Bringing medicine onflight

alexjk

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows what the rules are about bringing medicine onboard a flight? I'm only bringing hand luggage cos it's just for the weekend but would a standard doctors letter do?

VB

from experience the usual rules apply re putting everything in a clear plastic bag etc
tablets dont generally need a letter once they are in their original container and marked with your name or at least I have never been asked. If you have a letter from the doctor then bring it with you, definitely if you're bringing syringes through with you then I would recomend you have something from your doctor.

robinph

You can take whatever medications that you need for the flight on with you. Also any medications that need to be kept at a certain temperature should be taken on with you rather than put in the hold and any medications that you'd be stuck for if you were without at the other end as well.

Basically take whatever you need/ want medication wise for your trip on with you. I have never once had more than a cursory glance made of my extensive medication collection that I take on every flight, including various liquids and needles. If you really feel the need then take the packaging or a letter from a doctor on with you as well but it has never been needed on any flight I've taken.

black & white

robinph wrote: »

You can take whatever medications that you need for the flight on with you. Also any medications that need to be kept at a certain temperature should be taken on with you rather than put in the hold and any medications that you'd be stuck for if you were without at the other end as well.

Basically take whatever you need/ want medication wise for your trip on with you. I have never once had more than a cursory glance made of my extensive medication collection that I take on every flight, including various liquids and needles. If you really feel the need then take the packaging or a letter from a doctor on with you as well but it has never been needed on any flight I've taken.

When I travel for more than one week I take a syringe with me that must be kept in a cool container. I made enquiries beforehand and was told to have a letter from my Doctor dated not more than 3 months before I travelled and to make sure I notified the security staff before I put the bag through the scanner.

I do this and as robinph says, they have barely glanced at it. I'm not sure I'd turn up at the gate without the letter though, I would make my holiday a bit unpleasant if I was refused permission to take the meds with me.

robinph

When my bags have been pulled aside for a search it has never been due to the medications and syringes that I have in the bag. It's always due to some electronic gadgetry that is in there instead. When they start pulling stuff out of the bag I tell them straight away that there are sharps in there and what they are, they just completely ignore all that though and are really not interested in the slightest. Admitedly there was one guy in Geneva once though who did breifly query it, but I think it was his first day on the jobs as another security person was looking over his shoulder the whole time and told him it was all OK and to let me through.

If taking your medication on board is ever questioned by the security then just ask them to bring their supervisor over. Do not let them take the medication off you.

alexjk

Thanks for all the replies, it's mostly just steroids in tablet form I'm bringing though some as eye drops too.They don't have my name on them(I live in France and I don't think they do that here) but I do have letters from my doctor about them so hopefully it should go ok.

cianr

If you have syringes you need to inform the crew who will keep it on the flightdeck for the flight and return it to you afterwards(unless you need it before).

robinph

You do not need to give syringes to the flight crew or even tell them about that you have them on you.

cianr

robinph wrote: »

You do not need to give syringes to the flight crew or even tell them about that you have them on you.

I've seen them being given to the flight crew and kept locked on the flightdeck - maybe its not a requirement though.