we hae had inhalers. they come in a box with the label. you then use the
inhaler, instead of cutting the box, just save the box, put the inhaler back
in it before flying. very simple
sheree
"scabbardgirl" wrote in message
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> Rosalie B. wrote:
>> scabbardgirl wrote:
>>
>>> David Gee wrote:
>>>> "scabbardgirl" wrote in message
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>>>>> I carry my asthma inhaler everywhere. The prescription label is
>>>>> always put on the box, not on the inhaler. I just cut out the
>>>>> prescription label and carry it in my wallet. In case I lose it or it
>>>>> dies during a trip, I have the information I need to get another one.
>>>>> A pharmacy can use the info to call to get the prescription to give me
>>>>> another one.
>>>> NONONO!!! Take the WHOLE box that contained your small bottle of
>>>> medication! It has your pharmacist's prescription label, PLUS other
>>>> information, such as the list of non-medical ingredients, that will
>>>> (may?) convince an inspector to pass it through.
>>>>
>>>> Also, keep the small paper "Product Information Summary" -- you know,
>>>> the thing that's folded smaller than a Christmas cracker hat and
>>>> printed in type so small that only a Chihuahua could read it! --
>>>> because it contains a LOT more information on the medication.
>>>>
>>>> AND it is printed in four, five or more languages, useful in many
>>>> airports around the world. Increasingly, these include Chinese,
>>>> Japanese and Arabic.
>>>>
>>> A little tough to do, since the box is long gone. I sent a request for
>>> clarification to TSA, but, as usual, they haven't answered.
>>> If they want the entire box, then everyone who has just the generic
>>> prescription bottle with the pharmacy label on it, well, aren't they in
>>> the same boat? They need to ask for their meds in the original
>>> bottle??? A little difficult to do when your pharmacist orders meds in
>>> bulk quantity and divides it out as ordered.
>>> As long as you aren't flying through Phoenix, where the TSA folks are
>>> dumb as doorknobs, an agent should be able to put inhaler + prescription
>>> label together.
>>
>> You might luck out, but I doubt it. If your pharmacist can't put the
>> medications into a box or bottle with a label with your name on it,
>> I'd get another pharmacist. Anytime I get a prescription that they put
>> into a smaller bottle, they
>> always paste the prescription label on it which has my name, what the
>> prescription number is, how many and what dosage, how many refills,
>> the doctor's name that prescribed it and a phone number for refills.
>> And if it is a bottle with 100 pills in it, and I only get 90, they
>> usually put the label on the bigger bottle. If the bottle or object is
>> too small or is something like a tube of
>> paste, they put it on the box that the thing comes in.
>>
>>
> I've never had any pharmacist put the prescription label on the inhaler
> itself in the 35+ years I've had one. The inhaler is 2 part - one small
> container of the med with a plastic outer shell that does the delivery. I
> don't think the inner would fit if it had to have a label, plus I don't
> think a label would fit, anyway. The outer may be used with multiple
> inners, so labeling it wouldn't help. It's always gone on the box and I
> cut the label off of the box and carry it in my purse.
> I don't see the difference between the label being pasted on a
> non-original bottle, as every pharmacist does, or carrying the label with
> me. Exact same label, exact same information, just on a bottle.
> As for the other
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