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Where should you pack your medicines when you fly, per CDC?

Pack medicines in your carry-on.

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  1. In your carry-on bag ✔
  2. In checked luggage only
  3. In a hotel safe

Why: Checked bags can be lost or delayed, and you may need your medicine on the way. Keeping it with you means it travels where you do.

Huh, didn't know that: CDC also suggests leaving a copy of prescriptions with someone at home.

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Why did the doctor tell the nurses to be quiet near the medicine cabinet? So they don't wake the sleeping pills.
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References

Answer: In your carry-on bag. Checked bags can be lost or delayed, and you may need your medicine on the way. Keeping it with you means it travels where you do.

  1. CDC Travelers' Health: Traveling Abroad with Medicine wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/travel-abroad-with-medicine
    Pack medications in a carry on in case your luggage is lost or delayed
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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