At DEN, a TSA agent told me that the Tylenol #3 that I was carrying for pain from dental work was "hazardous" and she was going to confiscate it. She also told me that I didn't "need" the medication and told me it was too addictive. My mouth was full of gauze, and I could not talk very clearly, but I called her supervisor over and told him that the prescription vial was properly labeled, that I am a licensed pharmacist and had just had a root canal.

The supervisor gave the agent holy hell. He told her, verbatim, "I told you to stop it NOW! You have no right to take the medication away from him. Clear him NOW and let it go!" Through security screening I went, with her foul look at me the entire way.

I sent a letter of complaint to the Colorado Boards of Pharmacy and Dentistry, and also followed-up with a letter of complaint to TSA. What the TSA agent did comes dangerously close to the practice of a health profession, and unless she holds the proper license(s), she needs to shut her trap. There is no exemption from licensure requirements for anybody, and this includes TSA agents.