What medicines are in your "first aid kit" for Disney trips

[bride03]

I am trying to pack medicine for the trip.

I am basically packing...
Birth Control
Midol
Vitamins
Neosporin
Ibprofen/tylenol PM
Benedryl
Hydrocortisone
Decongestant
Imodium AD
Tums
Pepto-Bismol
Sinus Medicine

How do you pack these? I am trying to think of a way to take a medicine pack that is really small. It's just for my husband and I. I guess the best way would probably be to put it in a ziplock and just take a couple of each? Tell me your medicine secrets!!!

 

[PrincessCandaceMarie]

band aids, q tips. cotton balls, higher sunscreen than usual

 

[oogieboogie]

I bring:

Advil liquid-gels
Neosporin
Anti-itch cream
Children's Tylenol
My inhaler

That's it. Typically we have a rental car so if I need any medicine, I can run up to Walgreens real quick. Other than that, in 6 trips I haven't needed anything else other than Dayquil one time.

 

[nkkilala]

Here is what I bring with me on every trip

Tylenol
Advile
Excedrine
Prilosec (sp)
Zyrtec
Benedryl
Nyquil
Dayquil
Any leftover antibiotics (mom is doctor)
Aloe
That is about it!! Now I don't bring it into the park. Sometimes I just bring in a few painkillers.

 

[Skylarr29]

every stomache medicine known to man kind lol...... immodium , tums, gas x, mylanta, pepto... and I am not exagerating lol.... a tummy ache could kill a vacation!!!! Be prepared lol

 

[mikkiblueeyes]

I don't want any of my Disney vacation money having to go towards overpriced medicine so I pack a "mini" medicine cabinet.

Advil
Bandaids(all sizes)
Benedryl
Cortisone Cream
Alka Seltzer
Imodium
Dramamine
Thermometer
Nexium
Cold Medicines
Dental floss picks
q-tips

I take a bit of each and it all goes in a ziplock bag which goes in the backpack that we carry with us to the parks each day.

 

[bride03]

I agree that any kind of feeling bad can really cause a bad time!!

I also like the comment about overpriced meds. I do not want to spend my money on medicine at DISNEY!!!!!!

Keep the ideas coming!

 

[NCombs]

Aloe gel for sunburn relief.

 

[sugermouse]

CASH.....................

 

[BrinxFam]

Sounds silly but we take just about every medication we have in the cabinet at home. It would be my luck that if I didn't have it someone would need it so I take it along just in case. DH laughs at me for packing a medicine cabinet in a bag but he's grateful if he needs anything!

 

[minkydog]

I keep daily meds and my first aid kit in my hotel room. Then I only take small amounts of first aid med into the park--small tin of tylenol, a few bandaids in a snack bag, a roll of tums, some chewable peptos, some hand sanitizer. I carry it in my fanny pack. When we go, we take the 3 kids and I've been able to pretty much treat anything so far.

 

[lilfroggie]

On our last trip, I took many different medicines!! The only one I used was the Neosporin! And the thing I didn't bring (Pepto) only cost me $4.00. So my feeling is, only bring medications you regularly use (or things you KNOW you will need...like Aloe!) and then if you need something else... buy it! You will probably end up even ($$ wise) in the end!

 

[crazee4mickey]

We took all of the above plus we took drops for ear aches .
Plus I wish I would have known about this before the trip as I ended up feeling off balance/dizzy at WDW(inner ear from RnR) and my doctor told me to take "Bonamine"(an anti nauseant for prevention and treatment of nausea, dizziness, etc.) and it cleared up quickly---its just I spent 7 days at WDW feeling like I was going to tip over when if I had known to take this sooner it would have been better!

 

[melaniemiller2002]

Any leftover antibiotics (mom is doctor)

I'm hoping that you are not using antibiotics that were left over from a prescribed dose...nor are you administering antibiotics without knowing whether the illness or condition is viral or bacterial in nature. I'm not trying to be a jerk but I work in an ICU and see way too many patients spend their last few months of life fighting a bug that has become resistant to every antibiotic known to man because people decide to take 3/4 of their prescribed doses, then "save" the rest for a rainy day. Or they run to the doctor for every little sniffle for a prescription of antibiotics.

I've worked really hard to re-educate my MIL on antibiotics (she was one of those "savers"). This woman used to have at least 3 or 4 bottles of leftover antibiotics that she would then use when she thought she had bronchitis (95% is viral and antibiotics are useless) or when she felt like she was getting the flu (again, viral and antibiotics don't work).

I'm sorry...this wasn't meant to be a soapbox speech. *stepping down from the box now*

Melanie

 

[monarchsfan16]

I brought Advil, Benadryl and Sudafed with me on my last trip and that treated all my problems. My mom also had cough drops and Dimetapp with her but those were luckily unecessary. The only thing I carried into the parks with me was my Sudafed, because for the first couple of days I was still getting rid of the lasting effects of NH spring cold and allergy. My mom had Advil in her pocketbook, but I never needed that. We were staying on property, so if I badly needed something that I didn't have on me, but that was in our medicine bag I easily could have gotten back to the room. But if I had needed any of the stuff that was in our medicine bag, chances are I would have been sick enough to need a nap anyway, so going back to the room wouldn't have been an inconvinience.
Just as a word of advice, I'd keep the decongestants in your carry on bag if you're flying. There is nothing more painful than that climb to 35000 feet if you're congested.
Bandaids are super important. During bug season (alright it's always bug season there) I'd suggest caladryl or some sort of anti itch stuff.

 

[meandtheguys2]

We always make sure we have an allergy med (usually claritin). I never know what kind of pollen will affect one of the crew.

 

[cosmo531]

does beer count as a medicine? cuz after a whole day of the crowds and the summer heat..it sure felt medicinal!!!

 

[Disney29]

Imitrex
Imitrex injections
Imitrex nasal spray



No joke! Don't leave home without it!

 

[TSWJan78]

Ok I will admit... I raid the medicine cabinet at work.... I usually pick up a bottle of advil and some immodium but then I grad a few of the packs or 2 pills each or the others and throw them in a ziplock baggie... I return what ever we do not use on out trip but I have a bunch of different size bandaids, some single use blistex packs along with any kind of med under the sun...

 

[Leota]

Along with my perscription meds, I take a little bottle that has several advil, tums, zantac, compazine, ambien,bonine & zofran in it. It's small enough to toss in my fanny pack. Usually that's all I carry into the Parks, if I even carry that.

If we are planning a long day at the Parks without a resort break, I have a Park Pack that I throw in my backpack which includes the bottle of PRN meds as well as a tiny first aid kit the size of maybe a credit card. In it are a few bandaids, a few alcohol swabs, a one use neosporin - just enough to tide you over until you can get to first aid.

I have found that First Aid can give you anything you need except perscription drugs.