partant en mars prochain pour un tour du monde et n'ayant pas de date de retour prédéfinie, je voulais savoir comment je pouvais faire pour trouver sur place des médicaments correspondants à ceux que je prend en France pour mon traitement d'hormones thyroïdiennes.
En effet je me suis fait opérée il y a 5 ans et je n'ai plus de thyroïde. J'ai donc un traitement à vie qui consiste à prendre tous les matins des comprimés de Lévothyrox (en plus de çà, je suis obligée de prendre deux dosage différents et d'en couper un en deux).
Je pensais me faire faire une ordonnance de 1 an en une seule fois à mon médecin traitant avec qui j'en ai discuté mais si mon voyage se prolonge plus longtemps, 2 ans ou plus, je ne sais pas comment faire. Déjà qu'un an de médicament va prendre de la place dans mon sac à dos...😕
Si quelqu'un dans le même cas que moi est parti pour une longue durée en voyage j'aimerai avoir votre solution.
tu peux prendre pour 1 an ensuite soit tu es passé par la nouvelle caledonie ou la guyane pour reapprovisionner soit tu doit pouvoir te faire envoyé un colis
cesi etant des hormones thyroidiennes tu en trouveras certainement partout reste à gerer le probleme du dosage et eventuellement de la forme galenique (cela pourrait desequilibrer un peu ton traitement )
http://www.biam2.org/www1/Sub1807.html#Present
merci pour ta réponse rapide.
sur le lien que tu as mis je vois le nom des produits dans certains pays mais pas du tout en asie ou en amérique du sud par exemple. Tu sais si il s'agit de la liste complète des pays distribuant ce produit? J'avais cherché sur internet mais je n'ai pas trouvé.
En ce qui concerne l'envoi d'un colis, tu l'a déjà fait? Il n'y a pas de problème particulier à se faire envoyer des médicaments?
Bonsoir
La L-thyroxine est un produit banal et vous devriez en trouver partout dans le monde
Quelques noms de commercialisation: Levothroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid, Tirosint, Unithroid, ...
En fonction de votre trajet, choisissez des points de ravitaillement dans des pays "sûrs" . Si vous précisez votre projet, on peut vous aider pour cela.
ordonnance en Dénomination Internationale (L-Thyroxin ou Levothyroxin), et petit courrier de votre médecin en anglais pour expliquer rapidement à un médecin local que vous consultez pourquoi vous prenez le médicament. Ceci au cas où vous auriez un problème. Et puis, une petite prise de sang de contrôle de temps en temps, pourquoi pas?
mon itinéraire commence en camion par l'Europe mais je devrais repasser en France sous moins d'un an avant de repartir donc pour cette partie je me ferais faire une ordonnance d'un an par mon médecin. Ensuite je repars pour l'Asie (Japon, Chine, Inde, Birmanie, Thailande, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodge, Malaisie, Indonésie, Australie puis Amérique du Sud normalement.
Ce que vous appelez "pays sûrs" ce sont des pays qui produisent le médicament avec la bonne molécule?
Qu'est-ce que l'ordonnance en dénomination internationale?
les pays "surs" sont les pays ou tu ne trouve des medicaments au marche en vrac !! ou les medicaments ne sont pas perimés ...
plutot japon australie que birmanie et laos ....
la DCI est le nom chimique de la molecule ex paracetamol pour DOLIPRANE (nom de marque ) ibuprofene pour ADVIL , ....
autant le nom commercial varie selon les pays autant la DCI est constante (exception justement le paracetamol s'appelle acetaminophen au US 🙁)
Je suis dans le même cas de toi et suis partie pour une durée d'au moins un an il y a un mois.
Pour ma part, je voyage uniquement en Asie (Népal, Inde, Thailande, Laos, Cambodge, Malaisie)...
Perso, je suis partie avec mon traitement pour quelques mois, et une amie, qui vient me rendre visite d'ici deux mois m'apportera quelques autres mois... J'ai prévu en tout le traitement pour une durée de 16 mois.
Je déconseillerais d'acheter son lévothyrox sur place, pour la simple raison que le traitement doit être le plus stable possible, et qu'un changement de marque peut influencer fortement l'absorption (différences d'excipients) et donc les dosages sanguins.
De plus, ce serait con de te faire refiler un faux médicament, c'est quand même un traitement vital.
Par contre, perso, pour que ca prenne moi de place dans le sac, moi qui prend habituellement du 100µg, je me suis fait prescrire du 200µg, que je coupe en deux. (L'absorption étant sur plusieurs jours, une micro différence de dosage d'un jour à l'autre n'est pas grave). Donc, deux fois moins de plaquettes à emporter...
N'empêche que ca + la pilule pour un an + le traitement palu pour 6mois étant donné que je vais dans des zones très à risques, ben oui ca prends de la place...
Merci pour vos réponses!
Pour ma part je ne pourrais pas jouer sur la quantité de plaquettes à emmener (comme tu dis 200 au lieu de 100) j'ai un dosage intermédiaire qui m'oblige à prendre 2 boîtes (100 et 75) pour 137,5 (soit un de 100 et 1/2 de 75). Par contre j'essaierai de ne pas prendre les boîtes et je verrai pour m'en faire envoyer en poste restante.
Savez-vous combien celà peut coûter d'envoyer 12 boîtes (soit 6 mois de traitement pour moi) en poste restante. Grosso modo j'imagine bien que les tarifs ne sont pas fixes mais je n'ai aucune idée des prix?
Bonjour je suis dans le même cas. Je n'ai plus de thyroïde depuis 2005, j'ai donc un traitement à vie.
Je pars au mois de mars 2012 avec mon vélo pour une période d'au moins 10 ans et le problème se pose au niveau du contrôle. Il est préférable d'aller toujours dans le même labo et ce ne sera pas mon cas. J'en ai parlé à mon médecin mais il n'avait pas l'air préoccupé, trop impatient de finir sa journée.
Je pense à aller voir un médecin des voyages à Paris pour en savoir plus sur la suite à donner. Qu'en pensez-vous ?
meme en cas de methodes d'analyse differente ou de reactifs differents les labo mettent les normes à cote du resultat
il faudra interpreter tes resultats en fonction de ces normes
il faudra à moins avis tenir surtout compte de ton ressenti
qd on est en hypo ou en hyper on finit par le savoir
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It’s the bite that transmits the disease.
There are so-called "furious" forms with aggression, but also forms without aggression.
In case of a bite, in addition to standard wound care, tetanus prevention… rabies prevention is essential.
Stay careful out there…
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