Tag: Medication Safety
- Travel Health Guides6 min read
Managing Diabetes on a Trip to Istanbul
Managing diabetes while travelling in Istanbul: packing insulin and supplies, heat and walking, Turkish food, time zones, sick days and warning signs.
- Tourist Healthcare Guides6 min read
Common Over-the-Counter Medicines and Their Turkish Names
Over the counter medicines in Turkey go by different names. Turkish spellings of common ingredients, symptom words and phrases to use with the pharmacist.
- Tourist Healthcare Guides6 min read
Antibiotics in Turkey: What Tourists Should Know
Antibiotics in Turkey are prescription medicines. When tourists need them, why pharmacies should not sell them over the counter and how to get help.
- Tourist Healthcare Guides6 min read
Finding a 24-Hour (Nöbetçi) Pharmacy in Istanbul
Need a 24 hour pharmacy in Istanbul? How the nöbetçi eczane rota works, how to find the nearest one at night or on Sunday, and useful Turkish phrases.
- Symptom Guides6 min read
Asthma Flare-Up While Travelling: A Practical Plan
Asthma flare-up while travelling in Istanbul: common triggers, what to pack, what to do if your inhaler runs out and the attack signs that need 112.
- Tourist Healthcare Guides6 min read
Bringing Medicines Into Turkey: Customs Rules for Travellers
Bringing medicines into Turkey: how much to pack, why original packaging and hand luggage matter, controlled drug rules and what to do if medicine is lost.
- Tourist Healthcare Guides6 min read
How Pharmacies Work in Turkey: A Tourist's Guide
How a pharmacy in Turkey works for tourists: opening hours, on-duty night pharmacies, prescriptions, medicine names and when to see a doctor instead.
- Hotel Doctor Guides6 min read
Understanding a Turkish Pharmacy Receipt After a Doctor Visit
The paper the eczane hands you is not just a till slip. Here is what each part of a Turkish pharmacy receipt means and why to keep it.
- Hotel Doctor Guides6 min read
Lost or Forgot Your Medication in Istanbul? Step-by-Step
Lost medication in Istanbul or forgot to pack it? A step-by-step plan: what a pharmacy can do, how a local prescription works and what cannot wait.