Bonjour,
Je suis épileptique (et je fais des crises d'angoisse également) et je me fais énormément de soucis pour mon voyage aux USA (j'ai déjà fait bcp de voyage mais les USA, ça rigole pas! C'est la première fois que j'y vais et j'ai TRES peur de me faire confisquer mes médicaments).
Je prends toujours une grande quantité de médicaments avec moi (environ pour 2 mois et je pars pour 2 semaines) car j'ai peur d'avoir un problème sur place. Je mets les médicaments dans mon bagage à main, dans celui de mon compagnon et dans la soute (partout en fait, on sait jamais). Je prends également la pilule, du fer et un antidépresseur (prescription de 3 médecins différents).
En ce qui concerne l'ordonnance des antiépileptiques (et des autres), mon neurologue la fait à la main et je vois pas qu'est ce qu'il faut traduire??? Il y a mon nom, celui du médicament, que mettre de plus???
J'ai peur qu'avec tout ces médicaments, la douane me pose problème. Avez-vous un conseil pour moi?
Merci d'avance
(PS: c'est la première fois pour moi que j'écris dans un forum)
Faut pas s'en faire. Les Américains sont tous médicamentés alors votre pharmacie (et les documents) ne les impressionnera pas. Sauf peut-être l'histoire des 2 mois de provisions pour un voyage de 2 semaines.
Bonjour,
Merci pour votre réponse.
J'ai des copies de mes ordonnances en "français". Les originales sont à la pharmacie. Ça devrait être ok alors ?
Merci encore, cordialement
Cyrielle
Normallement aucun soucis si ce n'est la quantité . Pourquoi en prendre pour deux mois? En avoir un peut plus pour le cas ou OK mais là.
Je vous conseille de vérifier que la molécule que vous utilisé est bien autorisé aux USA et d'avoir les ordonnances traduites en Anglais en cas de contrôle .
Sinon bon voyage.
Bonjour,
Merci vraiment à tous de vos réponses c'est très gentil.
Pour vous répondre pour la quantité, j'en mets:
1. dans la valise si elle est égarée,
2. dans mon bagage cabine,
3. dans le bagage cabine de mon compagnon
Pour que: si un des 3 venait à disparaître, bagage en soute perdu, vol des bagages cabines, confiscation d'un des bagage cabine, confiscation des 2 bagages cabines, j'ai quand même 3 chances d'arriver avec mes médicaments à bon port, comme le proverbe le dit, "il ne faut pas mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier".
J'ai donc avec moi 3 fois 2 mois de médicaments. Pourquoi? Car si je devais être retenue sur place pour une raison ou une autre, j'aurais de quoi tenir 2 mois, le temps qu'on puisse m'envoyer des médicaments depuis la Suisse car ils ne sont pas substituables et je n'ai trouvé sur aucun site internet pour savoir si mes 2 médicaments antiépileptiques sont présents aux USA. Et vu que je fais des crises d'angoisse également, ça me rassure d'avoir beaucoup de médicaments.
J'ai vu dans une discussion qu'il faut mettre dans les boîtes d'origine. Si je le fais, je me retrouve avec 7 boîtes différentes, ça fait beaucoup et ça peut paraître suspect aux rayons X tous ces rectangles...
Alors si je comprends, il me faut une ordonnance traduite en anglais mais que faut-il traduire? Mon nom reste le même, le nom du médicament aussi...
Il faut mettre la posologie en anglais??? La molécule en anglais??? Mais la molécule, je pense que c'est universel la dénomination??? Concrètement que dois-je demander à mon neurologue?
Il ne faut pas vous inquieter.
Nous avons fait un séjour de 3 semaines il y a deux ans aucun souci pour les médicaments.
Ma fille est allergique et asmathique.J'ai pris avec moi son ordonnance non traduite les médicaments (il y avait une autre ordonnance dans son bagage à soute avec un double des médicaments) .
Plus nous avions une ordonnance du médecin avec noter une prescription de doliprane, smecta (au cas ou) etc.
Bonjour,
Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse.
Alors: ordonnance normale en français lors du passage en douane, Est-ce que ce doit être une originale ou une copie de celle que j'ai fournie à ma pharmacie? + copie ordonnance dans la soute avec les médicaments. Est-ce qu'il faudrait une faite par ordinateur ou celle à la main suffit?
Est-ce que vous vous êtes faite contrôlée?
Merci encore!
Cyrielle
Aucun soucis ... au mois de Mai à LAX ils m'ont vidé mon sac à dos que j'avais comme bagage à mains ... ils ont vus mes médocs et n'ont rien dit du tout
Bonjour,
Oui et non... C'est vrai qu'à voir de l'extérieur, ça paraît exagéré, mais ça me rassure... Je peux être séparée de mon bagage dans diverse situation: vol, confiscation à la douane et perte entre autre... Je veux mettre toutes les chances de mon côté pour arriver à bon port avec mes médicaments (INDISPENSABLES)... Dans la soute aussi... C'est toujours le même problème... On peut me confisquer les médicaments des 2 bagages cabine et peut-être pas ceux de la soute et vice-versa... Et si je peux m'éviter une crise d'angoisse, qui, entre parenthèse, peut mener à une crise d'épilepsie, je préfère agir de la sorte...
Merci pour le message
Voici la réponse de Cyrielle pour tous le monde
Bonne soirée
Hélène
Bonjour,
Vu que je suis nouvelle membre, je ne peux plus poster de messages, les prochains seulement dans 24h. C'est bizarre...
Alors je vous envoie ce message privé pour expliquer pourquoi je ne réponds plus.
Je vous remercie d'avoir pris la peine de me donner vos conseils.
Bonne journée
Meilleures salutations
Cyrielle
PS: pouvez-vous éventuellement poster ce message pour moi afin d'expliquer à tout le monde? Merci d'avance
Je vous remercie tous d'avoir prêté attention à mon cas et d'avoir apporté des réponses.
Pour ceux à qui ça intéressent, je suis allée chez mon neurologue cet après-midi et il en ressort ceci:
1. il m'a fait une ordonnance citant la molécule au lieu du nom du médicament (Lamotrigine au lieu de Lamictal, ....) avec la posologie et le type de boîte, je dirais pas que c'est en anglais mais plutôt une manière de dire universelle, toutes les langues peuvent comprendre cette ordonnance
2. il m'a fait une "carte sanitaire internationale d'urgence sanitaire épilepsie", en anglais: "internationaler epilepsie notfallausweis", il y a TOUT dedans! Pour les épileptiques, à faire absolument!
ENFIN! Je suis très rassurée, je ne vais plus angoisser avec ça!
Euh j'espère ne pas vous angoisser mais
internationaler epilepsie notfallausweis ce n'est pas de l'anglais mais de l'allemand😊. En anglais se serait epilepsy awarness card mais je pense que c'est la même chose : c'est une sorte de carte qui récapitule les noms du traitement et la posologie c'est ça ? Si la carte est rédigée en anglais pas de soucis et même en allemand le nom de la molécule devrait être la même mais assurez vous que la posologie soit bien en anglais tout de même.
Mais quelle gourde!!! Vous ne m'embêtez pas... Il me semblait bien que c'était de l'allemand! hihihi ! Je sais plus où me mettre 😊 !!!
Alors en anglais c'est "international epilepsy emergency card". J'ai attaché une photo de la première page avec mon message précédent...
C'est une carte qui se plie en accordéon. J'ai regardé sur internet et j'ai trouvé une carte vierge pour vous montrez en attaché en bas de mon message (le site c'est http://www.schuleundkrankheit.de/krankheitsbilder/chronisch-somatische-krankheiten/epilepsie).
Oui, la carte récapitule les noms du traitement, la posologie et toutes les différentes sortent de dose. En plus, il y a des consignes de ce qu'il faut faire et ne pas faire à l'attention de l'hôpital pour mon cas! C'est vraiment trop bien!
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