10/30/2024 Melatonin is generally used for eastward travel only, since westward travel is easier to adapt to naturally, making melatonin unnecessary unless travel spans 12 or more time zones.
6/17/2024 Vaccinations are an important—but not the only—component of any travel consultation.
12/4/2023 A 2022 U.S. survey found that 85% of parents reported being likely or very likely to travel as a family in the next 12 months, representing an increase from pre-pandemic levels of 70% in 2019.
4/13/2023 Whether through lack of knowledge or emergency, some patients simply won't have the typical time needed to handle pretravel health details.
8/4/2022 Older adults may take longer to adjust to changes in altitude or humidity, and be more prone to motion sickness, jet lag, insomnia and constipation.
3/22/2022 Consideration of the nature and duration of travel should be part of any interaction assessment.
6/21/2021 Strategies to reduce injection pain
7/8/2020 While travel is currently severely curtailed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists can use this opportunity to better familiarize themselves with travel health resources.
