Taking pills (Ibuprofen) through security
Has anybody had any problems taking medicine through the skewrity theater? I need to bring a bottle of Motrin through for headaches that I have been having lately.. I'd rather not have to rely upon the on-board med kit for my drugs :)
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Shouldnt be a problem as I have carried much stronger drugs and todate havent had any problems. But knowing TSA penchant for dragnetting way beyond there scope of practice anything is possible.
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Thanks! I wonder what they would say if I brought Codine through. I believe it is a Restricted Drug. Perhaps I would have to "voluntarily surrender" it;)
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you'll be fine
i always carry a small pill bottle with a mix of allergy pills, tylenol and prilosec and have never ever had any issues.
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Originally Posted by FriendlySkies
(Post 13932437)
Thanks! I wonder what they would say if I brought Codine through. I believe it is a Restricted Drug. Perhaps I would have to "voluntarily surrender" it;)
Joking aside I do it all the time with OTC (Nurofen Plus Ibuprofen+codeine, paracetamol+codeine) and prescription codeine. Never had so much as a glance. |
I always carry ibruprofen or naproxen: sometimes in a branded travel-size bottle, sometimes in a smaller unmarked vial, occasionally in the "single-serving" paper packets. Never had a problem with any of them domestically.
Many years ago (pre-9/11™) at a small foreign airport a single pill was taken for "testing" but I was then released. I suspect the 50ish officer mistook light-blue generic naproxen for Viagra. Always wondered how that worked out for him... |
It's been something like 50 flights now, always with a little jar of ibuprofen. It's not the original jar, either. Nobody's ever had a look.
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Your medication and it's purpose are none of the TSA's business. As long as the container is marked in a way to indicate that its medicine, they are forbidden from handling it and you are under no obligation to discuss what it is, what's it's for, where you got it, etc. If they ask you, then ask to see their medical or pharmacy license or authority which grants them the right to diagnose or treat a disease.
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Originally Posted by goalie
(Post 13932448)
i always carry a small pill bottle with a mix of allergy pills, tylenol and prilosec and have never ever had any issues.
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Originally Posted by FriendlySkies
(Post 13932437)
Thanks! I wonder what they would say if I brought Codine through. I believe it is a Restricted Drug. Perhaps I would have to "voluntarily surrender" it;)
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Originally Posted by bocastephen
(Post 13932550)
Your medication and it's purpose are none of the TSA's business. As long as the container is marked in a way to indicate that its medicine, they are forbidden from handling it and you are under no obligation to discuss what it is, what's it's for, where you got it, etc. If they ask you, then ask to see their medical or pharmacy license or authority which grants them the right to diagnose or treat a disease.
Be careful about giving misleading advice. |
Originally Posted by star_world
(Post 13934296)
Easy there. They have every right under the existing rules to inspect it to ensure (to their satisfaction) that it is what you are claiming it is.
Be careful about giving misleading advice. You might want to check your position, CITE paragraph and line of laws that back your statements. Despite what TSA thinks they cant dragnet for items that fall WELL outside of there limited scope. |
Originally Posted by star_world
(Post 13934296)
Easy there. They have every right under the existing rules to inspect it to ensure (to their satisfaction) that it is what you are claiming it is.
Be careful about giving misleading advice. |
Originally Posted by star_world
(Post 13934296)
Easy there. They have every right under the existing rules to inspect it to ensure (to their satisfaction) that it is what you are claiming it is.
A pill of white powder that is not WEI is NOT going to break down the cockpit door, overpower the crew, and fly the plane into a building listed on Google Earth, in spite of TSA's fears. Crack, catnip, heroin, foot powder, meth, corn starch, a ground up copy of the Bill of Rights, it DOES NOT MATTER, none of the above are a threat to the safety of the completion of the upcoming flight. Once TSA determines it is not a WEI they are NOT authorized to make sure it is a FDA approved medication at the proper dose and purity. Gold plated tin badges on a blue smurf shirt do not make them LEO or medical doctors or PhD medicinal chemists without a license. :td: TSA checkpoints, in spite of DHS Homeland Security's desire for them to be so, are NOT "Fourth Amendment-Free Zones". Most importantly, they cannot be allowed to become such or the rest of the Constitution is shredded. IMHO. |
Originally Posted by star_world
(Post 13934296)
Easy there. They have every right under the existing rules to inspect it to ensure (to their satisfaction) that it is what you are claiming it is.
Originally Posted by star_world
(Post 13934296)
Be careful about giving misleading advice.
Originally Posted by FriendlySkies
(Post 13932281)
Has anybody had any problems taking medicine through the skewrity theater? I need to bring a bottle of Motrin through for headaches that I have been having lately.. I'd rather not have to rely upon the on-board med kit for my drugs :)
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