Any referrals for such a doc in the Phoenix area? My wife and I leave for Zim in May and since we're new to Phoenix area, don't know any of the medical community. Have been to Africa several times, but then we were living in other places. So our former tropical medicine specialists in San Diego and El Paso aren't a good option for us now.

This is a great forum with members that stay up to speed on all things hunting related. Would appreciate any leads.

http://www.travelclinicsofamer...ofiles/jmullins.html

Dr. Janet Mullins
16611 South 40th St #120
Phoenix, AZ 85048
Office: (480) 706-4100

Just wondering why you would want to go to a "travel doc"? If you know what prescriptions you want/need then your regular doc should be willing to write out those scripts. I know mine does. I just call his office, tell them I am going to Africa again, e-mail them what I need, then pick them up in a few days at my pharmacy.

Checking CDC if you have questions is also an easy task. I always look and see if any new suggestions have been added for my Country of Destination.

Larry Sellers
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Here in Seattle we are blessed with the University of Washington Travel Clinic. They treated me for some obscure African tick and advised me on high altitude health issues. I think a clinic like this is head and shoulders above some GP or ordinary clinic.

Travel medicine is a horse of an entirely different color than tropical medicine.

If all you want is updated meds for travel, your family doc can do that.

If you need some of the more specialized vaccines (Yellow Fever comes to mind) you will likely need a travel clinic. Most primary care clinics are not yellow fever certified.

If you come down with something after traveling, especially if your regular doc is not sure of what it is, then you need a tropical med specialist.

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Originally posted by crbutler:
Travel medicine is a horse of an entirely different color than tropical medicine.

If all you want is updated meds for travel, your family doc can do that.

If you need some of the more specialized vaccines (Yellow Fever comes to mind) you will likely need a travel clinic. Most primary care clinics are not yellow fever certified.

If you come down with something after traveling, especially if your regular doc is not sure of what it is, then you need a tropical med specialist.

not so. i got YF, polio booster, Hep A, and typhoid shots at my local county health department- all at a fraction of the cost of a travel clinic or private practice MD- i know because i checked the cost at several such places. under $300 for ALL the inoculations, complete with WHO certificates.

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
Just wondering why you would want to go to a "travel doc"? If you know what prescriptions you want/need then your regular doc should be willing to write out those scripts. I know mine does. I just call his office, tell them I am going to Africa again, e-mail them what I need, then pick them up in a few days at my pharmacy.

Checking CDC if you have questions is also an easy task. I always look and see if any new suggestions have been added for my Country of Destination.

Larry Sellers
SCI(International)Life Member
Sabatti 'trash' 9.3 x 74R Double Shooter
R8 Blaser
DRSS

Hi Larry

I have used a travel doctor in Phoenix (the office listed above), while in Seattle i used the group health travel nurse & doctor out of Tacoma as they specialized in travel for the military world wide. and the very best i have been to by the way, and now that i am in Albuquerque, i use the travel doctor here for the few travel medicines i need for the countries i travel to. I have no other medications that i take so the travel doctor is usually up to date on what is needed and when you make your appointment you let them know what countries you will be traveling through and which one you will be in and they have it all researched and go over all your options with you. Some times you will have options on which medications that you can take.

Initially I started going to my regular doctor and they were the ones that directed me to use a travel doctor while i lived in Phoenix.

My regular Internist is from India.

When I tell him what far-flung hunt location I am off to, he knows quite well what shots I need for whatever nastiness might be expected there. I even carry an Rx for an emergency infection, if needed.

Thanks to all for the responses. Will go see the doc sometime in the next few weeks and get a Larium refill and whatever else may be needed.

Sorted through the first aid kit this weekend, and will now be adding needles and sutures. Mole foam, compression wraps, and some miscellaneous alcohol wipes and bandages are all included. Better to bring it with you than try to find it thee.

Under the heading of FYI, went to see a Dr Krotzer at the Mayo clinic here in Phoenix. Could not have been a better experience. Ended up with some booster shots I hadn't expected. Bummer.

The doc was extremely knowledgable having spent several years in Angola, Zaire and other less desirable places, all while in the Peace Corps. Very informative on malarial prevention options - malarone vs doxy vs Larium - which is worth the price of admission, IMO.

doxi to larium.

Mike

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by crbutler:
Travel medicine is a horse of an entirely different color than tropical medicine.

If all you want is updated meds for travel, your family doc can do that.

If you need some of the more specialized vaccines (Yellow Fever comes to mind) you will likely need a travel clinic. Most primary care clinics are not yellow fever certified.

If you come down with something after traveling, especially if your regular doc is not sure of what it is, then you need a tropical med specialist.

not so. i got YF, polio booster, Hep A, and typhoid shots at my local county health department- all at a fraction of the cost of a travel clinic or private practice MD- i know because i checked the cost at several such places. under $300 for ALL the inoculations, complete with WHO certificates.

depends on your state and county.

For example, our county health department will NOT do shots for folks with private health insurance or Medicare. It is Medicaid only. The only possible exception would be Hep A if there was an outbreak traced to a local restaurant.

But with what I save on taxes, I'll pay for Hep A. haha