Originally Posted by
horseflesh
I did some digging on the official site and found more information.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...al_1374.shtm#4
All medications in any form or type (for instance, pills, injectables, or homeopathic) and associated supplies (syringes, Sharps disposal container, pre-loaded syringes, jet injectors, pens, infusers, etc.) are allowed through the security checkpoint once they have been screened.
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Medication and related supplies are normally X-rayed. However, as a customer service, TSA now allows you the option of requesting a visual inspection of your medication and associated supplies.
* You must request a visual inspection before the screening process begins; otherwise your medications and supplies will undergo X-ray inspection.
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* Any medication and/or associated supplies that cannot be cleared visually must be submitted for X-ray screening. If you refuse, you will not be permitted to carry your medications and related supplies into the sterile area.
It's not entirely clear but it
seems to mean that I can put a <3 oz medical liquid plus its syringes into my carry-on, and not say anything about it, if I am OK with it being X-rayed on the belt. If not, I need to declare it for visual inspection.
Two choices:
1. You treat it as any other liquid, if it is under 3.4 oz, and put it in your 3-1-1 bag
2. You declare it as a medical supply but it still needs to be out of your carry-on. With medical supplies, you can either let it go through the x-ray or prior to it going through you tell them you want a visual inspection. If they cannot clear it by visual inspection, they will need to x-ray it. If you refuse to have it x-rayed, you won't be able to bring it into the secure area. Which means you can either "voluntarily hand it over" and proceed to your destination or you take it with you and leave the airport.
Either way it has to be out of your carry-on because it's a liquid. Leaving it in your carryon is just taking a chance you probably don't want to take.