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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Chris111
I think you will be fine, too.

I take more than 25 items a day - most of which are nutritional supplements for an autoimmune condition (these have kept me off of steroids, and have kept me able to walk).

There is no way I can deal with carrying (and opening every day) more than 25 bottles, so most of them are set up in two craft boxes, so I only have to open the lids to access all that are in each box. I have flown with these several times. The craft boxes are in the bottom of my backpack and haven't ever been looked at, but it does concern me that I might be given a hard time about this someday.

I haven't flown internationally with this stuff since 2003, so I also wonder if it may now be more difficult to do this on international flights?
I take a few prescription drugs every day, plus some other prescription and non-prescription drugs as needed. I almost never fly with the meds in the original bottles. Instead I have my daily pills in a M-T-W-Th-F-S-S pill organizer and my others in a little box with several compartments in which I carry small quantities of Advil, aspirin, Tylenol, Benedryl, Ambien, etc. I have never been stopped or questioned on US domestic flights or international flights.

If I were stopped, I could prove that every prescription drug I'm carrying has been legally prescribed for me in the US, but it would definitely be a hassle. If I were carrying heavy-duty narcotics, I'd probably keep them in the original containers, but the things I'm taking don't seem to be the kinds of meds that are trafficked.
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