In 2019 we just used our "pill-minder" weekly containers, pre-packed for 3 weeks and nothing was questioned. We did, however, also bring a list of the prescriptions just in case. We carried them in our roller carry-on and no one batted an eye.
I have never ever carried with me the containers that pills come in from the pharmacy. I always put my meds in daily “pill-pockets”, small plastic zip-lock packets. I have never been questioned in all the 50+ countries I’ve visited. The large bottles that pills come in take up too much room in my opinion.
We never carry our bottles either, but we bring a printed copy of our drug prescriptions we get off our patient portals and I’ve actually got a printout of the photos of my pills, slightly out of date as one of my generics has changed and it’s a different color and shape than previously. We aren’t keen on generics but that’s a different subject.
In the past on this forum, I remembered someone did have some supplements confiscated when they entered Australia.
British, I’m not keen on generics either. You do not know where the medication you are taking is being manufactured. I always inquire about that. It could be India, Pakistan, Mexico, Turkey, etc. I prefer my meds to to be made in the U.S.or Canada. There was a whole episode on 60 minutes years ago that generics do not have the same ingredients as a non generic medication. That was the deal breaker for me to make sure where my meds came from.
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Suggest you look at the Customs and Immigration Page for each Country to get the most up to date information. Safe travels!
In 2019 we just used our "pill-minder" weekly containers, pre-packed for 3 weeks and nothing was questioned. We did, however, also bring a list of the prescriptions just in case. We carried them in our roller carry-on and no one batted an eye.
I have never ever carried with me the containers that pills come in from the pharmacy. I always put my meds in daily “pill-pockets”, small plastic zip-lock packets. I have never been questioned in all the 50+ countries I’ve visited. The large bottles that pills come in take up too much room in my opinion.
We never carry our bottles either, but we bring a printed copy of our drug prescriptions we get off our patient portals and I’ve actually got a printout of the photos of my pills, slightly out of date as one of my generics has changed and it’s a different color and shape than previously. We aren’t keen on generics but that’s a different subject.
In the past on this forum, I remembered someone did have some supplements confiscated when they entered Australia.
British, I’m not keen on generics either. You do not know where the medication you are taking is being manufactured. I always inquire about that. It could be India, Pakistan, Mexico, Turkey, etc. I prefer my meds to to be made in the U.S.or Canada. There was a whole episode on 60 minutes years ago that generics do not have the same ingredients as a non generic medication. That was the deal breaker for me to make sure where my meds came from.