How to organize prescription medicine for an extended (>3 months) travel in Australia and New Zealand?

1. How do I pack prescription drugs for international travel?
2. Can I use an Australian prescription in New Zealand?
3. How many months medication can a doctor prescribe?
4. How do I send medicine to New Zealand?
5. Do you have to declare prescription drugs at customs?
6. Do you need to declare medication at Customs?
7. Can I buy medicine with foreign prescription in New Zealand?
8. Can doctors see what other doctors prescribe you?
9. Can prescriptions be filled internationally?
10. Does a doctor know when a prescription is filled?
11. Do GPs make money from prescriptions?
12. Can doctors refuse to give prescriptions?

How do I pack prescription drugs for international travel?

Pack smart and put your medicines in your carry-on luggage. You don't want to be stuck without them if your suitcase gets lost! Bring enough medicine to last your whole trip, plus a little extra in case of delays. Keep medicines in their original, labeled containers.

Can I use an Australian prescription in New Zealand?

You can legally bring three-months worth of prescribed medication into New Zealand. Any more and you will need a note from your doctor to show at Biosecurity. Find out more in Arrival Advice: Biosecurity and Customs in New Zealand. Prescription medication is the same price in all pharmacies in New Zealand.

How many months medication can a doctor prescribe?

A standard prescription is valid for 6 months from the date on the prescription, unless the medicine prescribed contains a controlled medicine. The date on the prescription can be: the date it was signed by the health professional who issued it, or.

How do I send medicine to New Zealand?

The medicine needs to be in its original container. You may import (either by mail/courier or in person) up to three months' worth of medicine into New Zealand (or six months' if it is an oral contraceptive). More information about importing prescription medicines into New Zealand is on the Medsafe website.

Do you have to declare prescription drugs at customs?

Traveling with medication: Travelers must declare all medicine and similar products when entering the United States. Prescription medications should be in their original containers with the doctor's prescription printed on the container.

Do you need to declare medication at Customs?

You don't have to declare it. There's no question in the firm about medications. In the exceedingly unlikely event a customs officer asks her if she's carrying meds she should answer honestly.

Can I buy medicine with foreign prescription in New Zealand?

It is illegal to import a prescription medicine without reasonable excuse. If you wish to import this medicine you will need to provide Medsafe with an original signed prescription or letter from a New Zealand doctor.

Can doctors see what other doctors prescribe you?

At least 47 states have started adding drug monitoring data from one or more nearby states so that physicians can see whether patients are receiving medications from prescribers in other states.

Can prescriptions be filled internationally?

If you have a prescription from an overseas provider, you can fill it at a military pharmacy, but there are some limits: The prescription must be from an authorized, licensed health care provider. Military pharmacies stock drugs on the Basic Core Formulary.

Does a doctor know when a prescription is filled?

Pharmacies keep a hard copy of prescriptions. If the physician provided the patient with a hand-written script, the physician can contact the pharmacy to confirm that script was filled.

Do GPs make money from prescriptions?

GPs who dispense their own drugs are costing the NHS millions by prescribing more expensive medicines that turn them a profit, a study has concluded.

Can doctors refuse to give prescriptions?

A physician has an absolute right to practice as they deem fit and have no obligation to prescribe or refill medications unless medically necessary.