Travelling with TRT

Travelling on TRT is straightforward once you know the rules. A few minutes of preparation — the right paperwork, the right packing — and your treatment doesn't miss a beat while you're away.

Before you go

• Grab your doctor's letter from your portal. Log in and scroll to the bottom of your dashboard — your doctor's letters live there, covering your medication, your dose and the supplies you carry, and you can download a copy any time. Print one for your bag and save a copy to your phone, so you're travelling with both paper and digital.
• Keep everything in its original packaging with the pharmacy dispensing label showing your name.
• Take enough for the trip plus a buffer — a missed week because of a delayed flight shouldn't mean a missed dose.

Pack it in your carry-on

Always carry-on, never checked luggage. The hold can swing well outside safe storage temperatures, and a lost bag shouldn't mean lost treatment. Testosterone doesn't need refrigeration — keep it below 30°C and out of direct sun. Needles and syringes are fine through security when they're with your medication, original packaging, and letter.

Flying overseas

• Check your destination's rules before you book. Testosterone is regulated differently country to country, and a few places restrict it even with a prescription. Check the embassy or health authority website of where you're headed.
• Coming back into Australia, the traveller's exemption covers you: declare your medication on the incoming passenger card, carry no more than three months' supply, and have your doctor's letter ready. Easy.

Time zones and dose timing

Think in gaps, not clock time. Keep the usual number of days between injections and don't worry about matching the hour back home. If your schedule lands mid-flight, inject before you leave or when you arrive — a few hours either way doesn't matter. Sort your sharps disposal like you do at home: a small travel sharps container, or ask a local pharmacy.

Message the care team if

• There's no letter in your portal yet, or it needs updating — give us a week or so before you fly.
• Your trip is longer than your current supply.
• You're unsure about your destination's rules and want a second set of eyes.

Planning a trip? Message us with your dates and we'll make sure your treatment travels as well as you do.