Quote Originally Posted by Melody
I must say that I'm glad that I flew to Dallas a few weeks ago and not after the bomb scare. :/ I have many medications which are labeled to me, under the name everyone knows me by, and not by my old asian name that only my parents call me. :/ It would mean getting new prescriptions filled out, mail ordered, etc etc... and since I have 8 separate prescriptions, from three different doctors, it would definately be a pain.

Keeping the meds in their original bottles is also a pain. I'm having to now mail order my medications, so each bottle holds typically 3 months of medication. If I lost my meds, I believe the insurance that I have would require that I pay for the replacement out of pocket. We're talking about $6k. :/ And since I need those meds to live, the alternative isn't very good.

*sigh*

I think I'm going to avoid flying for a while again.

Mel
Well, I may have flown before all the rules were set in stone. I had my meds for the day (prescription and non-prescription) counted out into a small tin from a tea bag package. They (security guards at each flight) asked what was in the tin. I opened it, showed them, and said it was all my medications counted out for the day. They shrugged and let me through with it.

I too have some name variations to deal with, but they didn't seem to look too closely. Are you sure you couldn't get one doctor to write you a "prescription" to cover all your meds for travel purposes? Maybe your GP?

Also, I mixed various meds into one (prescription) bottle. I'd done this before I learned of the new regulations, just to save space. After all, they are color and shape coded. I don't need half a dozen half-empty bottles just to keep them sorted. This too did not create a problem: Prescription bottle. Name matches ticket. Nobody checked whether contents matched label. Hmmmm. Maybe not so secure after all. But maybe they would have checked more closely if I'd been wearing a chador.