TRAVEL & PREP

To ensure you continue to adhere to PrEP while overseas, it’s important you have enough supply of PrEP before you depart Australia. It may be difficult or not possible to obtain PrEP while you are in foreign country, so take some steps before you depart. Normally prescriptions from Australia cannot be filled overseas.

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Regulation 49 Prescription

Your PrEP prescription will only allow you to obtain one month’s supply at an Australian pharmacy, despite having two repeats.

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If you know you will be out of the country however, ask your prescribing doctor for a Regulation 49 Prescription. Regulation 49 (or Reg 49) means that, in special circumstances, a PBS prescription can be written so that the quantities for the original and repeats are supplied at the same time.

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Australian Pharmacies

When you take your Regulation 49 Prescription to your local pharmacist, they can dispense the full three month supply in one transaction (i.e. the original and two repeats are supplied at the same time).

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To learn more about REG49 Prescriptions click HERE.

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Be mindful that not all local pharmacies will have a three month supply of PrEP (three bottles) in stock, so present your PrEP prescription in advance as your pharmacist may need to order PrEP in for you. Often pharmacies can do this within 24 hours upon presenting your prescription. In most cases payment will be required for pre-ordering PrEP.

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Ordering PrEP online from an Online Pharmacy

If you are ordering a three month supply of PrEP from an online pharmacy, you don’t require a Regulation 49 Prescription. Scan your normal PrEP prescription and visit one of the online pharmacies found HERE.

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Be mindful that online pharmacies are based out of Australia, so order your PrEP well in advance as international delivery delays can occur. Delivery can take from 4 to 21 working days, depending which online pharmacy you choose.