Don't Recommend Dukoral (oral cholera vaccine) for Traveller's Diarrhea

January 2016

Dukoral (oral travellers' diarrhea and cholera vaccine) will continue to fall out of favour for preventing travellers' diarrhea.

New Canadian guidelines continue to recommend avoiding it for routine vaccination to prevent travellers' diarrhea.

Explain Dukoral is only approved to protect against enterotoxigenic E. coli. But there's not good evidence it's effective.

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Table of Contents

Antibiotics Recommend Alternatives to Quinolones
Cardiology Reassure Stent Patients that Clopidogrel is an Important Heart Med
NSAIDs Explain Topical NSAIDs May Work as Well as Oral NSAIDs
Hypertension Considering Suggesting Lower Systolic BP Goals in SOME Patients
Hepatitis C Emphasize Adherence to Help Boost Hep C Cure Rates
Antipsychotics Be Aware that Abilify is Linked to Uncontrollable Gambling and Hypersexuality
Vaccines Don't Stop Statins in Patients Getting the Flu Vaccine
Asthma Suggest Just a Single Dose of Dexamethasone for Asthma Exacerbations
Diarrhea Don't Recommend Dukoral (oral cholera vaccine) for Traveller's Diarrhea
Supplements Watch Our for Supplement Brand Name Extensions
Contraceptives Suggest Stopping Hormonal Contraceptives by Age 55