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For the millions of travelers who wear contact lenses you may now take your contact lens case, filled with solution, and your contact lens solutions in your carry-on, but you still have to pack your travel toothpaste in your checked-in luggage.
Originally posted by from TSA rules and regulation on their web site
Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Conditions
Important Information For Our Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Conditions
Due to enhanced security measures liquids, gels, lotions and other items of similar consistency will not be permitted in carry-on baggage. These types of items must be packed in your checked baggage.
To ensure the health and welfare of our air travelers with disabilities and medical conditions the following items are permitted.
Liquid prescription medicine with a name that matches the passenger’s ticket
Up to 5 oz. (148ml) of liquid or gel low blood sugar treatment
Up to 4 oz. of essential non-prescription liquid medications including saline solution, eye care products and KY jelly
Gel-filled bras and similar prostethics
Gel-filled wheelchair cushions
Life support and life sustaining liquids such as bone marrow, blood products, and transplant organs carried for medical reasons
john225
08-30-2006, 09:33 AM
Does anyone know about nitro glycerin? I have the sublingual spray, and I am flying on Sep. 9, and would hate to go for a week not having any nitro with me, just in case. I didn't keep the box with the prescription label that it came in.
weblet
08-30-2006, 09:45 AM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(john225 @ Aug 30 2006, 09:33 AM) 35964</div>
Does anyone know about nitro glycerin? I have the sublingual spray, and I am flying on Sep. 9, and would hate to go for a week not having any nitro with me, just in case. I didn't keep the box with the prescription label that it came in.
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Of course, I'm counting on someone at security having some sort of common sense, but I would think that if you have a letter from your doctor stating that it is essential that you have this with you due to a medical condition, they would let it thru. As far as not having the original box, could you get the pharmacist to put a new label on the bottle? Or get a new prescription?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(john225 @ Aug 30 2006, 09:33 AM) 35964</div>
Does anyone know about nitro glycerin? I have the sublingual spray, and I am flying on Sep. 9, and would hate to go for a week not having any nitro with me, just in case. I didn't keep the box with the prescription label that it came in.
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Hi John,
Their rules on nitro are of interest to me as well. Since my heart attack last year, I've been carrying nitro pills with me, but fortunately haven't needed them.
The answer to your question is yes you can take the pills, or in your case the spray in your carry-on, but you will need to get your pharmacy to give you a new container with a proper label on it. My pharmacy saw in their records that I got the prescription from them, and gave me a new bottle with a proper label to put my nitro in. I'd bet your pharmacy would give you a new labeled box or make a label to affix to the bottle.
The TSA rules say, "Nitroglycerine pills - if properly marked with a professionally printed label identifying the medication and manufacturer's name, or pharmaceutical label, are permitted in carry-on and checked-in luggage, as well as Nitroglycerine sprays in a bottle of no more than 4 oz., also properly labeled."
jfrenaye
08-30-2006, 10:10 AM
Well, I am glad that they are letting the WonderBras and KY Jelly on board. No need to ruin a weekend I guess.
And since the airlines are not capable of transporting a prothesis, I guesss TSA has determined it is acceptable for an amputee to bring his or her arms or legs on board.
I was talking with a friend last night over a few beers and we decided that all of this posturing is doing absolutely nothing. This is merely making us FEEL safer. When in actuality, we are as vulnerable as we were on September 10, 2001.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jfrenaye @ Aug 30 2006, 10:10 AM) 35974</div>
I was talking with a friend last night over a few beers and we decided that all of this posturing is doing absolutely nothing. This is merely making us FEEL safer. When in actuality, we are as vulnerable as we were on September 10, 2001.
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We are in complete agreement. So when is TSA going to admit it, and make the rules reasonably passenger friendly, instead of what they have now, which neither makes us safer, or makes it reasonably easy and comfortable to fly? For that matter, when is TSA going to actually and measurably make it safer to fly? I think we can also ask will TSA ever make it actually safer?
mtp51
08-30-2006, 12:25 PM
Oh, and this list will continue to change again & again.
john225
08-30-2006, 12:55 PM
I actually called the TSA, and they told me that since I didn't have the box anymore, a letter from my cardiologist would be sufficient.
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I actually called the TSA, and they told me that since I didn't have the box anymore, a letter from my cardiologist would be sufficient.
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Thanks John, that's good to know.
amybhole
08-30-2006, 04:17 PM
My best friend always considered her A-cup a disability. Now I will tell her that she's been right all along!
This is an interesting Newsweek article. This guy has reported on prison security, and now compares it to airport security.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14569998/site/newsweek/
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(amybhole @ Aug 30 2006, 04:17 PM) 36007</div>
My best friend always considered her A-cup a disability. Now I will tell her that she's been right all along!
This is an interesting Newsweek article. This guy has reported on prison security, and now compares it to airport security.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14569998/site/newsweek/
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Amy, this article is a great find. It seems to me that Chris Dickey understands the problem a whole lot better than TSA.
His summary is excellent. "In fact, security systems will continue evolving, as will terrorist efforts to get around them. But the policies that develop in that process have to be based on a cool, common sense assessment of the real threats, not sensationalism and cover-your-ass bureaucracy. The failed dreams of would-be terrorists cannot be the measure of the threat against us. To achieve “pure security,” in the end, Americans would have to become inmates of their own country."
Ain't it the truth.
ARTraveler
08-30-2006, 05:23 PM
I love it! :lol: :lol:
I've been emailing our Qantas rep this week trying to find out if my client will be told she has to ditch her CPAP machine (breathing machine for sleep apnea) when she tries to check in at LAX. AA has given her a green light, and it's on the TSA approved list, but you never know when/if those gate agents have gotten an update yet.
Really funny thing - client tells me the machine is made in Australia!
AaronK
08-30-2006, 07:07 PM
As a person who uses (and travels with) a CPAP (at least domestically), I have not had any issues bringing it carryon. The only thing to warn your client about is that it will be swabbed at the checkpoint.
Not sure if she will have an issue internationally, however.