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birth control and travelling

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:28 am
by Questionss
So im gonna be going on vacation tomorrow and i have a question about the pills. So my family doesnt know im on them but i would like to keep them in my carry on bag, Will they be taken out of my bag at airport security? and if they will be is it safe to just keep them in my luggage?

Re: birth control and travelling

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:29 am
by Questionss
this will be an airport in the states by the way

Re: birth control and travelling

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:18 am
by Redskies
With any kind of prescription medication, it's better to keep it with you if you can rather than to pack it in your luggage, because of the possibility of lost or delayed luggage. No-one needs the extra headache of trying to figure out how to replace medicine at short notice in an unfamiliar place!

There's not really any guarantee whether your hand luggage will or wouldn't be searched, but pills themselves shouldn't set off any alert in a scanner or cause a search. If you just make sure that your hand luggage doesn't contain anything that the airline and airport say it shouldn't, that will greatly reduce the chance that security staff will want to look in your bag.

Re: birth control and travelling

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:49 am
by Questionss
Ok thank you!

Re: birth control and travelling

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:55 am
by Redskies
You're welcome!