Replacing prescription drugs while traveling overseas is a beast. Here’s some advice
Two drugs with the same name, or the same drug with different names. When you travel outside the U.S., here are some of hurdles you might face if you need…
If you’re traveling overseas for the holidays, staying healthy can get tricky if you lose or forget your medication. In any given country, both laws and business practices can affect everything from what’s available at the pharmacy, to what is actually in the medication, to how you go about getting it.
And worse, finding out what you need to do to get your meds is no simple task, said pharmacist Ema Paulino, the CEO of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), based in the Netherlands. She said that there isn’t one centralized list or database showing travelers
