Medications

Maybe. Impossible to answer without knowing what medications they are. But in general you can bring what you need for a short trip, just remember to bring the prescriptions with you.

I just got back from Ireland. The rule is to keep your meds in their original bottles or packaging. I have traveled extensively & would recommend that in addition to that, tell his doctor that you are going out of the country & that you need a prescription (with generic names on the script). This way if something happens you will be able to go to a pharmacy there & get it replaced. I also went to my pharmacist & asked for the smallest bottles that would hold my meds for traveling. This saved a lot of room in my luggage. I follow RS advice & only travel with a carry on & personal bag. We were gone for 2 weeks. Please check your airline’s baggage requirements before you start packing. I have traveled all of Eu & Uk with RS other bag. I flew this time with Aer Lingus & found I needed RS smaller bag. Their carry on is much smaller than other airlines. I still only needed my carry on & personal bag.

Rules aren’t meant to be broken, but to save space, and taking more prescribed meds now than a few years ago, I combine them in bottles. On a 4-week stay in Ireland right at the moment, I brought 10 different types of pills/tablets/capsules of Rx plus over-the-counter vitamins and supplements, spread between 4 relatively small bottles. They’re in particular bottles so it’s easy to determine which are which. Two of the four bottles are original prescription containers, but have those other pills in with them. They’ve never been looked at by any authorities, let alone questioned, in Europe or elsewhere, so even if they’re not officially proper, it hasn’t been an issue.

If there was ever an issue, it might require some explaining, and maybe confiscation, but highly doubtful for what I’m taking. I did have to go to a pharmacy once in Italy when I ran short (didn’t pack enough pills) but it was refilled based on my original label, essentially over the counter, not requiring a doctor’s written prescription, and it cost a whole €10 … medical insurance and co-pay didn’t even need to be considered.

Your husband’s situation may be totally different, especially depending on what medications he needs, but especially if you bring prescription documentation, and a drug-sniffing dog hasn’t singled you out (don’t look suspicious at the airport -lol), a container of pills might work for you, instead of lots of separate bottles, all precisely labeled and organized.

some pharmacies will pack into ziplock bags, or provide extra labels to add to small ziplocks to reduce weight and volume. And as said, have a generic RX from doctor.
That being said, you said for 'pain'. if these are narcotic meds, then you need to review per country. Usually if just sufficient for private use for your time there, it may be acceptable, you don't want to have a Britney Griner experience.

Badger nailed it: "But in general you can bring what you need for a short trip, just remember to bring the prescriptions with you."

As for narcotics and some anti-depressents, there are country specific rules, and over the years I have heard of a few that are issued here like candy that are downright illegal in some countries; assume nothing if you want to ensure you are acting legally.

Whats the odds of having your meds checked? Apparently about the same as having Lufthansa weigh your carry-on. What is a plasuable scenario? Changing planes in Istanbul returning to the US every carryon is searched at the gate. They arent looking for pills (I dont think) but it just takes one agent having a bad day or with an attitude and those pain pills could end you up in a Turkish prison. Never has that I know of, but lots things havent happened for the first time yet.