2urgent questions
Re : anti diarrheal medication. Before starting a next trip where the poopsies may be a problem visit your doctor or a travel medicine clinic and ask for DUKORAL. It is an easy to take oral vaccine, two small doses taken a week apart and at least one week prior to risk exposure. For most people it will prevent getting travellers diarrhea for up to six months and it also protects against cholera for 2 years. For subsequent trips within 5 years a single booster dose provides continued protetion.
It does not protect against other parasites or contagious diseases so don't forget about demanding hygienically prepared food.
Having used DUKORAL for several years now I can vouch for its effectivenes against Montezuma's Revenge. For people with a very sensitive gut who would be totally wiped out by a bout of TD DUKORAL may not be 100% effective but a fellow traveller fitting that decription did report that the symptoms were vastly reduced to merely some belly rumbles and no panic trips to the latrina.
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