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From At home ... away • 1 July 2001
  • Pack enough medication for your entire trip. Carry it with you in your hand luggage rather than in your suitcase.
  • Carry your prescriptions and a doctor’s letter with you. The letter should include the words: “These medications have been prescribed for a medical condition,” and a list of all the medications you are on. Keep the letter and prescriptions separate from your medications.
  • When changing your dose times to suit a new time zone do this gradually by moving the dose times slightly each time until they fall at more convenient times.
  • Use alarms, dosette boxes, etc. to remind you about dose times if you think you will have trouble remembering.
  • Ask your doctor, AIDS Council Treatments Officer or local PLWHAPerson (or People) Living with HIV/AIDS. organisation for the details of HIV/AIDS clinics in all the cities you are visiting.

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