Travel Medicines
We prescribe and dispense all the following travel medicines ourselves.
Please note there is no extra prescription charge or dispensing fee for tablets we supply at the travel clinic.
If you would rather obtain your prescription from your own pharmacy, that is your right. We do in these cases however have to charge a modest prescription fee of £15.
Malaria tablets
The price and dose frequency of our various antimalarial tablets is outlined in the table below. We would advise you on the most appropriate options for your destination, time-scale, medical history and budget during the consultation.
Prices of antimalarials
| Antimalarial medication | £ | Dose frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Malarone per tablet | 3.75 | one daily |
| Malarone Paediatric per tablet | 1.00 | one half to three daily |
| Mefloquine per tablet | 3.60 | one weekly |
| Doxycycline (50 tablets) | 19.80 | one daily |
| Chloroquine (20 tablets) | 5.00 | two per week |
| Proguanil (98 tablets) | 17.10 | one weekly |
Standby emergency treatment for Malaria
Suspected malaria is a medical emergency! If, despite taking all precautions, you develop symptoms of malaria while travelling, you should ideally attend a local health care facility without delay for a proper diagnosis. However, for travellers to remote areas this is not always possible. We can therefore prescribe and supply a suitable standby emergency treatment pack for use in such situations.
Standby treatment for Travellers' Diarrhoea
Travellers' Diarrhoea is the most common health problem encountered by travellers. Depending on length of stay, travellers' diarrhoea may affect up to 80% of travellers to high-risk destinations.
As always, prevention is better than cure. We can advise on appropriate hygiene measures and offer a water treatment bottle for trekkers in our one-stop shop.
Most cases of travellers' diarrhoea will resolve by themselves, given time, rest and adequate fluid replacement. However, a nasty bout can spoil a holiday or business trip, particularly if it's a short one. For this reason, we can also offer antibiotics to use in the event of travellers' diarrhoea, to nip a bacterial infection in the bud. The treatments we commonly use are single-dose ciprofloxacin or short course azithromycin, depending on destination, age and medical history.
For more prolonged stays in remote and/or high-risk areas, we can also prescribe full treatment courses of these and other antibiotics.
Prevention and treatment of Altitude Sickness
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema (HAPE) and High Altitude Cerebral Oedema (HACE) are three closely related conditions, resulting from the body not adapting quickly enough to low oxygen levels at high altitude.
At TrExMed we can advise on various practical ways of reducing the risk and how to manage these problems. We can also prescribe acetazolamide (Diamox) to both prevent and treat Acute Mountain Sickness, and dexamethasone to use in an emergency for HACE.
Treatment for schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)
We offer testing and treatment for schistosomiasis (see post-travel investigations for further info).
Treatment for fungal infections
All the above drugs are prescription-only medicines. We also supply some highly effective over-the-counter anti-fungal medicines in our one-stop travel health shop.
Bespoke medical kits
Advice on and/or supply of tailored medical kits for individual or group expeditions can also be arranged by request. Please see Expedition Medicine section for more details.
