Taking Prescription Medications On The Plane

[Joey]

A friend of mine flew to Australia, and she had 5 prescription bottles for various ailments. In her hometown, the inspections people opened each prescription bottle and checked the pills. I have never heard of such a thing. Is this common place? I would think if you had your prescriptions in marked bottles, the inspection people would not do such a thing. Very humiliating!

[Hagaward]

Never had that experience but I can understand why the inspections people would want to look.  People are strange and not beyond using a legitimate prescription bottle to smuggle who knows what.  I have traveled overseas with my four prescriptions in their original bottles in my carry on.  I don't know if it was where I traveled or what but no one even looked into the bag.  Perhaps I was just lucky. Bear-Lo 77 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Karny]

I wasn't flying internationally, but I had some liquid cough medication, prescription, that was in my checked bags because of the no liquids thing. Well, they searched my bag and when I opened the pocket the cough syrup was in, the bottle was in there upside down and the lid wasn't tight so it had leaked all over. I didn't put it in there upside down and I *did* have the lid on tight. SO it seems to me they opened that, too.

[jolie]

GlacierDragon said: 1 I wasn't flying internationally, but I had some liquid cough medication, prescription, that was in my checked bags because of the no liquids thing. Well, they searched my bag and when I opened the pocket the cough syrup was in, the bottle was in there upside down and the lid wasn't tight so it had leaked all over. I didn't put it in there upside down and I *did* have the lid on tight. SO it seems to me they opened that, too. 77 months ago

[Safford]

They do check them, and it is important to keep all prescription medications in the pharmacy bottles they came in.  This seems a little overzealous to me, though.  I feel like they're checking for illegal drug smuggling.