Don’t just assume you can just bring your medication into the country you are visiting!

Be very cautious when traveling with medication. Some medication is prohibited in any amount no matter if it was prescribed by a doctor in your home country. Adderall is banned in many if not most countries from Asia to Europe including liberal countries like the Netherlands.

Each country will have its own rules and for short trips the guideline is to make sure the medication is in the original bottle/box with clear labeling of what it is, who it is for, and the name of the prescribing doctor.

For extended trips the quantity may require an import certificate. Even for medications being brought for your own use. For example in Japan >30days of prescription and >60 days of over-the-counter medication requires an import certificate.

Packaging:

• Use original packaging only, do not repackage into a pill box.
• Be sure that perishable items are kept cool for the flight and the intermediary time traveling to and from the airport which may be very hot in some places.

Always bring medication with you in your carryon baggage, even if that means you have to check other items. Even non-perishable medications typically have heat/cold restrictions that require a normal ambient temperature that is hospitable to humans.

For my diabetes medication I am able to fit 3 boxes with ice packs in this hydro flask insulated bag.

Three Mounjaro boxes for diabetes transported on a 22 hour door to door trip from LAX to Sapporo Japan in late May had 3 frozen gel packs in an insulated bag that arrived with several hours to spare. It worked out well but, this trip had no delays and the ambient temperature while humid in Japan was never above 75F/24C.