Are you allowed to put your medication and drugs into your carry on bag on the airplane?

Question

i want to put all the essential valuable items into that backpack and take it with me on the plane and just put clothes into the check in luggage. am i doing something wrong? how do i know whats right and whats wrong. anyways i have a lot of drugs and i took them out of their big cardboard boxes and stuff to save a lot of save. and i dumped the same bottle of pills into another one to fill it up of the same pill. im from north america going to all the south american countries.

Answer 1

No problem with perscription meds as long as they are in their respective bottles. You can consolidate to one bottle but its not a great idea. Checked baggage does get lost occaisonally and being without your meds can be life threatning. So.... The security guys are used to seeing lots of meds. Everyone packs them in their carry-ons. Just in case.

Answer 2

You are thinking of doing what I always do especially when its a long flight or to a foreign country. I put my meds, clean socks, shirt and underwear in my rucksack my bugout bag if you will. I only take two meds so it isn't a big problem for me just make sure that they are all in labeled bottles with your name on it.

Answer 3

I would suggest that prior to traveling that you visit the TSA website http://www.tsa.gov/ they have the complete list of what is and is not allowed on the aircraft. As far as medication it needs to stay in its original packaging with the name on the prescription matching the name on your boarding pass. Hope this helps and have a great trip!

Answer 4

It is better if you put only essential medicine which you need to consume during the journey period, in your carry on baggage rest you can put in your check in baggage. Medicines are allowed on board.

Answer 5

you are allowed to bring as much as you want as long as you have prescription with you.