Should I translate copies of my prescription? Hi there, I’m traveling to a couple different countries soon (namely Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia). I currently have a prescription for an antidepressant. I got a note from my doctor explaining what the medication is, the dosage, its purpose, etc. I was wondering if I should pay to get the note translated to make it easie…

16 and stressed about prescription costs for parents Hello, I just want to ask from an outsider’s perspective about what to do about my situation. My dad currently has a medical condition and has received prescriptions that range from cost of $800-1000+ each month (excluding all the doctor visits/operations). My dad retired because his conditions made it too hard for him to continue to work. As a …

how to get a prescription ? Hey everybody, I’m visiting currently the US ( Salt Lake City ) I suffer from anxiety and have Diazepam prescribed in Germany and my bottle of Diazepam fell on the floor and broke. I’m here for 2 weeks I’m panicking how I can get my medication where should I go now can somebody please help me Thank you ! submitted by /u/SyXcho …

Travel with prescription meds out of their packaging? We’re travelling from Australia to the UK, Prague, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and Egypt. I would like to bring my prescription medication in a pill box, rather than in their original packaging. I’m happy to bring the original packaging along for reference, though. Does anyone know if this will be a problem at customs? I’ll be declaring …

Help, will my prescription be shown to my guardian? I am forced to go on a vacation with a different guardian thanks to shared custody. I am taking a prescription medication in pill form (commonly used, I think?) which I cannot leave behind. I do not want him knowing about my medical stuff. So, if I am stopped by TSA over the prescription, will he be alerted/shown? Im not concerned I’ll be held …

Lpt – If your contact lens prescription has expired and you don’t have insurance, you can renew your prescription online for a fraction of the cost for a doctors visit My prescription expired in 2022 and the cheapest doctor in town was going to charge $130 for a new one. Welp, turns out you can renew your prescription online for $20. I did it on 1-800 Contacts but there’s other sites that do it too. It took about 10 minutes to do and you don’t have to buy their contacts submitted by /u/Ltrain108 …

Bringing a prescription drug to the US when the prescription is a year old I have an upcoming trip to the US from Canada but don’t like flying. Last year, my doctor prescribed Lorazepam to me for use on a trip I took a year ago. I still have some leftover from that time that I wanted to bring on this trip. The amount is very small, literally just enough for the flight there and back. It’s still in the original bottle a…

How do I get a US prescription in/to the EU? It’s a simple question as I’m running low on meds for Hereditary Angioedema, as a US citizen is there any way that I’d be able to get medication shipped to the EU, specifically Finland. From all the googling I’ve done it seems really difficult or just impossible. Does anyone know of anyway for some sort of international prescription? Internation…