How to use it
Four moments. Twenty useful checks.
Ticking a box does not prove that care is safe, but unanswered questions reveal where you need clarity. Bring the final list to both the Turkish and home-country clinicians.
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01
Before choosing a provider
- Write down your goals, health conditions and previous treatments.
- Check the facility on the Ministry of Health’s authorised-provider list where relevant.
- Request the prescriber’s full name, role and registration details.
- Ask whether assessment occurs before any medicine is promised.
- Send no deposit until the service, refund terms and clinical pathway are clear.
02
At the consultation
- Share all medicines, supplements, allergies and relevant medical history.
- Discuss pregnancy plans and any planned surgery or sedation.
- Ask why the proposed medicine fits your circumstances.
- Get the active ingredient, product, schedule and monitoring plan in writing.
- Agree what would trigger a change, pause or urgent assessment.
03
Before collecting medicine
- Confirm the licensed pharmacy and collect the product in its original carton.
- Check the label, seal, batch, expiry and patient leaflet.
- Ask the pharmacist to explain storage and travel temperature limits.
- Keep the prescription, receipt and a copy of the clinical summary.
- Verify customs and airline rules for your destination before purchase.
04
After returning home
- Give your local clinician the Turkish clinical summary and medicine details.
- Attend agreed monitoring and follow-up appointments.
- Use only the written plan; do not accelerate a schedule yourself.
- Know the local route for urgent advice and medicine side effects.
- Plan lawful, reliable ongoing supply before the current pack runs out.
Your one-page handover
Ask for a clinical summary before leaving.
It should identify the clinician and facility; assessment date; relevant findings; active ingredient, brand and instructions; medicine batch where available; tests and results; side effects discussed; and the follow-up or escalation plan.
Request it in a language your home clinician can use.
Appointment question bank
Five questions worth asking aloud.
Good answers should be specific to you and leave room for uncertainty, review and alternatives.
- 01
What makes me a suitable — or unsuitable — candidate?
- 02
What alternatives should I consider, including no medicine?
- 03
Which effects should I expect, and which require medical help?
- 04
Who makes decisions once I am back in my home country?
- 05
What is the plan if access, benefit or tolerance changes?
Keep with your records
Names and numbers matter.
Save the prescribing clinician, clinic, dispensing pharmacy, after-hours contact, your home clinician and your insurer. In an emergency, call the local emergency service — 112 while in Turkey — rather than waiting for a clinic message.