Travel medicine guide

Travel medicine prevention online in Virginia and West Virginia

This guide is for healthy adult travelers seeking prevention prescriptions before a trip, not for treating an active illness, for required vaccines, or for pregnancy, immunocompromise, or complex itineraries.

Start online

Start a $59 online review for Travel medicine (prevention).

Travel medicine covers prevention before a trip: malaria prophylaxis for mosquito-borne risk and a standby antibiotic for travelers' diarrhea (altitude-sickness prevention is handled by the dedicated altitude-sickness-prevention visit). For a healthy adult planning ahead, these prescriptions are often a good online service. Required vaccines (yellow fever, typhoid), pregnancy, a weakened immune system, or a complex itinerary need an in-person travel clinic, and an illness you already have needs treatment, not prevention.

If treatment is appropriate, your physician can send a non-controlled prescription to your pharmacy and provide portal instructions for the next step.

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Quick facts

You must be physically located in Virginia or West Virginia at the time of request.
Starts at $59
No insurance needed
No app download
Physician review around the clock
Non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy when appropriate
A work or school note can be included when medically appropriate
Response times apply 24/7, every day

Common symptoms

An upcoming trip to a malaria-risk area
Travel to a region where travelers' diarrhea is common
Wanting to plan prevention ahead of departure

May fit online care

Adults 18 and older
A healthy adult planning prevention before travel
Enough lead time to start prophylaxis on schedule
No need for in-clinic travel vaccines through this visit
Not pregnant; no complex medical condition

Look for another care setting

You are already sick and need treatment
You need yellow fever, typhoid, or other travel vaccines
Pregnancy, a weakened immune system, or a complex itinerary
A G6PD deficiency or other contraindication to the medicines

What to have ready

Your destination(s) and travel dates
What you want to prevent (malaria, diarrhea)
Whether you need vaccines
Medical conditions, allergies (especially sulfa), current medications, and whether you could be pregnant

What happens next

Standard

$59

Within 6 hours

Priority

$99

Within 3 hours

Rush

$149

Within 1 hour

Start the request on the website, answer a few questions to check that this visit fits you, and choose how fast you want an answer (the response window). If your concern still fits this service, a physician reviews it and sends you a secure update after you sign in. When appropriate, non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy, and a basic work or school note can be included at physician discretion.

Your physician

Every visit is personally reviewed by Ankur Fadia, MD. He is board-certified, has extra training in heart care (a cardiology fellowship), and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, a medical honor society. He is licensed in Virginia and West Virginia, and your care is never handed off to someone else.

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What can be prescribed online for travel?

For healthy adults: malaria prevention pills (atovaquone-proguanil or doxycycline) and a standby antibiotic for travelers' diarrhea, along with prevention advice. Altitude sickness prevention has its own separate visit. Timing matters, so plan ahead.

Can I get travel vaccines here?

No. Vaccines like yellow fever and typhoid must be given at an in-person travel clinic. We can handle the prescription medicines and refer you for any vaccines you need.

When should I plan my visit?

Well before you leave. Some malaria medicines must be started days before travel, and vaccines need time too.

Other conditions we treat

Not quite what you have? Here are other conditions we treat.

Altitude sickness prevention Motion sickness Tick bite prevention