Traveling with Prescription Medicine

[Jodi1980]

Do I have to have the actual prescription with the medicine while traveling? What happens if the screeners find my medicine while searching my luggage? Or should I carry it in the actual medicine bottles?

 

[powellrj]

I will save the months before bottle and have my medication for the trip in my carry-on and also pack a few doses in the orginial bottle in my luggage. I want to make sure I have enough, and I always make sure its in the orginal bottles. Just call me paranoid, but I would hate to be without!!

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I would always travel with it in the original container. If you have a large bottle and only want to take a smaller amount, the pharmacy will make extra empty labeled bottles for you. (I do this when DD takes her allergy pills to camp.)

 

[pumba]

drug store........we had visited the airport and asked for recommendations with my mother in laws insulin and needles and they said just to make sure that all the prescriptions were in orginal bottles and that there should not be any problems......they were very good in looking thru everything and also they found a tiny pair of sissors that she didnt' even know was in her insulin and needle pack......we had a good laugh....

 

[Dan Murphy]

I do take foor Rx's and when at home I always take a week's doseages (2 weeks if traveling) and seperate into those pill organizer things (never thought I would need one, LOL, but age is creeping ). I have never had any problems with security. That said, I can see the benefits of those mentioned above also.

 

[Meriweather]

Never any problems with any kind of pills.
Besides prescription ones, I carry Tylenol, aspirin, decongestants and assorted other OTC drugs in my carry on in a little plasitc container.
No one has every said a thing.

 

[DocRafiki]

If you've already had the Rx filled, you shouldn't have access to the prescription paper. The pharmacy should have kept it. Your bottle is your proof of Rx. I never thought anyone was interested in checking prescriptions; seems like such a minor detail.

 

[Blondie]

I never gave bringing RX's with me in my carry on a second thought, and neither did the airport.

Just a word to the wise, if you have narcotic pain killers, DO NOT put them in your luggage (I don't mean your carry ons), or you can kiss them goodbye!

 

[GeorgeG]

I use one of the organizers like Dan does, but I also take along the current prescription bottles, not only as proof, but to refill the organizer.

The biggest trouble you might have with meds is if you're a trucker and you get checked. They want proof of what those pills are and that you have them legally.