Missed doses, illness and travel

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If you miss a dose

• Don't take two doses to catch up unless your prescriber has told you to.
• Check the leaflet. Some weekly medicines say how many days late you can still take a dose, and when to skip it instead.
• Log it as missed or skipped, so your record stays accurate.
• Ask your prescriber now what to do next time, so you're not guessing later.

If you're unwell

Vomiting, diarrhoea or not eating can matter, especially with medicines that affect blood sugar or appetite, like GLP-1 medicines. Contact your doctor or pharmacist if you can't keep fluids down, and ask whether to pause.

Before surgery or a procedure

Tell your surgeon and anaesthetist about everything you take, including peptides from outside a pharmacy. Some medicines, including GLP-1 medicines that slow stomach emptying, may need to be paused beforehand.

Travelling

• Bring your prescription or a doctor's letter, in the name on your passport.
• Keep medicines in your hand luggage, in their labelled packaging.
• Check the rules of the country you're going to, and of Australia when you come home.
• Across time zones, shift daily doses gradually by an hour or two a day, and keep weekly doses on the same day if you can.
• See the storage guide for keeping vials cold on the way.

Pausing a peptide

If your doctor tells you to pause, use "Pause" on the peptide in the app. Paused days won't count as missed, and you can resume with one tap.

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General information, not medical advice. Always follow your product's instructions and your healthcare professional.

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