Travel is an interesting and educational business. However, if you find yourself in a foreign city without the necessary pills, your vacation will be ruined. We present you a kind of first aid kit, a list of medicines on the road to the sea, abroad or on a hike... This is a mandatory minimum that should be in the medicine cabinet of any tourist.
7. Dressings
Even tourists who prefer a relaxing holiday cannot always avoid cuts, small wounds or deep scratches. For example, you can get hurt by stepping on a shell on the seabed. And what can we say about outdoor enthusiasts. Therefore, the bandage and plasters should always be in the travel first aid kit.
6. Antiseptics
In the sixth place on our list of medicines for tourists are the well-known iodine and brilliant green. If you have very sensitive skin or are simply afraid of the burning sensation that these products cause, use colloidal silver or povidone iodine to treat wounds.
5. Activated carbon
These inexpensive pills are the most essential medicines you need when traveling. They work wonders, saving from "travelers' diarrhea" and from pain in the stomach, and from food poisoning and from increased stomach acidity and even from increased gas production. Charcoal absorbs toxins and prevents them from being absorbed, so you can get rid of them the next time you have a bowel movement. The coal itself is also not absorbed and is excreted along with feces.
As an alternative to activated charcoal, it is advisable to take with you Smecta powder - an enterosorbent that helps with diarrhea, heartburn and bloating in the abdomen, as well as other symptoms typical of problems with the organs of the gastrointestinal tract.
4. Bifiform (probiotics)
Regular intake of probiotics is one of the best ways to prepare your digestive system for a trip to another country, which is different from the usual Russian cuisine and fruits. The beneficial bacteria in probiotics help keep your stomach in top-notch shape. Probiotics must be taken daily for several months before travel and stored at temperatures below 25 degrees.
An alternative to Bifiform is Linex, which contains Bifidobacterium infantis, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Enterococcus fakum.
3. Ibuprofen (antipyretic, pain reliever)
Refers to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). This essential medicine for any tourist works by blocking the production of hormones that cause inflammation and pain in the body. Used to reduce fever and treat pain or inflammation caused by headaches, toothaches, back pain, arthritis, menstrual cramps, or minor injuries. Ibuprofen is used to relieve the condition of adults and children from 6 months of age.
Also, on the trip, you must take the antipyretic and non-narcotic pain reliever Paracetamol. It may be an alternative for those who do not benefit from Ibuprofen. Both Ibuprofen and Paracetamol are classified as inexpensive counterparts of cold and flu medicines (generics), which should not be taken by pregnant women in the 3rd trimester. Paracetamol should not be given to children under 1 month of age.
2. Claritin (for allergies)
On the second line in our selection is a drug that blocks histamine receptors and thereby prevents the development of an allergic reaction. It belongs to the 2nd generation antiallergic drugs, that is, it does not cause drowsiness, which is the difference between the popular, but already outdated Suprastin. However, Suprastin acts faster, so it is advisable to have both drugs in the medicine cabinet. List of the most effective allergy remedies is headed by Erius, but its price is 2.5 times higher than that of other popular drugs.
Instead of Claritin, you can take Zyrtec or Telfast.
1. Balsam "Zvezdochka" (local antiviral agent)
A universal medicine for a tourist and a proven remedy for years, helping at the first signs of a cold, and with headaches and with a runny nose and with insect bites. The main thing is to tolerate the "vigorous" smell of the balm, although some people even like it. You need to use it exclusively externally, applying a balm under the nostrils for rhinitis, on the temples and the back of the head with a headache, on an insect-bitten place and on the back and stomach with a cold.
Remember that the list of medicines in the first-aid kit of a traveler at sea or on a long journey must necessarily include all of the listed drugs, but when traveling with children, it can always be supplemented with drugs at your discretion.