What you can expect from us when you visit our office

• Information Potpourri, a mini-encyclopedia of many topics of interest
• Hepatitis A, Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Chagas’ Disease
• Influenza, a reprint from Consumer Reports*, Oct.1983, p. 522
• Risks From Food/Drink and Travelers Diarrhea Info
• Typhoid fever
• Meningococcal disease (link to come)
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Post-travel Needs
• Water Disinfection (reprints on water disinfection* from Audobon Magazine, July 1986; and on water filters* by Doug Newman, January 28,1992, The Register-Guard, Eugene OR).
• A water filter field trial* (reprint from Backpacker Magazine, December 1996, starts on page 9).
• Reprints of academic articles* from the New England Journal of Medicine
  • travel medicine June 8, 2002, p.1716-25
  • altitude illness July 12, 2001, p.107-114 and May 23, 2002, p.1606-07; and 31-36
  • insect repellents July 4, 2002, p.2-3 and 13-18.
• Reprint on side effects of Lariam (mefloquin): Consumer Reports, March, 2002, p. 60-61.

• IAMAT (International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers), a nonprofit organization, has provided much useful information. We have means in our office for you to join this beneficial organization. Consider visiting their website and making a donation.
• Information from some vaccine manufacturers

• Considered more specialized travel vaccines: yellow fever, meningococcal disease, Japanese encephalitis, polio and two different vaccines for typhoid fever; polio and meningococcal vaccine are given to some who are non-travelers.
• Considered more general vaccines, but any may also be useful for travelers: hepatitis A and B, influenza, pneumococcal disease and tetanus/diphtheria.
• Also available are: rabies vaccine, MMR or measles vaccine, varicella (chicken pox) vaccine, Hemophilus influenza vaccine, and immune globulin for hepatitis A prevention.

• US State Department Advisory for the country you will visit - printed for you in the office or linked through our home page.
• Travelers Diarrhea Treatment Kit - contains loperamide and trimethoprim (antibiotic) with instructions for use.
• Antimalarial drugs: chloroquine less expensively than any pharmacy; Lariam and Malarone generally less expensively than pharmacies; you may want a written prescription instead if your insurance will pay for these medicines.
• Other written prescriptions: scopolamine patches for motion sickness prevention; Diamox for altitude sickness prevention; Ambien or Sonata for sedation during long flights for jet lag prevention; an antibiotic and antimotility drug for travelers’ diarrhea treatment (especially if your insurance has a prescription benefit); Cipro for dysentery treatment.
• Iodine water disinfection kits with instructions for use
• Syringe kits
• Insect repellents
• Hepatitis A reminder card if you will be needing a hepatitis A booster.

* indicates available at our office, some for purchase