| Packing Tips for India travel - What's in your bag? The essentials to bring and what to leave at home. Includes questions about costs. |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
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Prescription Drugs--original containers?
Okay. Leaving in one week, going for two weeks.
I'm currently taking 5 prescription drugs (don't ask! ), plus I have prescriptions for Doxy (malaria) and Cipro (in case of traveler's diarrhea). That makes 7 prescription bottles if I take all the containers! I'm only taking a small backpack, so these are taking up tons of space! I know "they" always advise you to take the original bottles, but is this absolutely necessary? I will be bringing the typed sheets of info. that come with each medication, and those have my name on them...What do you all think? If I only brought the pills, I would just need one or two bottles... Thanks for your help! |
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Northern California
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Go for it! |
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Guru
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Hollywood
Posts: 4,475
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drugs (yes, even prescrption ones) are so much cheaper in India that the customs don't care what you bring it. They probably think you are not so smart to bring it from abroad to begin with.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Vancouver
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However you package your meds it's best practise to keep them neatly arranged with the paperwork at hand so that you can do an orderly presentation if challenged. Last edited by trvl_in : Sep 14th, 2007 at 22:21. |
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Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Chennai, India
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It's worth having prescriptions in case you loose and have to replace anything. You should make sure you know the generic name of the drugs, as the same trade-name versions may not be available here. If in need of help or advise, though, just call into a doctor's clinic. Pharmacists will try to help, and they know basic stuff, but are not trained and qualified like their Western counterparts. Even if you have specialist requirements like heavy pain control or something, a consultant or surgeon at a private hospital can usually be seen same-day, and will not take much out of your travel budget.
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