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Medication On Airplane
Hi All,
I have just been told that medication will stop working if you are on a flight of more than 2 hours. The person who told me is convinced, but I cannot find anything to back it up.
Has anyone else heard of this, or has she fallen for a wind up?
Thanks
Mark
I have just been told that medication will stop working if you are on a flight of more than 2 hours. The person who told me is convinced, but I cannot find anything to back it up.
Has anyone else heard of this, or has she fallen for a wind up?
Thanks
Mark
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I have a relation whose job (flight nurse) is to assist seriously ill persons who have to travel by plane from the place where they were taken ill/injured to their home hospital. Most flights being over 6 hours long .So in answer to your question,No medication will not stop working otherwise they would not move these sick patience at all.
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heathfield there is NOTHING in that link that says that medication stops working on planes. Factors mentioned are stress, dry air, changes of time zone, lower air pressure and lower oxygen content (which may potentiate medicine). In any case, would be careful about taking notice of what that website says. It may say that its "not for Profit" but it has a shop (which by the way in not accessible because of a broken link) and an ebay shop which no longer exists either. The statements are made with no reference to any research or reliable medical journals. If they said that the sky was blue, i would go out and check before believing them.