Bangkok + Thai Islands · Travel Medicine
Thailand serves the food. The boats handle the swells. Bring a kit that handles both.
Get azithromycin and a backup script for motion sickness before the speedboat. A US-licensed provider reviews your visit and sends the Rx to your pharmacy in under 24 hours.
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One in three foreign travelers in Thailand reports diarrhea before week four ends. Bangkok food markets, beachside grills in Krabi, and the long-tail food runs around Phi Phi are exactly the environments where it happens. The CDC Yellow Book lists azithromycin as the first-line antibiotic for Southeast Asia because Campylobacter in Thailand resists ciprofloxacin at near 90 percent. Add a scopolamine patch or meclizine for the boat days between islands and an antispasmodic for the cramping, and the kit covers the three things most likely to take you off the beach.
Thailand travel health guide — vaccines, snapshot overview, and what to review before you go.
Orders are reviewed and prescriptions sent to your pharmacy within 24 hours.
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Your destination, dates, health history, and current medications. Takes about 2 minutes.
A licensed clinician reviews your health profile, checks for interactions, and approves your prescription.
- Allergy screen passed
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Your approved prescription is sent electronically to the pharmacy of your choice. Pick it up when your pharmacy has it ready.
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Medications in the Bangkok + Thai Beaches & Temples plan
Thailand medication FAQ
- Ciprofloxacin used to be the standard for traveler's diarrhea, but resistance broke that pattern in Southeast Asia. In a CDC-cited study of Campylobacter isolates from US military personnel in Thailand, 51 of 57 isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin. Resistance to azithromycin in the same set stayed under two percent. The CDC Yellow Book 2026 now lists azithromycin as first-line for Southeast Asia traveler's diarrhea for exactly this reason. Wandr's standard for Thailand is azithromycin 500 mg once daily for three days.
- No. The CDC does not recommend malaria chemoprophylaxis for the standard tourist circuit — Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi, Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Chiang Mai, or Chiang Rai city itself. Cases of malaria are rare to few in those areas, and the CDC recommends mosquito-bite prevention only. Chemoprophylaxis is recommended only if you are heading to specific border zones with Cambodia, Myanmar, or Malaysia, or into deep rural forested areas. If your itinerary includes any of those, talk to your Wandr provider about adding atovaquone-proguanil.
- Dengue is endemic year-round in Thailand with epidemic peaks in the rainy season (May to October). There is no chemoprophylaxis and no antiviral for dengue. Prevention is mosquito-bite avoidance during the day, when the Aedes mosquito that carries it is most active. Use EPA-registered repellents with DEET, picaridin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus, treat clothing with permethrin, and stay in air-conditioned or well-screened rooms when possible.
- Both work. The Thailand Beach & Temple Bundle uses meclizine (Antivert) because the typical Thai island-hopping day is shorter than the Philippines or Galápagos circuits — single long-tail rides, day-trip speedboats, or a single overnight ferry to Koh Tao. A 25 mg tablet taken 30 to 60 minutes before boarding covers most of those windows. If your trip includes multi-day liveaboard diving or a series of consecutive long ferry days, ask your provider about swapping meclizine for the Transderm Scop patch, which gives you 72 hours of coverage per patch.
- Three prescriptions in one visit. Azithromycin 500 mg once daily for three days to treat bacterial traveler's diarrhea — the first-line CDC Yellow Book choice for Southeast Asia. Meclizine 25 mg as needed for motion sickness on long-tail boats, speedboats, and the Surat Thani gulf crossings. Dicyclomine (Bentyl) 20 mg up to four times daily for the cramping that comes with TD — Wandr's standard pairing instead of OTC alternatives. Three risks, three prescriptions, one visit.
- Orders are reviewed by a US-licensed provider and the Rx is sent electronically to your pharmacy within 24 hours. Most travelers can pick it up the same day.
- After your provider approves the Rx, it's sent electronically to whichever pharmacy you choose during your visit. Your pharmacy will tell you when the medication is ready for pickup. You can use your pharmacy insurance to cover the medication itself.
- If a provider can't safely prescribe (rare, usually due to a contraindication), the visit fee is refunded in full. You only pay if the Rx is sent.
Go to Thailand with the right scripts in your bag.
Azithromycin for the food. Meclizine for the boats. Bentyl for the cramping. Reviewed by a US-licensed provider, ready at your pharmacy in under 24 hours.