What is the best medicine for travel stomach?

Studies have shown that over-the-counter bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto Bismol) can reduce the duration of traveler's diarrhea, as well as the frequency of your stools. It's not recommended for children or pregnant people. Antibiotics can also reduce the duration of the illness by about a day.



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Most people improve within 1 to 2 days without treatment and recover completely within a week. However, you can have multiple episodes of traveler's diarrhea during one trip. The most common symptoms of traveler's diarrhea are: Suddenly passing three or more looser watery stools a day.

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Ciprofloxacin (cipro) is the medication of choice, at a dose of 500 mg twice daily for three days. If you are traveling to an area where TD is a possibility, your travel medicine provider may prescribe cipro or a similar antibiotic for you to take on your trip.

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Pepto-Bismol (2 ounces four times daily or two tablets four times daily) decreases the diarrhea and shortens the duration of the illness. This medication also appears to be effective in preventing traveler's diarrhea, but it should not be taken for more than three weeks at a time.

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