Medicines and other essentials to carry

Following medicines are recommended for this kind of high altitude treks. Quantity based on the no, of people in the group :
Some Essentials :

  1. Sunscreen
  2. Cold cream
  3. Lip balm
  4. Wet wipes
  5. Toilet paper
  6. Nail cutter + swiss knife

Essential Medicines :

  1. Electral – lots of it – to avoid dehydration. and to be taken everyday while trekking
  2. Chlorine tablets for water (after a point in the trek, one do not have access to bottled water)
  3. Iodex
  4. Vicks vaporub
  5. Crepe bandages
  6. Gauze
  7. Cotton
  8. Dettol, Savlon
  9. Band aids
  10. Paracetamol – for fever – Crocin etc.
  11. Analgesic – pain relief, headaches – dispirin etc.
  12. For Nausea – Avomine
  13. For Diarrhea – Eno, Pudin hara, Electral, Imodium etc.
  14. For constipation – Isabgol
  15. Anti biotics + Vitamin B
3 Comments
  1. Reply

    Simran gupta

    January 31, 2012

    You take immodium for diarrhoea and not constipation!!

  2. Reply

    Simran gupta

    January 31, 2012

    Very well written blog.Thanks for sharing.Doing the trek end of April 2012

    • Reply

      Hemant Soreng

      January 31, 2012

      Have a good trek Simran…Kanchenjunga is the most beautiful peaks of all…even prettier than Everest IMO.
      Yes, you are right about immodium :-)

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