Originally Posted by
flyquiet
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Please clarify why they "apparently" have to be declared, and how. There isn't a question on the form asking about medications. I take Rx medications and vitamins and a whole buffet of antihistamines, analgesics, and other OTC remedies "just in case I need them". I concede that chewable gummy supplements are right on the fine line between food and non-food, and I generally don't consider them "food". Now you have me wondering about medication.
I carry the properly labelled Rx containers and the summary slip from the pharmacy listing all my Rxs, but I don't tell anybody about them, other than putting the inhalers in the 1L bag. I'm not hiding anything but nobody has told me these are to be declared.
See this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trust...tolerance.html
No mention on the form, never came up in the GE interview, but apparently according to the rules, yes, you're supposed to declare all meds. I knew medical nitro was prohibited by TSA, but never knew the rest had to be declared to CBP. I never travel with prescription copies, always transfer what I need from oversize pill bottles to small unlabelled bottles.
Not any more. I think it's generally low risk for non-GE pax, but a potentially very big problem if you get a random GE secondary and haven't declared everything.
Doesn't make it any easier when different agents tell you different things, but IMHO the safest thing to do is declare absolutely everything.