Plan one
works best where your destination is from two hours behind to six
hours ahead of UK time: Europe, Africa and east as far as India.
Plan two works best where the time difference is greater than this:
North and South America, southeast Asia, the far East and Australasia.
Plan three is as good as strategy two if you are on one or twice
daily medicines, with the same drugs morning and evening, and where
the time difference is more than nine hours either way (Australasia,
Japan, Korea, the Pacific including Hawaii).
All three plans can be useful. Clearly there are advantages and
disadvantages for each approach. It should be possible to plan ahead
for travel to find the most suitable changes for you and your medication.
This will depend on the time zone difference. |
Need
more info?
This article summarises a booklet that is being distributed to HIV
clinics and centres UK-wide. It contains detailed tables that tell
you how best to stagger your dosing schedule. If you’re planning
long-haul travel soon, ask your doctor for a copy. It is also available
by phoning the UKC on 020 7564 2180 and asking for the Travel Planner
Booklet.
This project has been made possible as
part of the Treatment Providers Initiative, which is funded by the
London HIV Commissioning Consortium, and with an unrestricted educational
grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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