Re: travelling with meds, needles and syringes

[Guest guest]

I was asked about medications on entering Australia. Seemed

innocent curiosity more than anything. They really made it clear

that they didn't want anyone bringing in steroids.

> I have frequently read the advice below about traveling with drugs

> in original bottles and having copies of prescriptions, but having

> travelled fairly widely and relatively frequently, I have never

> been asked about the medications I've been carrying. I find it much

> more convenient to sort my pills into my pill tray (with one pill

> box for each day, four compartments per box). It also guarantees

> that I won't run out of any meds, as I have counted everything out.

> It would take a whole lot of carry on space to have room for all of

> my bottles. I used to have my doctor sign a letter stating that he

> had prescribed all of the drugs listed in the letter for a medical

> condition, but stopped asking for it when he said he had never

> known anyone to have needed to produce such a letter.

>

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