Time differences

[Lisajack1]

So flying to America and then on to Mexico tomorrow. Trying to work out meds on bisoprolol. If take before flying at eleven then have eleven hour flight with time difference will mean I need to take next daily dose st eleven their time at night ? Any other suggestions. Thanks this forum is very helpful

[PeterWh]

What time of day do you normally take it and have you adjusted today for GMT?

[Lisajack1 in reply to PeterWh]

I usually take in the afternoon but that's because when starting to take a week ago someone said better to take later in the day but flying at eleven in the morning tomorrow and thinking sound be better to take before I fly ?

[Gertsen in reply to Lisajack1]

I take mine at 6pm and did the same when travelling to the USA and Mexico. It gets a bit confused with the time difference but I tried to stick to 6pm and it was fine. Have a great trip.

[paulh1 in reply to Gertsen]

Did the same when we went to Italy a few weeks ago.

[gateman]

On a similar theme, I'm off to Australia soon. I take apixaban. Does anybody know if there is any problem with taking a dose a few hours early. Is there any danger in overlapping?

[PeterWh in reply to gateman]

See the reply I wrote in another post:

healthunlocked.com/afassoci...

[Gertsen in reply to gateman]

My GP said to take it a few hours late rather that early if that helps. I did that when going to the states and it worked fine. Have a good trip.

[PeterWh in reply to Gertsen]

Don't follow that logic especially as certainly apixaban can be double dosed. Also told the opposite.

Even with warfarin which is much slower acting and is a reservoir effect I was told better to take 2 hours early rather than 2 hours late.

[Gertsen in reply to PeterWh]

I think she was worried about bleeding😳

[Von19]

I was advised to take my medication at the same time I would have had I been in England

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I recently flew to Boston. In the UK my pill regime is as follows: 06:00 Flecainide 08:00 Diltiazem and Apixaban. 18:00 Flec and 20:00 Apixaban. A few days prior to leaving, I shifted the times by about 2 hours so that by the time I was in Boston, I was virtually in my normal time range and as far as I can recall, it did not interfere with normal sleep patterns. Coming back was easier coz we were on a boat so there was never more than 1 hour change in a day. I tended to be more cautious about the apixaban timings. Back now 2 weeks and no after effects.

Hope this helps....ps, I used the iPad clock so I could keep a handle on the times in Boston prior to leaving

Good luck, and have a fantastic holiday......John

just realised you will already be there!!!!!!