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#1
Apr 17, 2016, 04:01 AM
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I have too many prescription bottles, and I want to "consolidate them" for travel by using a pill carrier.
I saw this was pretty cool: Pill box insert for Altoids tins by scanlime - Thingiverse and this is too: https://pillboxes.groupmedicalsupply...01-500x500.jpg Both are discreet and perfect for travel (which I do enough of!). How do you carry your pills when you travel? 
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Apr 17, 2016, 07:02 AM
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I carry every single vial with the correct medicine and valid date.
It's federal law.
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Apr 17, 2016, 07:27 AM
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I remembered one tme I lost my wallet, the meds vials served as ID to board the plane.
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#4
Apr 17, 2016, 07:34 AM
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It would be better to get a giant ziplock storage bag and put all your prescriptions in their original containers into this bag.
A lot of people don't know this, but pill boxes and containers - while fine for consolidation purposes at home - can shonuff get your arse arrested for controlled substances violations out in public! Don't become the judicial systems next intended victim ... I assure you they won't give a fig whether it's legit or not unless you can prove it right then and there, and the only way to do that is to keep them in the containers they came in from the pharmacy! Sincerely, Pfrog! 
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#5
Apr 17, 2016, 07:50 AM
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Hm. I don't think it's against federal law to carry prescriptions like that. I believe every state has their own laws.
But yes, I see what you guys mean.In my state, it's apparently fine to carry prescriptions around in my own container as long as I have the original paperwork that comes with my prescription. (My pharmacy always staples it to my prescription.) Not sure about other states, but I can always look that up before traveling. |
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Apr 17, 2016, 08:12 AM
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Google away.
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Apr 17, 2016, 09:32 AM
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I always just brought the bottles along... with the info from the pharmacy. Was never a problem... though that was about four years ago. Haven't travelled in awhile.
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Apr 17, 2016, 09:39 AM
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You are in luck!!!. This fresh from the news.
The federal government has allocated 10 mill to TSA to train their sharpest agents in a program called LI-TIFY. It consists of 4 2hr classes a day for a year, to identify pills. The agents will open the big containers and sort the pills out by color first. Then by size. And the best part, by licking!. Hence the LI-TIFY or lick identification program acronym. Just try not to carry Valerian root. The SNI-TIFY program has not been approved yet.
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Apr 17, 2016, 09:41 AM
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Thank you for this thread. In my state, it is illegal to carry my meds outside of the bottles they came in from the pharmacy.
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#10
Apr 17, 2016, 09:51 AM
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I travel with everything. The med bottles and inhalers go into one gallon sized zip lock bag and my pill trays go into a second ziplock bag. No more just traveling with a toothbrush and a twenty dollar bill, because I don't want to be stranded without my meds.
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Apr 17, 2016, 10:12 AM
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If I travel I have WAY too many meds to carry them in pill bottles. I just take a carryon bag with me. However I alsi carry my official prescription list printout which has all the information recorded on the prescription bottles and inhalers recorded on it, drs prescribing, dates filled, dosages, refills left, etc. I am not going to worry about it.
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Apr 17, 2016, 11:52 AM
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I've heard it is important to keep them in their original bottle for legal reasons, but as many as I take in the morning, I just can't carry that many bottles in the morning to and from work and so I use a pill box. But it's really the only time I do that. And I take the train directly to and from work. Now if I was traveling a long distance that involves a longer train ride or a plane, I would keep them in their bottles like others have recommended.
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Apr 17, 2016, 12:43 PM
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Quote:
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Apr 17, 2016, 04:49 PM
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When I went to the Caribbean last December, I put all my RX bottles and pill minders in a big ziplock bag and kept them in my carry-on. I didn't want to pack them in my checked baggage because what if it got lost? I didn't have any trouble with TSA, but we also were pre-checked in, which saves a great amount of time and hassle getting through security.
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Apr 17, 2016, 04:56 PM
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Good thread, I am going to Mexico in a few weeks and I was planning
on leaving my meds in the original containers. I guess that is the way to go.
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Apr 17, 2016, 05:00 PM
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Depends on where I'm going and how long I'm going for.
Over Christmas, when I went to California for 9 days, I just brought my meds in my pill boxes, no original bottles or paperwork. When I went last May/June for almost 3 weeks, I brought all my meds in their original containers because it was easier that way. If I were to go abroad, I would definitely bring them in their original bottles, but for short domestic trips, I find it's too much of a bother. |
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