t_oshan2003
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I am flying to south/central america in june. It will be a short trip but I have 2 different meds valium and tylenol 3 that are from 2 different OP's. Will I have any hassle if they are in the original bottles? I only plan to take enough for my trip and I don't want to glump them all into 1 bottle for fear of customs wanting to see a prescription. They are valid so will I need to do anything else or just keep them in the original bottle's ?
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wren
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Yes you can most definetly take your own personal medicines,like you said if they are contained in their original bottles with your name and any OTC meds are in their original bottles also helps.I am sure most people traveling have at least one type of med with them I imagne some have many more.I think the only problem that could arise is if it were large quantitys,but I imagine even a 90 day supply on most meds would be ok,due to extended stays or the length of your travel plans.This info is posted on a website I just visited a few days ago,I will check back and see if I can find it and post it for you.....take care and HAVE FUN!!!! Wren'
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night_shade
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Please read the information posted in this thread International Travel and Meds
There is also another thread recently which covers this topic in great detail.
Rather than repost my answer, I'd ask you to read the thread instead...
Here is the official word from the U.S. State Department's website:
Documentation for Medications
If you go abroad with preexisting medical problems, you should carry a letter from you doctor describing your condition, including information on any prescription medicines that you must take. You should also have the generic names of the drugs. Please leave medicines in their original, labeled containers. These precautions make customs processing easier. A doctor's certificate, however, may not suffice as authorization to transport all prescription drugs to all foreign countries. Travelers have innocently been arrested for drug violations when carrying items not considered to be narcotics in the United States. To ensure that you do not violate the drug laws of the countries that you visit, you may consult the embassy or consulate of those countries for precise information before you leave the United States.
If you have allergies, reactions to certain medicines, or other unique medical problems, you may consider wearing a medical alert bracelet or carrying a similar warning.
Have fun on your trip.
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Edited by night_shade (03/15/04 06:06 PM)
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toe
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I have gone through a LOT of customs, and none of them have ever given a rats behind about ANY of my meds. Some of them have beeen controlled in one country and not in the next, some of them originated in the US but I had them in sample bottles because gods knows I couldn't afford a year's worth worth of zoloft.
In travelling I have found so far that when yougo to a doctor and get a prescription, onlyhere are the pills transferred to a special amber bottle with alabel with your info on it. Every where else you bring in your script and the pharmacist gives you a box of meds. If there are special instructions, she (always she where I have been) might write 1 x 3 to indicate 3 times a day.
Obviously if ou are touting around a large number of C-II pure meds, morphone, hydroporphone, oxymorphone, et al, you should be safe and take a letter from your physician or copy of the prescription with you. But really, if you have something in original packaging (as I did with the sample bottles) or "specially made for you" like your prescription bottle, you've already got the authority to carry it in most parts of the world. I would only worry about the drugs I listed above because of their potential monetary value.
In short, your T3's and valium in their original script bottles are fine.
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