Whats best prophylaxis for travelers diarrhea?
No traveler, especially those going abroad, should leave home without a supply of Ciprofloxin and Immodium AD, besides their prescription medications. Since I travel a lot, these two friends always accompany me. For prevention, the best strategy is not to drink any water other than for bottled (filtered) water, preferably one brand that you are familiar with, and not to eat food being sold on the streets. Beer and other alcoholic beverages, to some extent “help sterilize” our gastrointestinal tract and ward off mild contaminants, but we should not rely on this and be careless. Cipro is used, not only for treatment of traveler’s diarrhea, but more so for prevention, usually taken once a day with breakfast. Immodium AD is used for the treatment of diarrhea, when it occurs. Discuss this with your physician, who will prescribe and advise you accordingly. Any substitute for reading glasses? Yes. In my wallet is a flat, credit-card size, magnifying “lens” (sold in department stores or drug s
