Malaria pills, altitude medicine, a standby antibiotic for traveller's diarrhea, motion sickness, and advice on vaccines. Vaccines themselves are given at a pharmacy or travel clinic; the written consultation tells you which ones matter for your trip. $95, charged only when a clinician replies to you.
A Canadian physician or nurse practitioner replies to you in writing, within 24 hours. Any prescription goes straight to your pharmacy. No account, no booking, nothing to set up until the end.
An intake, not a chat with a clinician: a few questions, then a physician or nurse practitioner replies in writing.
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Just talk. Nothing to sign up for.
It is the part of a travel clinic that can be done in writing: a physician or nurse practitioner reviews your destinations, dates and health, prescribes what your trip calls for and tells you which vaccines matter. The vaccines themselves need an arm at a pharmacy or travel clinic, and yellow fever only at a designated centre.
Tell us the countries and regions, the dates and what you will be doing. If the destination has malaria, the clinician chooses the pill that suits you and sends the prescription to your pharmacy, with the start date and how to take it.
Malaria tablets used in Canada are atovaquone-proguanil, doxycycline, mefloquine, tafenoquine and chloroquine. Which one depends on the destination, how long you stay, your health and what you have tolerated before; the clinician chooses, and some are not suitable for some people.
Yes, when the trip goes above about 2,500 metres. The usual altitude sickness tablets are a prescription medicine and is not used with a sulfa allergy; the reply also covers how to climb and what to watch for.
The reply can include a standby antibiotic to carry, with instructions on when to use it, and advice on food, water and rehydration.
At a pharmacy or a travel clinic; yellow fever only at a designated yellow fever centre. The written consultation tells you which vaccines matter for your trip and which you likely already have, so the visit is short.
No. There is nothing to book: you write when it suits you, a clinician replies within 24 hours, and the only visit is to the pharmacy or the vaccine clinic the reply points you to.
Four to six weeks before you leave is ideal, because some vaccines take two weeks to work. Later still helps: malaria pills and altitude medicine work on short notice, and the reply says what is still worth getting.
No. Travel medicine is not an insured service in any province, which is why travel clinics charge for it.
$95 for the written travel consultation, charged only when a clinician replies. Medicines and vaccines are paid at the pharmacy.
For now, one traveller per request: each person needs their own, because each gets their own prescription under their own name. The trip details take a minute to repeat.
I've run out of my blood pressure pills and my family doctor retired last month. Can I get a refill?
Yes. I've sent three months of your blood pressure medication to your pharmacy. Please have your blood pressure checked within the month so your next renewal is straightforward.
Not covered by provincial health plans — your own doctor or a walk-in clinic remains free.