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How should prescription medicines be kept when you travel?

Keep them in original labeled containers.

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  1. In a pill box with no labels
  2. In original labeled containers ✔
  3. Mixed in one bag

Why: Original labels show the medicine is really yours, which helps at borders and with doctors abroad. CDC suggests a doctor note for injectables like insulin or EpiPens.

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Answer: In original labeled containers. Original labels show the medicine is really yours, which helps at borders and with doctors abroad. CDC suggests a doctor note for injectables like insulin or EpiPens.

  1. CDC Travelers' Health: Traveling Abroad with Medicine wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/travel-abroad-with-medicine
    Keep medicines in their original, labeled containers
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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