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Travel & competition

Your medications should be
as competition-ready as you are.

Plan access, timing and documentation before you leave.

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Athlete packing for travel

Start with your trip

What kind of travel is this?

Each one changes what needs planning and how early.

Plan backwards from departure

The travel timeline.

Most medication problems abroad are timing problems at home. Work backwards.

30 days before
  • Review medication supply
  • Check refill eligibility
  • Confirm destination requirements
  • Identify documentation needs
  • Review restricted or controlled medications
14 days before
  • Coordinate refills
  • Obtain documentation
  • Review storage and transportation
  • Confirm time-zone questions with the appropriate professional
72 hours before
  • Pack medications in original containers
  • Keep essential medication in carry-on luggage
  • Save documentation securely
  • Confirm emergency contacts
  • Recheck supply

What to plan for

Key guidance areas.

The nine things that most often go wrong.

⏱Time-zone changesDosing intervals shift when the clock does. Confirm with the appropriate professional.
❄Refrigerated medicationsCold-chain has to survive the whole journey, including delays.
⚠Controlled medicationsThe highest-scrutiny category. Documentation is not optional.
▤Original containersLabeled, in your name, not a pill organizer.
✉DocumentationCarried with you, not packed in the hold.
⚠Lost or delayed medicationHave the contingency information ready before you need it.
⏯Extended staysSupply beyond the planned return date.
↻Schedule changesCompetition dates move. Your supply plan should absorb that.
⚑Emergency sourcingKnow who to call, in advance.

If something goes wrong

Lost, delayed or damaged medication.

Have this information to hand before you travel. Assembling it under pressure, abroad, is the worst time.

Medication name and strengthExact product, not a description.
Prescription informationNumber, date and prescribing clinician.
Prescriber contactA number that will be answered in your time zone.
Pharmacy contactYour home pharmacy, and SportPharm.
Insurance informationPolicy details and any international coverage.
Relevant documentationCopies stored somewhere you can reach without your luggage.

What you receive

A planning checklist, not medical instructions.

☶A trip-specific checklistBuilt from your dates, destination and current prescriptions.
✉Documentation guidanceWhat to gather and what to carry.
⏱Timing considerationsQuestions to confirm with the appropriate professional.
⚑Escalation contactsWho to reach and when.
⇄Shareable with your teamSend the plan to a representative or care-team member.

Important limitations

What this plan is not.

Read this before you rely on it

A travel plan is preparation, not medical direction.

  • We do not provide dosing instructions — changes to timing are a conversation with your prescribing clinician.
  • We do not determine what is legal at your destination; requirements change and are set by that jurisdiction.
  • We do not guarantee that medication will clear customs or be available abroad.
  • A plan reflects the information available when it was made. Confirm before departure.

Where it leads

Related support.

Clean SportDocumentation and eligibility questions before you compete.→Medication & Supplement ReviewGet the routine reviewed before you plan around it.→Concierge PharmacyOngoing refill and travel coordination.→Recovery & ReturnManaging an injury while traveling.→

Build my travel plan

Plan it before you pack it.

Send your trip details and we will build a checklist around your dates, destination and current prescriptions.

Build my travel plan →

This is educational pharmacy planning support. It does not provide dosing instructions, determine what is permitted at your destination, or replace guidance from your prescribing clinician.