Stacy
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The doc from SWMG told me today that in the last few weeks they are getting more and more calls where Airport Security has taken their pills that is in the prescription bottle. IIRC, this was domestic and international.
The people didn't get their pills back.
I would take only what I needed and put the majority of it in my suitcase.
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mello
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Reged: 11/02/02
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Loc: USA
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Hey Stac...I just read your other post too (SWMG) and I just wanted to say thanks for the heads up. I think that is something good to know for all of us who will be doing some traveling soon. I just don't understand how they can legally confinscate the drugs if they are in the legal script bottles? Did the doc make any comments on that?
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Stacy
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That's what I said, it was illegal. He said, yes it is but in some of these Airports some of the "hired hands" seemed like loose cannons to some of the people they took meds from.
I would think it would be more of a problem internationally, but he said it was domestic also.
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brittany
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No problem latst night with security check. They saw my pills and it was not an issue for them.
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clark116
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I just returned from Mexico and had an Rx for vicodin with me. They didn't even open my purse to check them. I only brought enough for the 6 days we were gone. I suppose if you had like 90 pills with you they would question it.
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gmkahn
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Domestic: If worst comes to worst, throw a hissy fit. Assuming your meds are generic, they'll be hard-pressed to identify them. Shortly after 9/11, airport security tried to take my neighbor's medication - none of it marked or stored in prescription bottles. It was mostly heart condition meds, and she naturally freaked out when they tried to seize it. Upon realizing the potential wrongful death lawsuit, security gave her her meds back and sent her on her way.
International's different - just declare it, you're allowed to import up to 50 dosage units w/out a prescription. Of course, the law says it's up to the discretion of the customs officer, but they usually give you the benefit of the doubt. If you don't declare it, no matter how much, you're committing a federal crime - smuggling.
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ML63
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ML63
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I had to do a weeks travel last month and simply placed my pills in an old bottle I still had from my PCP. It was almost two years old, but I was way too paranoid about carrying a prescription bottle from a Florida doctor & pharmacy. I was going to tell whoever that they've been in my travel bag since I got them. It turned out to be a non-issue, but I felt much more at ease leaving my United bottle behind.
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needinfo
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I have not flown since 1/2/03 domestically but when I do fly I always carry enough meds for 2-3 days on my person in case my bag gets lost. I take 3 different hypertension medications and my "other meds" in a little pill box in my shaving kit (no razor). They have never opened it and if they do they can look all they want to but if they start trying to pull out a PDR to ID my meds they are going to have a real problem. The searches are for items that can be used in assaults/felonies/aircraft destruction/flight crew interference, etc. If they start with me on by BP meds I am going to holler like a stuck pig until they let me go through--what am I going to do, give a steward a diuretic?
International is different. Have not done that (nor wanted to) since my son's flight out of Mexico was "delayed" on 9/11/01 and he had to spend an extra week in Mexico.
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ewebp
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Carrying personal amounts of prescription medication on a domestic flight is not an issue. Airport security isn't looking for that kind of stuff. If you have been to any airport recently there is little time for discussion in the security line, unless you set off the detector or you are randomly searched. Besides, they are not law enforcement anyway.
Customs is entirely different, but you don't have to worry about that unless you are flying internationally.
-EW
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