Medications
 

Here at home, our medications are kept in a seven-day container. We will be
in Ireland next week. Should we take the pill containers from the pharmacy
to prove we have prescriptions for each medication?
Jimmie

Re: Medications
 

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:33:29 GMT, "Jimmie" <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Here at home, our medications are kept in a seven-day container. We will be
    >in Ireland next week. Should we take the pill containers from the pharmacy
    >to prove we have prescriptions for each medication?
    >Jimmie

Just in case of difficulties, it's a good idea to get your doctor to
produce a letter for you saying that he/she has prescribed the
medicines for you.



Keith, Bristol, UK

DE-MUNG for email replies

Re: Medications
 

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:38:27 +0100, Keith Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:33:29 GMT, "Jimmie" <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>Here at home, our medications are kept in a seven-day container. We will be
    >>in Ireland next week. Should we take the pill containers from the pharmacy
    >>to prove we have prescriptions for each medication?
    >>Jimmie
    >Just in case of difficulties, it's a good idea to get your doctor to
    >produce a letter for you saying that he/she has prescribed the
    >medicines for you.

Defence councils find this useful. "My client was prescribed 15 gm. of
cocaine twice daily by his Columbian doctor ..."

Re: Medications
 

"Jimmie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected].. .
    > Here at home, our medications are kept in a seven-day container. We will
be
    > in Ireland next week. Should we take the pill containers from the
pharmacy
    > to prove we have prescriptions for each medication?
    > Jimmie

The usual recommendation is to keep medication in the original containers
AND make sure you evidence that it was prescribed (the container provided by
the pharmacy should do it).

However, in all my years of travel, all over the world, I've neve once been
questioned about prescription drugs in my possession.

Re: Medications
 

"PTravel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > However, in all my years of travel, all over the world, I've neve once
    > been
    > questioned about prescription drugs in my possession.

Neither have I, and following a heart attack a couple of years ago I
rattle. Are there customs operatives anywhere in the world so bloody daft
that they think people use Ramipril and Atenolol as recreational drugs?

Alan Harrison

Re: Medications
 

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 00:27:26 +0000 (UTC), "ALAN HARRISON"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"PTravel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> However, in all my years of travel, all over the world, I've neve once
    >> been
    >> questioned about prescription drugs in my possession.
    >Neither have I, and following a heart attack a couple of years ago I
    >rattle. Are there customs operatives anywhere in the world so bloody daft
    >that they think people use Ramipril and Atenolol as recreational drugs?

Well, I've met a few - not many it has to be said - customs officers
(particularly Her Majesty's employees) who've been extremely
unpleasant. I'd rather have a chit from my doctor than be in the
presence of someone who smirks sadistically as he puts on the rubber
gloves - "Now if you wouldn't mind bending over, sir....."



Keith, Bristol, UK

DE-MUNG for email replies

Re: Medications
 

Jimmie wrote:

    > Here at home, our medications are kept in a seven-day container. We
    > will be in Ireland next week. Should we take the pill containers from
    > the pharmacy to prove we have prescriptions for each medication?
    > Jimmie

There may be exceptions, but I pack all my (many) vitamin
supplements and my medications in the kind of containers you
describe, and so far I have NEVER had anyone look that
closely at the contents of my purse or carry-on bag.

Re: Medications
 

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 00:27:26 +0000 (UTC), "ALAN HARRISON"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"PTravel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> However, in all my years of travel, all over the world, I've neve once
    >> been
    >> questioned about prescription drugs in my possession.
    >Neither have I, and following a heart attack a couple of years ago I
    >rattle. Are there customs operatives anywhere in the world so bloody daft
    >that they think people use Ramipril and Atenolol as recreational drugs?
    >Alan Harrison

I carry various meds when I travel. Hopefully, I will never
need to produce the doctor's letter and prescriptions which
justify having them with me (actually - I did have to, at
least once, in 21 fllights), but the small inconvenience of
getting the doc to do that is far outweighed by the possible
inconvenience of losing those meds at security or customs.

Never forget that security staff are employed for their
muscles, not their intelligence. And their thickest muscle
is often the one between their ears.


Cheers, Alan, Australia

Re: Medications
 

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:07:24 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Jimmie wrote:
    >> Here at home, our medications are kept in a seven-day container. We
    >> will be in Ireland next week. Should we take the pill containers from
    >> the pharmacy to prove we have prescriptions for each medication?
    >> Jimmie
    >There may be exceptions, but I pack all my (many) vitamin
    >supplements and my medications in the kind of containers you
    >describe, and so far I have NEVER had anyone look that
    >closely at the contents of my purse or carry-on bag.

With the concerns about "sharp objects" I had to be very careful when
I went on my one and only trip to the US in April 2002. I had to show
the syringe etc at check-in and they did check the letter from my GP.

On the return journey from Boston, they actually took away the syringe
and other medication (and the doctor's letter again) and I didn't get
them back for 20 minutes.



Keith, Bristol, UK

DE-MUNG for email replies

Re: Medications
 

"ALAN HARRISON" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "PTravel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >> However, in all my years of travel, all over the world, I've neve once
    >> been
    >> questioned about prescription drugs in my possession.
    > Neither have I, and following a heart attack a couple of years ago I
    > rattle. Are there customs operatives anywhere in the world so bloody daft
    > that they think people use Ramipril and Atenolol as recreational drugs?

Nope but there are lots of customs officers who realise that

1) They dont know the names of every prescription
drug manufactured on the planet

2) On occasion the pills in a bottle are the same as
the description on the label.

Keith



----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----

Re: Medications
 

PTravel wrote:
However, in all my years of travel, all over the world, I've neve once
been
questioned about prescription drugs in my possession.

I have, fifteen years ago when transfering at Heathrow. After showing
a letter from a doctor, there was no problem. I now make sure that I
always carry a letter from a doctor when flying.

George

Re: Medications
 

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:33:39 +0100, Keith Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On the return journey from Boston, they actually took away the syringe
    >and other medication (and the doctor's letter again) and I didn't get
    >them back for 20 minutes.

I hope you did a realistic impression of collapsing on the floor in a
coma :-)

Re: Medications
 

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:43:58 +0200, nitram <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:33:39 +0100, Keith Anderson
    ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >>On the return journey from Boston, they actually took away the syringe
    >>and other medication (and the doctor's letter again) and I didn't get
    >>them back for 20 minutes.
    >I hope you did a realistic impression of collapsing on the floor in a
    >coma :-)

I did consider it, but the person who took the stuff away was a rather
pretty Venezuelan lass and it would have been bad form on my part - or
at least I thought so at the time.



Keith, Bristol, UK

DE-MUNG for email replies

Re: Medications
 

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:08:52 +0100, Keith Anderson
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:43:58 +0200, nitram <[email protected]> wrote:

    >>I hope you did a realistic impression of collapsing on the floor in a
    >>coma :-)
    >I did consider it, but the person who took the stuff away was a rather
    >pretty Venezuelan lass and it would have been bad form on my part - or
    >at least I thought so at the time.

Even with the prospect of being given the kiss of life?

Re: Medications
 

Keith Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Just in case of difficulties, it's a good idea to get your doctor to
    > produce a letter for you saying that he/she has prescribed the
    > medicines for you.

And a further precaution: in case some medicines have different
commercial names in the USA and in Europe, the lettre should mention
their pharmacopea name.


--
inversez "kertanguy" et "de" pour me joindre