Prescription medicine carry-ons

I have my usual vitamins and a couple of prescriptions that I plan to take with me on my trip. One of them is a pain medicine and I no longer have coverage by the doctor who prescribed them. Do I need to get the original prescription, or will they be fine as long as I keep them in the original container? My pharmacist also allowed me to have the non-generic brand as they were out of generics. Do I need to bring any sort of note on my trip?

Prescription medicine carry-ons

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Prescription medicine carry-ons

Thank you. :)

Besides the offical website posted by previous poster, here%26#39;s the practical tips.

Keep your prescription medicine in original container with the pharmacy label on it, you will be fine. TSA people will not care or bother to check with your doctor whether you still have coverage with him. Same with Brand or generic, they are not pharmacists, probably wont be knowledgeable enough to discern the difference, so a note is not necessary. The pharmacy label on your bottle is sufficient.

OTC (over the counter) medications such as vitamins and such, again if in original containers will lessen the chance of TSA people wondering what they are (if taken out of container %26amp; put in one of those weekly pill boxes) since then the pills may not be easily identifiable. They may question you especially if a large amount is carried (both non-Rx and prescription). That falls under transportation of perhaps illegal drugs rather than security issue.

Injectables (insulin, hormones etc) which involved needles if you dont have prescription labels ask the pharmacist to give you a copy of the original prescriptions to carry with you.

Overall, I think TSA have done these screenings for a few years now and they understand many travelers do carry medicine with them on board (rather than checking them in); they are pretty fair about it unless something is totally out of the ordinary.

i just took a whole bag of pills ..vitamins , meds etc in origanal container no prob..carried it right on do not take the chance of losing your meds,that could ruin your trip.....

yes, the TSA website says it all.

There is NO need to be concerned with TSA and meds if they are in pill form. TSA is concerned with the ';liquids, aerosols, gels, etc'; products. no pharmacists, no notes, just carry-on what you need. If you do have a medicine in one of the monitored forms just be sure to mention it to the TSA staff when you get to the scanner area - they do NOT counbt towrds your 3-1-1 limits.

Agree with others...also Hefty brand makes quart-size, zip lock bags to use for carry-on items. I am sure there are other companies who also sell them, but it caught my eye since they were in the section of our store where we can purchase items in small ounce quantities as required by TSA. I think they came in a pink box and had a picture of an airplane on the box.

just put ;em in your pocket or in your carryon. They don%26#39;t bother to check. pills

BTW the suggestion earlier is applicable not only in U.S. but most other countries as well. Remember TSA is not the world standard, other countries may well have a slightly different rules on how they viewed medicines. Having the prescriptions labels on minimized unnecessary questions.

And this is info gleaned from dealing with many travelers who had travelled many different countries.