Anyone got advice for going to France with a methotrexate injection? Allowed? (Eurostar btw).
do I you take a sharp bin? Are there tiny ones? and take to a pharmacy over there once used? Or would people expect me to delay dose til home again?
I will ask nurses but thought you guys may have good info and I can save nurses the hassle.
I want to look forward to a holiday but feeling a bit meh at planning this etc.
Thank you 🙏
First thing you need is a travel letter either from your clinic or the company who delivers your methotrexate. A small sharps bin may be possible but it is unlikely anyone in France will dispose of it for you. I would use a small Tupperware type box suitably labelled to take it home and dispose of as usual. If your condition is well controlled you could miss a dose without too many problems, after all we often have to do this before certain dental and medical procedures.
I’m opting for managing doses on run up that I can take a dose just as I leave home so don’t have to take a dose with me. Thinking ahead has given me the option - and I feel a lot better about it. Thanks 🙏
Yes, if I am well I miss it, or if not wanting to do that I have a small pot I put it in to bring home. If it is a syringe put the top back on. Have you got a pouch to keep it under 25° ? You can find them on line. I think one is a Frio travel wallet Enjoy your holiday
It is very hot here right now - over 30 degrees. So get a small cool bag or frio wallet!
Yes bring your doctor’s letter. And when I’m travelling I just pop the used needle back in the metoject box and bring it home. (With a frio wallet you need to have the box with you anyway)
You can get smaller NHS travel sharp boxes. I use these when travelling to USA.
I spent 3 months travelling in France but went by car/Eurotunnel so taking my 12v plug-in portable coolbox was easy but necessary for taking 3 months worth of Enbrel injections, which I assume have the same storage requirement as Methorexate injections. You can get small sharps bins but I just saved all the used ones up, put the caps back on and put them into an old ice cream tub to bring back with me. The doctor's letter is a must in case you're challenged at customs, though I always tell them I'm carrying injectable medication before they go through the X ray and I've never been stopped from taking my syringes to any country I've been to. Frio pouches are brilliant and I always use them when travelling for shorter trips.
Hi Pognose123,
Great advice from our wonderful community on here.
You can also check out this article written by an avid globetrotter with RA: nras.org.uk/resource/top-10...
And I hope you have a great time abroad 
Best wishes,
Hannah - NRAS
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