08-29-2013, 06:01 PM
We have traveled to Mexico, most of the time by air, for the last twenty years to visit relatives with a number of different medicines for my transplant recipient daughter loose in baggies for that travel day stuffed in my shirt pocket, both oral syringes and pills, and never had a problem, never even asked about them. I leave them in my pocket when I clear security and the syringes protrude from the top of my pocket. I also draw up a week's supply in baggies which we put in our carry-on although we also carry on all the bottles, etc. so that makes that different because each container has the pharmacy's label. She used to need daily injections of human growth hormone and still gets Epo injections every few days, both of which require refrigeration. I draw those up in syringes before we leave and pack just those syringes in baggies in a cooler with freezer packs but that goes in checked baggage because of the questionable freezer packs.
I believe the rule is that you need a doc's letter listing the medicine but I have never gotten one. One year pre-9/11 we traveled with eight checked bags, seven of which contained a couple of hundred pounds of dialysate and numerous medical supplies, no doc's letter and no problems. (We carried-on the dialysis machine.) BTW, there was typically no charge for baggage filled with personal medical supplies.
Medicine can be carried-on in larger quantities than 100 mls. if needed that travel trip:
http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/3-1-1-carry-ons
"Declare larger liquids. Medically required liquids, such as baby formula and food, breast milk and medications are allowed in excess of 3.4 ounces in reasonable quantities for the flight. It is not necessary to place medically required liquids in a zip-top bag. However, you must tell the Transportation Security Officer that you have medically necessary liquids at the beginning of the screening checkpoint process. Medically required liquids will be subjected to additional screening that could include being asked to open the container. We recommend, but do not require, that medication be labeled to facilitate the security process."
Note that last sentence.
I believe the rule is that you need a doc's letter listing the medicine but I have never gotten one. One year pre-9/11 we traveled with eight checked bags, seven of which contained a couple of hundred pounds of dialysate and numerous medical supplies, no doc's letter and no problems. (We carried-on the dialysis machine.) BTW, there was typically no charge for baggage filled with personal medical supplies.
Medicine can be carried-on in larger quantities than 100 mls. if needed that travel trip:
http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/3-1-1-carry-ons
"Declare larger liquids. Medically required liquids, such as baby formula and food, breast milk and medications are allowed in excess of 3.4 ounces in reasonable quantities for the flight. It is not necessary to place medically required liquids in a zip-top bag. However, you must tell the Transportation Security Officer that you have medically necessary liquids at the beginning of the screening checkpoint process. Medically required liquids will be subjected to additional screening that could include being asked to open the container. We recommend, but do not require, that medication be labeled to facilitate the security process."
Note that last sentence.