Vitamin supplements in Carry-Ons?

With carry-ons, should vitamins & supplements always be kept in original containers or can the required amount be taken out and organised into smaller bags /containers?

My 'at home' jars are very large and will take up too much room for a month away. Will airport customs be concerned at unidentified pills?

Thanks for your input here.

Hasn't been in our experience- we constantly just take what is required in zip lock bags.

For anything prescription, it is best to leave those in the original containers.

In my opinion, if you are flying into a different country, keep it all in the original packaging--maybe buy smaller jars for travel purposes? If flying domestically, don't worry about it. The TSA isn't the DEA, and unless you are carrying 1000 tabs of medication, they won't notice or care.

In my opinion, if you are flying into a different country, keep it all in the original packaging--maybe buy smaller jars for travel purposes? If flying domestically, don't worry about it. The TSA isn't the DEA, and unless you are carrying 1000 tabs of medication, they won't notice or care.

Agreed. Customs is nothing to mess around with in my book...even in "friendly" countries.

It totally depends on where you are going.

If it's Europe you shouldn't have a problem with pills or supplements in smaller containers. You would probably want to label them for your own use.

In some airports in South America there may be an additional review. I do know this first hand. But I think the real issues are faced in Asia. There were quite a few posts about this very issue.

If you want specific information you should post on the Ports of Call boards.

Thanks eveyone. Have decided to buy small jars of supplements and keep them sealed till I get thru Heathrow customs.

Thanks eveyone. Have decided to buy small jars of supplements and keep them sealed till I get thru Heathrow customs.

Very wise. :)

At the cruise port, once security emptied out everything in my carry-on, because they saw my pills in their daily packets and didn't recognize them in the x-ray machine. That was before packing them in their own packing cube.

All my vitamin supplements are gummies instead of pills so I have never had a problem putting them in different containers.