Can someone recommend the best (smallest, lightess, etc.) container for perscription meds on a 6 week trip? I need room for about 10 pills/caps AM & PM. What are the recommendations re: carrying scripts.
TIA - Tom
Reply to this Hello Tom 😊
Pill containers are never big and heavy are they?:D
Depending on where you are going it may be an idea to leave medication in its original container and to have a doctors letter if possible to explain what the medication is for. It might cause delays at some airports if customs get suspicious of your pills.
Mel
Reply to this Thx, Mel - I agree that the original prescription pill bottle is probably the best option as far as customs/borders are concerned, but they take up so much room. Is there any place to find the bottomline requirements on what documentation you need to haul around a baggie full of colored pills.
Best suggestion for transport so far has been 1"x2" colored, ziplock bags ($10/US per 100). Use different colors for my AM/PM and her AM/PM pills. they would pack into nooks, crannies, shoes, etc. However, I do not want to be held up somewhere trying to match Rx copies with pill shapes, colors, etc.
Thx again - Tom
Reply to this Hi Tom,
In my experience, if the pills have the name written on the actual pill (e.g. Advil - I know this is OTC but first thing to came to mind as an example) then you are fine to put them in a plastic bag. Otherwise, I would try to keep them in their original container if possible. It's a pain and takes up room, but less of a pain than being search for hours by airport security. I'd also say it really depends on where you are traveling. If you are going to any countries that are known for trafficking of illegal substances, then I'd definitely say that the original prescriptions are the best as these countries will be much more strict on identifying your pills. If not, you may be ok with just having the scripts and the pills in plastic bags.
As for websites stating requirements, you may be able to find something on travel.state.gov or even on the FAA website http://www.faa.gov/ or the CDC website: www.cdc.gov/travel. This info may be more domestically geared, but it might give you some general guidelines and ideas how to pack your pills.
Also, I saw something at Target of all places the other day that was kind of like a soft pill organizer - looked like something you'd use for toiletries but was for pills, divided up into all little sections where you could put the pills and scripts. It's nice because it's soft so can squish if needed, but protected enough so your pills won't get squished as well! Just a thought :-)
Reply to this I carried copies of my prescriptions, little plastic bags of pills, some of them labeled with one of those Dymo hand labelers. For a year's trip, I did take original bottles, but I had a big suitcase for that China trip. (I was staying in one place and traveling during holidays.) I was never stopped in Asia or Europe or Latin America. Each day's pills were in a little plastic bag. I put a week's worth in a larger plastic bag.
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