Has anyone had any problems getting through security with little baggies of vitamins and supplements? We are going to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Hungary this summer and will be gone for over a month. We have several vitamins and supplements we take daily. I wanted to put them in little ziplock-style bags instead of bringing all the bottles. We have a doctor's note saying we need them. I am worried about not having the original bottles with me. Thanks
Posted by
Duluth 🛶
9222 posts
I usually take some in tiny ziplock bags and have never been questioned about them (or about my regular meds, either, as those also go in ziplock bags). If anyone were to ask, I'd just pull up MyChart and show them what I take (which includes supplements).
Posted by
Sapulpa, OK, USA
6738 posts
I know people can have different experiences, and whoever is working security when you go through may say "Nope; not gonna work," but we've been flying back and forth pretty much annually since 2009, with our supplements in baggies, and have never been questioned.
"YMMV," as they say.
Posted by
OP
4 posts
Thank you so much!! I searched for other posts about this but they were very old. I just wanted to confirm with someone who had traveled recently.
Posted by
Freedonia
17193 posts
Security doesn't care about pills. Customs might.
I travel for months at a time with enough prescription meds to open a pharmacy. In the past 11 years of traveling full time no one has blinked an eye. I decant my pills into ziploc bags.
As long as you are not trying to bring in a banned substance or you are bringing way more pills than you would need for your trip, you won't have a problem.
Posted by
North Georgia, USA
1319 posts
My husband takes 10 or so meds. One week's pills go in two of the daily pill box things (AM + PM). Depending on the length of the trip, the remainder he'll need each go in a small pill baggie with the name and dosage on the outside (written with sharpie), then put all those in a larger zip bag with a print out of his meds from his doctor showing the clinic name, etc. We have never had so much as a question about it, years of travel to multiple destinations in Europe. I don't think anyone cares unless it looks like you have so much you might be trafficking.