The content of a travel pharmacy varies and depends not only on your state of health and the countries you will be visiting. What are also important are the time you will spend in the country, the time of year, whether you will be visiting cities, tourist areas or the countryside where it may be difficult to get hold of medications.
In many tropical countries, access to sterile medical care equipment is very limited. During longer stays in these countries, it may be a good idea to bring along your own sterile syringes and needles in case you end up in an emergency situation requiring treatment.

Inspection of medications is often quite different from what we are used to here at home. Pharmaceuticals, which due to their side effects are not allowed in your home country, may be freely purchased in many countries. It may therefore be wise to bring any medications you need with you from home. If you nevertheless find that you need to buy any medicine abroad, only do so after you have consulted a doctor.
In order to avoid problems if your luggage is lost or delayed, it is important that you take your medicines with you in your carry-on luggage. Moreover, if you keep your medicines in their original cartons, this will make it easy for you to present it to the staff at customs.

Personal Medicines
Bring sufficient amounts of the medicines that you regularly use and check their expiry dates.
No matter how careful you are, medicines can get lost. Therefore, it might be a good idea before your departure to write down the names of the most important medicines. The commercial name is often different from one country to another, so you should also note the chemical (generic) name of the medicine.
You should also have a doctor’s certificate that indicates your illness and which medicines you use.

With regard to any narcotic medications - see more under the heading ”Travellers with Certain Illnesses or Handicaps”.

In Case of Emergency - ICE
Save the telephone numbers of your relatives in your mobile telephone under the name ICE + the person’s name. That way, the rescue and medical personnel can quickly contact your relatives in case of an accident.
In order for the number to work internationally, use the plus sign, the international prefix for your country, omit the first zero and then the mobile number. Enter several contact persons under ICE-1, ICE-2 etc.
For example: ICE-1 Robert Smith + countryprefix  70 91223 456
Remember to inform the person whose telephone number you state as an ICE number.