Travelling with medication
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In this post-Brexit World, I'm struggling to find much info on what - if anything - I need to carry some medications with me on holidays?
I was fine till last year but now find myself on industrial quantities of meds. Statins, heart stuff & metformin type stuff.
They'll go in hand luggage and I have the NHS App so can show they're prescribed but am I likely to need any other documentation other than that? Some people have said to get a Doctor's Letetr but don't want the hassle of arranging that if it's not actually needed.
Off to Spaon in August (really need this holiday after the last year!) and New York next year which I suspect may be a more challenging journey.
I was fine till last year but now find myself on industrial quantities of meds. Statins, heart stuff & metformin type stuff.
They'll go in hand luggage and I have the NHS App so can show they're prescribed but am I likely to need any other documentation other than that? Some people have said to get a Doctor's Letetr but don't want the hassle of arranging that if it's not actually needed.
Off to Spaon in August (really need this holiday after the last year!) and New York next year which I suspect may be a more challenging journey.
I normally take sufficient for the trip in my daily pill boxes and then a new, unopened box of each med too. It does add up, as I am on nine different meds so takes up a lot of space, but in the event of being pulled by the authorities or even an unexpected hospital visit, I have them with me. I also pack them separately to the daily pill boxes in case anything gets lost. This was the advice given to me when my meds started increasing, although I have never had any problems.
Red9zero said:
I normally take sufficient for the trip in my daily pill boxes and then a new, unopened box of each med too. It does add up, as I am on nine different meds so takes up a lot of space, but in the event of being pulled by the authorities or even an unexpected hospital visit, I have them with me. I also pack them separately to the daily pill boxes in case anything gets lost. This was the advice given to me when my meds started increasing, although I have never had any problems.
Never once been asked to show evidence for any medication I've carried across a border. Commercially packaged stuff doesn't even warrant a look. Just take what you'd need for the trip.
captain_cynic said:
Never once been asked to show evidence for any medication I've carried across a border. Commercially packaged stuff doesn't even warrant a look.
Just take what you'd need for the trip.
Neither have I, in fact I'm more worried about our illicit bacon being discovered Just take what you'd need for the trip.
I had my car and contents pulled apart by Spanish customs a long time ago and everything was queried, so I am a bit more cautious than I probably should be.
croyde said:
Don't do what I did.
Took prescribed codeine tablets in my bag for a job in Qatar.
Jail time there, if caught
As for Europe I just have a copy of my prescription. More for if I need extra really.
I once got back from a trip to Saudi and discovered some in my bag that I forgot where in there, made my stomach drop to realise what could have happened had they been found in a random bag searchTook prescribed codeine tablets in my bag for a job in Qatar.
Jail time there, if caught
As for Europe I just have a copy of my prescription. More for if I need extra really.
Pot Bellied Fool said:
In this post-Brexit World, I'm struggling to find much info on what - if anything - I need to carry some medications with me on holidays?
I was fine till last year but now find myself on industrial quantities of meds. Statins, heart stuff & metformin type stuff.
They'll go in hand luggage and I have the NHS App so can show they're prescribed but am I likely to need any other documentation other than that? Some people have said to get a Doctor's Letter but don't want the hassle of arranging that if it's not actually needed.
Off to Spaon in August (really need this holiday after the last year!) and New York next year which I suspect may be a more challenging journey.
I travel regularly with a very similar list of medication to you. I have three of those "7 day pill cases" that have multiple compartments per day, so three weeks worth of medication. I put one in each suitcase and one in my carry on. The only documentation I carry are photographs of the actual medication packaging on my phone. I've never been stopped or queried for carrying them. I was on a cruise earlier this year where the drug count for the passengers would have exceeded the payload of a columbian drug submarine. No one had any issues with carrying their medication for the trip.I was fine till last year but now find myself on industrial quantities of meds. Statins, heart stuff & metformin type stuff.
They'll go in hand luggage and I have the NHS App so can show they're prescribed but am I likely to need any other documentation other than that? Some people have said to get a Doctor's Letter but don't want the hassle of arranging that if it's not actually needed.
Off to Spaon in August (really need this holiday after the last year!) and New York next year which I suspect may be a more challenging journey.
Edited by ffc on Friday 4th July 21:22
Edited by ffc on Friday 4th July 21:22
Mrs J and I had a European city break whilst in the middle of an IVF cycle a few years ago. We travelled with syringes and a plethora of drugs in our hand luggage. We were prepared with paperwork from our consultant but we were never asked to provide any explanation yet alone show any paperwork.
captain_cynic said:
Red9zero said:
I normally take sufficient for the trip in my daily pill boxes and then a new, unopened box of each med too. It does add up, as I am on nine different meds so takes up a lot of space, but in the event of being pulled by the authorities or even an unexpected hospital visit, I have them with me. I also pack them separately to the daily pill boxes in case anything gets lost. This was the advice given to me when my meds started increasing, although I have never had any problems.
Never once been asked to show evidence for any medication I've carried across a border. Commercially packaged stuff doesn't even warrant a look. Just take what you'd need for the trip.
Got a couple of prescription drugs in hand luggage and never questioned
Landed in Rome today and not an issue.....biggest problem is the bloody temperature!
My partner is on many drugs to control pain, including Zapain, antihistamines and for IBS. She always has a bag of loose pills and capsules in her hand luggage. I carry statins, omeprazole, paracetamol, ibuprofen and antihistamines, again I loose or in foil strips. They go through the X-ray machine without question or query.
I go on holiday about 6 times a year so that's 12 times a year they go through.
I go on holiday about 6 times a year so that's 12 times a year they go through.
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