Traveling with medical supplies--what are the rules?
Jun 2, 2017, 7:01 pm
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Traveling with medical supplies--what are the rules?
Other than allowing a bit of extra time it's not been a big problem in the past but this time Hainan airlines (departing PVG) denied us.
It ended up being cheaper to leave a few things with her relatives and allow some stuff in the bag to out-date before we get back there than to pay the $200 they wanted to bring it home.
It ended up being cheaper to leave a few things with her relatives and allow some stuff in the bag to out-date before we get back there than to pay the $200 they wanted to bring it home.
Jun 4, 2017, 1:41 pm
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It depends on where you're flying more so than the specific airline, and also what you're trying to take with you and why.
I took 3 months of prescription and OTC meds from the US to England via Iceland with no issues, as well as a portable nebulizer (it's always with me) and a TENS unit. For that trip, I carried copies of prescriptions, letter from doctors with conditions/medicine names, as well as the contact numbers. Had no issues.
Usually I travel with several necessary meds and a nebuliser.
Some countries will not allow certain medications in them at all, regardless of whether or not you have prescriptions or doctor's notes. In some cases, you have to get a letter from an embassy. It's a case by case basis on what you're trying to take with you and where and from where.
I took 3 months of prescription and OTC meds from the US to England via Iceland with no issues, as well as a portable nebulizer (it's always with me) and a TENS unit. For that trip, I carried copies of prescriptions, letter from doctors with conditions/medicine names, as well as the contact numbers. Had no issues.
Usually I travel with several necessary meds and a nebuliser.
Some countries will not allow certain medications in them at all, regardless of whether or not you have prescriptions or doctor's notes. In some cases, you have to get a letter from an embassy. It's a case by case basis on what you're trying to take with you and where and from where.
Jun 4, 2017, 7:52 pm
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It depends on where you're flying more so than the specific airline, and also what you're trying to take with you and why.
I took 3 months of prescription and OTC meds from the US to England via Iceland with no issues, as well as a portable nebulizer (it's always with me) and a TENS unit. For that trip, I carried copies of prescriptions, letter from doctors with conditions/medicine names, as well as the contact numbers. Had no issues.
Usually I travel with several necessary meds and a nebuliser.
Some countries will not allow certain medications in them at all, regardless of whether or not you have prescriptions or doctor's notes. In some cases, you have to get a letter from an embassy. It's a case by case basis on what you're trying to take with you and where and from where.
I took 3 months of prescription and OTC meds from the US to England via Iceland with no issues, as well as a portable nebulizer (it's always with me) and a TENS unit. For that trip, I carried copies of prescriptions, letter from doctors with conditions/medicine names, as well as the contact numbers. Had no issues.
Usually I travel with several necessary meds and a nebuliser.
Some countries will not allow certain medications in them at all, regardless of whether or not you have prescriptions or doctor's notes. In some cases, you have to get a letter from an embassy. It's a case by case basis on what you're trying to take with you and where and from where.