How do you make sure that yor medication is legal to travel with?

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If you have to take medicine regularly then you must have doctors prescription. Therefore, you carry your pills then you must carry the prescription. This would not be a problem if you carry a valid document(prescription).

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Put on your carry on baggage (if it is allowed for the quantity). Keep always a doctor prescription.

Remember to check if the medication are allowed on the traveling country (there are some restriction on some kind of medications [mostly on opiate], and quantity (keep some extra in case of delays, but not too much). Having original packing and somewhere the active matter (so the original medicament notice sheet) helps a lot.

If you have too much liquids, there are several options:

  • On checked baggage, on original packing, and better it these are sealed. From package, and quantity, the custom should understand that it is a medicament. Note: there are two checks: one for security (so without you). But custom check is done with you, after baggage claim, so you can explain.

  • You buy on the destination country the extra medications. In general it is good to pre-check the name of the medication on destination country (checked baggage are lost, ...). Because of different names, do not assume that in pharmacy they will know what it is the prescribed medicament (a copy of the medicament notice will help, usually there are some indication of makers, patent holder, linked authorization numbers, and active matter, so that pharmacy can find out the name used on destination country. Sometime it is easier (especially on long travel) to buy the medicament on destination country.

  • You may contact your air carrier. They could make exceptions and help. OTOH this requires a lot more paperwork, and discussion. For a private person often this is not a good option. But this help you to have better documentation, not to pass the custom.

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