Originally Posted by chollie

No, the website does not say that medical nitro is permitted.

Someone added 'nitro' to a list of recognized words, but the response addressed medical liquids only. Hint: nitro pills are not liquid, hence the liquid rules do not apply. The response also added the usual disclaimer: nothing on the website is binding at the checkpoint and the screener(s) make the final decision (as they did when they took my pills).

The pills contain a prohibited substance, not unlike the peroxide in Clearcare contact solution. It is the only contact solution I am aware of that is banned in any quantity - because of a single ingredient.

For the hundredth time, my pills were confiscated under the 'banned substances' rules - the same rules that prohibit me from flying with a small vial of gunpowder or a firecracker.6

With all due respect, I have your word on an IBB vs. the in-person words of multiple TSOs, LTSOs, STSO and suits. Actions speak much louder than anonymous words on the internet.

If it's such a non-issue, why is Blogger Bob reluctant to address it? You know, big laughs all around, big misunderstanding, TSOs saw nitro pills and instead of handling them like any bottle of pills they treated them like live mini-bombs?

I did file a 'complaint' at the time. It only happened one time - the experience was so unsettling, the threats so scary, that I haven't dared to carry my pills since.

Needless to say, I never received a response to my concerns.

I do think it's interesting that you have seen 'hundreds' of these pill bottles. You must do a lot of very thorough bag searches at GSO - taking pill bottles out and reading labels. I only had it happen one time (taking the contents out of each baggie and reading labels, opening bottles, etc.)