
The information provided does not replace the advice of a healthcare professional and does not constitute professional liability for affiliated pharmacists at Accès pharma. At the time of publication, the information presented was accurate but remains subject to change.
