Question about traveling overseas with a prescription drug--Customs?

trumad

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Sun Jun-08-08 09:34 PM
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Question about traveling overseas with a prescription drug--Customs?

I take Lipitor and was wondering how I get it through customs. Is the prescription bottle with my name on it all I need?

Thanks

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elleng

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Sun Jun-08-08 09:36 PM
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1. Should be;

but its been a while since I've been overseas, and it was before our 'regime change.'

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flamingyouth

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Sun Jun-08-08 09:37 PM
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2. It should be fine as long as it's in its original bottle with your name on it.

I've never had any problems and I've traveled quite a few times with medications.

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Yael

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Sun Jun-08-08 09:39 PM
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3. I have traveled extensively throughout the middle east and central america post 9/11

Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 09:39 PM by Yael

I have never taken any prescription bottles with me -- only the dosage I will need on the trip plus a few other days.

I was hounded in Atlanta a few years ago over a slim jim (in my laptop bag -- that I had forgotten about) after returning from Israel/Jordan.

I have been searched endlessly based on my travel history and passport stamps.

No one has ever questioned my ziplock baggie of pills though.

You will be fine.

:)

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greenbriar

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Sun Jun-08-08 09:39 PM
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4. that is all we ever need

hubby travels with an epi pen

we used to have a letter from the doctor describing the need for it, but that was because it is a needle

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