Traveling With Pills
Do you worry about traveling with pills today with all of the security requirements, the body scans, the pat downs? You hear about the plastic bags you need to fit your liquids in for your carry-on bags, but what about pills and medications?Don’t worry…. you can take your pills and other medications with you in your carry-on luggage, and you don’t have to worry about the plastic bag.Pills are not liquids and do not need to go in your zip-top plastic bag. When you are traveling with pills, they should ALWAYS go in your carry-on, not in your checked luggage so you’re sure to have them with you.In the U.S. the TSA says, “Non-liquid or gel medications of all kinds such as solid pills or inhalers are allowed through the security checkpoint once they have been screened. We recommend, but do not require, that your medications be l automated forex software abeled to assist with the screening process.” Airport security checks have been trying to “harmonize” their regulations for the last few years, so if you follow the rules you find in you county’s security website, you should be OK.We generally dump all of our pills together into one container each, and we have never had a problem. We do carry copies of our prescriptions. That’s a good idea for a couple of reasons. First it provides some tangible information about the pills you are taking, and second if you lose your pills or you are delayed in your travels and need more, you may be able to get them with that prescription.You will probably not have problems with security screenings on domestic flights or leaving a country. You are more apt to run into problems with customs if you are carrying large quantities of unmarked pills.