Travelling with steroid tablets

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Over-thinking things now but DD is going to Tenerife on Saturday and she'll still be on her steroid tablets (asthma) and is likely to have an extra pack to carry for 'just in case' medication.

Does she carry them in hand luggage or pack them into the hold luggage? I'm guessing hand luggage but don't want them to be taken off her at the airport as she needs them.She's going to be weighted down with inhalers and medications and I have no idea where she needs to pack them.

Hold luggage if she won't need them during the flight.

Saves all kinds of hassle that way. I do it regularly.

It is always advised that you carry medication in your hand luggage so if your hold luggage goes missing you have it with you. It is easy to get clothes again can be very difficult to get medication.

Would carry these items as hand luggage.

That's true, but unless you speak the language of the place you are going to very fluently, it can cause a whole lot of trouble.

I always took mine in my hand luggage until we got stopped by Spanish customs, demanding to know what they were. I couldn't tell him, because I didn't know the translation. My Spanish isn't bad, but I couldn't explain it so that he understood. It was a pretty bad few hours.

I'd rather take my chances with my hold luggage than have to explain again, even though I now carry the translations of morphine/steriod tablets etc with me.

I have never had a problem as long as I have the dispensing label on the box.

Dispensing label was in English, as was the letter from my consultant and my prescription.

I travel a lot, and I've only been stopped once, and only by Spanish customs. It was utterly petrifying, though.

I'm in the minority, so hand luggage seems to be correct!

I suppose I'd feel differently if I'd ever lost my hold luggage, but touch wood I haven't.

Thank you. Her asthma is very complex and she uses fostair as her reliever so if her luggage went missing she'd be stuffed as most doctors want to give her ventolin instead so it's going to be safest to at least carry her steroids and her fostair with her. The other stuff is more easily replaced if needs be.