Can someone tell me what the prescription medicine is that's been talked about on here, that people take when traveling to avoid stomach issues? I have tried searching but not coming up with anything. TIA!

https://www.dukoralcanada.com/
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DUKORAL® Oral Vaccine – Prevent ETEC Diarrhea

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Yes that's the one...thank you!

It's Ducoral... l got another prescription as well when l'm traveling, don't remember the name. But take them when you get severe diarrhea. Go to travel clinic to discuss more . Co-Op travel clinic in Hampton NW is highly recommended ..

Anyone have any major side effects from taking this?

I’ve taken it for years before I travel and have not had any side effects

Yeah, oddly enough, the effects it was supposed to help with (won’t get into details
)....... which does happen sometimes!

I too have taken it multiple times and no side effects... I just get the dose from my pharmacy, they can look up drug interactions with what you may already be taking, no prescription from a Dr. was required.

@ David - how ironic! Good to know though as I often don't react as expected to various medications!

Depends on where you are travelling to, but it was probably azithromycin.

I always take Ciproflaxin with me when I travel. It goes after bacterial infections.

Cipro is the other drug used, but there is lots of resistance to it in certain areas. Azithromycin is generally more effective, but it really depends what area you are travelling to. Ask your doctor or travel clinic.

Ciproflaxin is a Fluoroquinolone and should only ever be taken on a last resort basis!!!! The risks outweigh the benefits! You should never use such a strong antibiotic unless you're antibiotic resistant and have a life threatening infection.

It isn’t used much at all nowadays as most bugs are resistant to it.

Ciproflaxin is an antibiotic, you don't take this as a preventative measure

Cipro works.. but is hard on the body.i would travel with plenty of pills of probiotic. To reestablish natural gut flora quickly.

Wal-Mart has it but quite expensive

Don’t take any antibiotics , that’s why u become resistant

Most stomach upset won’t need antibiotics, but severe watery diarrhea and fever does need treatment. They are very useful to have just in case.

Use dukoral it does the trick

Dukoral only protects against certain bacteria. Useful to have antibiotics as backup, and they are cheap if you don’t use them. If they have a long expiry they can last for a few trips.

Dukoral before you go - two doses, I believe a week apart. When travelling carry Imodium with you- if you experience an upset GI take the Imodium and an electrolyte drink

Bethan cipro is not a drug I would ever consider taking for diarrhea...... I would much rather deal with severe diarrhea than severed tendons myself.

Christine, I am agreeing with you. It’s a bad choice for travellers diarrhea. Azithromycin is a much better and safer choice. I am a pharmacist and fully aware of the risks and side effects.

I've only ever taken azithromycin for respiratory infections.

Sherryl it can be used for both, but the dosage is different for travellers diarrhea

In Canada no prescription required, talk to your pharmacist

There is a great travel clinic in Lake Chaparral called D&M. We got Dukoral there. I have AB Blue Cross coverage through work and got reimbursed for it (they can prescribe right there)

Best travel clinic! ! They were amazing when we went to Africa 9 months ago.

Dukoral is used in regards to cholera but is now marketed to prevent travellers diarrhea. Depends where you're going, but the chances of you contracted cholera are probably pretty slim. Definitely talk to an educated travel nurse or your doctor though. Dukoral is expensive and if you don't need to take it, I wouldn't.

There is also azithromycin. Taken only if you have stomach issues while away to stop and help travellers diarrhea. I took Dukerol but more for the cholera reason as I'm headed to Africa

the one I used was called cipro

That's an antibiotic and a very dangerous antibiotic at that.

It's great to have if you are travelling and develop a bladder infection.

Jean why use one of the most dangerous abx on the market for a bladder infection? Penicillin would do the trick.

Just going by the recommendation of my doctor from a severe bladder infection I couldn't ditch years ago. I will however ask him before we head off this year for something less "toxic". I now like to have something along just in case because of a horror show while travelling. I've only used it for a couple of days one time, it has been returned to the pharmacy to be destroyed after our trips.

Where did you hear that cipro was that dangerous? For our university trip, we were all prescribed cipro as an emergency antibiotic (we were in a remote tropical location for a few weeks). Those of us who had to take it were totally fine. We were told not to take it unless necessary, for obvious reasons.

i've only ever been prescribed cipro on any of my world travels, i had no idea it was dangerous! We've only taken it when we had traveller's diarrhea and it worked very well for us. This is so weird, i've been prescribed it at travellers health clinics that are run by our provincial medical body, and at like 4 different doctors offices. I'm so sorry! I would have never recommended something that was dangerous, i honestly had no idea!

Just a comment about Dukerol...23 of us went to South Africa, 3 people got sick, they were the only 3 that didn’t take Dukerol before they left. I think it really works and will always take it if I am going to a foreign country. Don’t want to ruin your trip.

Didn't work for me, went to Mexico.

When I was in Mexico it didn’t work for me either

Dukoral

Thanks everyone. I have always used Imodium and would prefer to stick with that unless going overseas somewhere that the risk is increased substantially more. However I will definitely keep Dukerol in mind for my future travels and will definitely be carrying some activated charcoal for those additional tummy upsets:)

Phone your local travel health office. the medication varies depending on the area of travel.

Ginger

Isn't ginger generally recommended for motion sickness.

Taking ginger before the nausea may hit helps to lessen its impact when it happens. So great for travel sickness or motion sickness. You take the drixoral for the actual bacteria.. But ginger for the nausea

you can take probiotics in bubble wrap, and also eat the local yogurt to help stomach issues

ducarol maybe, twinrix for hepatitis, activated charcoal for travellers stomach, the charcoal absorbs the bugs and carries them out of you, take two gel caps after every visit to the john,

one way or the other, you are going to need to talk to a medical professional: http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/service.aspx...