![]() Checked luggage occasionally gets lost or delayed. You should always pack medication in carry-on luggage rather than checked luggage. You are allowed to pack medicine in checked luggage but it’s rarely a good idea. You don’t need to pack liquid medications over 3.4 oz in your quart-size toiletries bag, but you do need to take them out and place them in a bin for screening by TSA agents. The 3.4 oz carry-on limit for liquids does not apply to liquid medication or any medically necessary liquid. The most obvious example is liquid medication. Where they can, the TSA bends its own rules to make flying with prescription medication possible. So the TSA does sometimes need to carry out checks to make sure nothing dangerous is concealed within medical bottles or medical equipment. They just don’t have time to do it for millions of toiletries that are not crucial for health. ![]() Instead, a TSA officer will carry out additional screening to make sure that any medicine that you are taking on the plane is what you say it is. If a medicine breaks any existing rule the TSA won’t stop you from bringing it with you. In the interests of public safety, the TSA will stop you from bringing a large tube of toothpaste because it might not really be toothpaste.īut the TSA understands that medicine is important and they can’t prevent passengers from flying with the medicine that they need! The regular TSA rules don’t apply to medicine. Their job is just to keep planes safe from the threat of weapons or flammables. It’s not their remit, they are not law enforcement officers. The TSA is also not searching to discover drugs that are considered controlled substances. That’s true for prescription medicine and over-the-counter medicine and the same goes for medically necessary devices or equipment. The TSA has zero interest in preventing any passenger from bringing required medicine through airport security and onto the plane. Their main task is to stop the bad guys, not impede travelers with medical conditions. The Transportation Security Administration is in the business of aviation security and safety. The good news is that you can bring medicine on a plane.īut should medicine be packed in carry-on luggage or checked luggage? And are there any special instructions you need to know about flying with medication? ![]() So you are flying and need to bring prescription medications through airport security and onto the plane. ![]()
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