Taking medicine out of country?

[PeterL]

On Jul 1, 11:58*am, Jack <jacks3...**********m> wrote:
> We're going on a road trip to Canada next week.
> We'll have the usual bunch of medicine that those of us *not young
> anymore have.
>
> Should we be sure to have all the bottles the medicine came in or will
> the normal pill boxes work?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack.

No need. I put my pills in little zip lock plastic bag, each one with
a label. No one ever checks. I've been to Europe, Asia and Canada
with them.

[Sue Mullen]

PeterL wrote:
> On Jul 1, 11:58 am, Jack <jacks3...**********m> wrote:
>> We're going on a road trip to Canada next week.
>> We'll have the usual bunch of medicine that those of us not young
>> anymore have.
>>
>> Should we be sure to have all the bottles the medicine came in or will
>> the normal pill boxes work?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jack.
>
> No need. I put my pills in little zip lock plastic bag, each one with
> a label. No one ever checks. I've been to Europe, Asia and Canada
> with them.

PeterL, you just lucked out, this is not good advice.

All medicine should be kept in original containers and this is true for
prescription or OTC meds/supplements.

sue

[Nonny]

"Sue Mullen" <kjmullen@************> wrote in message
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>
>
> PeterL wrote:
>> On Jul 1, 11:58 am, Jack <jacks3...**********m> wrote:
>>> We're going on a road trip to Canada next week.
>>> We'll have the usual bunch of medicine that those of us not
>>> young
>>> anymore have.
>>>
>>> Should we be sure to have all the bottles the medicine came in
>>> or will
>>> the normal pill boxes work?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jack.
>>
>> No need. I put my pills in little zip lock plastic bag, each
>> one with
>> a label. No one ever checks. I've been to Europe, Asia and
>> Canada
>> with them.
>
> PeterL, you just lucked out, this is not good advice.
>
> All medicine should be kept in original containers and this is
> true for prescription or OTC meds/supplements.
>
> sue

Good advice. Our pharmacy is Walgreens for everything and our HMO
has an online service that lists all current prescriptions. While
this is not "tested," what we do is prepackage the pills we take
on a daily basis into weekly containers. I print out the list
from Walgreens web site and also the one from the HMO. If there
is any question, at least I'll have both online and/or paper
evidence that we have a prescription for whatever is being
questioned.

--
Nonny

.. . . on a darned diet
and ready to chew off
my own elbows.

[Tobie Gerbrandt]

You might not have any trouble coming into Canada with your legal drugs, but
the US Customs seem to be unusually strict as to what you can take INTO the
USA, even if they were purchased in the USA.

I would suggest that you make sure you have prescription meds in their
original containers, with a copy of the prescription on it. That way, the
US customs will have no problem clearing them for return to the US.

Tobie>>>>on an Island in the Pacific

"Jack" <jacks3113**********m> wrote in message
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>
>
> We're going on a road trip to Canada next week.
> We'll have the usual bunch of medicine that those of us not young
> anymore have.
>
> Should we be sure to have all the bottles the medicine came in or will
> the normal pill boxes work?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack.

[Dillon Pyron]

[Default] Thus spake Sue Mullen <kjmullen@************>:

>
>
>PeterL wrote:
>> On Jul 1, 11:58 am, Jack <jacks3...**********m> wrote:
>>> We're going on a road trip to Canada next week.
>>> We'll have the usual bunch of medicine that those of us not young
>>> anymore have.
>>>
>>> Should we be sure to have all the bottles the medicine came in or will
>>> the normal pill boxes work?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Jack.
>>
>> No need. I put my pills in little zip lock plastic bag, each one with
>> a label. No one ever checks. I've been to Europe, Asia and Canada
>> with them.
>
>PeterL, you just lucked out, this is not good advice.
>
>All medicine should be kept in original containers and this is true for
>prescription or OTC meds/supplements.

I had assumed that "label" meant the 'scrip label. If it's just
something handwritten that says "blood pressure" then, no that doesn't
work. But if it's a pharmacy label with all the magical words then it
should do the trick. Nobody knows what an original container looks
like for prescription meds.

>
>sue
--

- dillon I am not invalid

"Jimmy, I'm sorry your girlfriend turned out
to be a cylon."
-Special Agent Tim McGee, "NCIS"

[Mark (SF)]

On Jul 1, 11:58*am, Jack <jacks3...**********m> wrote:
> We're going on a road trip to Canada next week.
> We'll have the usual bunch of medicine that those of us *not young
> anymore have.
>
> Should we be sure to have all the bottles the medicine came in or will
> the normal pill boxes work?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack.

Since I have an all-in-one printer, I just make a copy of my
prescription bottles with info visible and then repackage the pills
for travel.
I wouldn't give this as legal advice to anyone, but I figure it would
answer any questions if needed - and none of our scrips are high-risk
ones anyway.
(I don't think there's a big street market for statins!)

Mark

[Jack Hamilton]

On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:16:39 -0400, Brian K
<brian1951BLOG@**************> wrote:

>On 7/1/2009 7:16 PM Joseph Coulter while holding "Agent 99", exclaimed:
>> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:08:49 -0700, "Nonny" <somebody@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "Sue Mullen" <kjmullen@************> wrote in message
>>> news:7b1tqhF21g3huU1@mid.***************...
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> All medicine should be kept in original containers and this is
>>>> true for prescription or OTC meds/supplements.
>>>>
>>>> sue
>>>>
>>> Exactly I always take the paperwork for the meds but admit if they want the vitamins, they can have 'em
>>>
>> Joseph Coulter
>> Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations
>> www.josephcoulter.com
>>
>If the pills aren't in the original bottles with labels, I don't think
>that the paperwork will help you at a port of entry where there is heavy
>drug trafficking. From the customs and security officer's prospective
>those pills in the bottles could be X, meth, or oxy.

How does having the pills in original bottles prove they're not
oxycontin? You could have taken out the old pills and put in new
ones.

If the inspector can identify pills by sight, they don't need to be in
original bottles, and if s/he can't, it doesn't matter if they're in
the "original" bottles.

[Nonny]

We belong to one of the best HMO's imaginable. One of the things
they do is provide each member with a mini CD containing all the
health records, including prescriptions and a direct link to the
HMO's attended website. In the event of a problem or emergency,
any CD reader can read the health record, see prescribing
information, test results, appointments, diagnosis and even the
reports by specialists. By clicking on a link, the ER physician
can also go direct to the HMO's attended website for more
information, including permission to admit, transport etc.

It doesn't replace carrying manual information on prescription
meds, but it sure helps.

--
Nonny

.. . . on a darned diet
and ready to chew off
my own elbows.

[Jean O'Boyle]

"Nonny" <somebody@cox.net> wrote in message
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> We belong to one of the best HMO's imaginable. One of the things they do
> is provide each member with a mini CD containing all the health records,
> including prescriptions and a direct link to the HMO's attended website.
> In the event of a problem or emergency, any CD reader can read the health
> record, see prescribing information, test results, appointments, diagnosis
> and even the reports by specialists. By clicking on a link, the ER
> physician can also go direct to the HMO's attended website for more
> information, including permission to admit, transport etc.
>
> It doesn't replace carrying manual information on prescription meds, but
> it sure helps.

Sounds like the HMO that we belong to, Nonny...All my medical records are on
a bracelet that I keep in my purse and all of Ed's are on a key chain. What
amazes me is that they are automatically updated when something is added
from a doctor's visit.

--Jean

[Jack Hamilton]

On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:52:53 -0700, "Nonny" <somebody@cox.net> wrote:

>We belong to one of the best HMO's imaginable. One of the things
>they do is provide each member with a mini CD containing all the
>health records, including prescriptions and a direct link to the
>HMO's attended website. In the event of a problem or emergency,
>any CD reader can read the health record, see prescribing
>information, test results, appointments, diagnosis and even the
>reports by specialists. By clicking on a link, the ER physician
>can also go direct to the HMO's attended website for more
>information, including permission to admit, transport etc.
>
>It doesn't replace carrying manual information on prescription
>meds, but it sure helps.

My HMO (Kaiser Permanente) offers a thumb drive with medical records.
I haven't gotten one because I couldn't think of what I might use it
for. I guess I should get one.