taking vitamins on holiday

longwalks1

i take a selection of vitamins and minerals every morning and want to while away on holiday too, but it'll mean taking 14 days worth of 5 or 6 different pills/tablets with me, will this be a problem at the airport/customs?

Grumpelstiltskin

No ..................

richardw

....but perhaps take them in their original containers.

tomtontom

Depends on where you're going. In most cases you'll be fine, for some (the UAE for example) you would be best to take them in their packaging, and ensure any of the items are not prohibited there.

Becles

I take supplements and medication for a health condition. I have taken everything in hand luggage in original packaging, but nobody has ever questioned them.

Just check any country restrictions before you. I can't think of anything with vitamins but I know over the counter codeine painkillers are banned in several countries.

agrinnall

Unless you are taking them for a particular medical condition you could just leave them behind and eat a balanced diet while you are on holiday - and to be really MSE, do the same when you return and stop taking them altogether.

meer53

agrinnall wrote: »

Unless you are taking them for a particular medical condition you could just leave them behind and eat a balanced diet while you are on holiday - and to be really MSE, do the same when you return and stop taking them altogether.

My thoughts too Aren't most of them passed out of the body anyway ? Thought i read somewhere that the majority of vitamin supplements are unnecessary.

fairy_lights

Just make sure you package them well. My brother in law uses a variety of multivitamins (I know, I know, mostly totally unnecessary) and chucked a handful of them in to a sandwich bag to take with him on a business trip to China. Unfortunately the bag split open during the flight and his suitcase was cut open and searched by customs guards who though the dozens of loose pills rattling around looked a tad suspicious...

silvercar

I wouldn't think about vitamin tablets being an issue. I travel with valium, antibiotics, anti histamines and ibuprofen. Never had a problem.

Maybe I should put them all in a vitamin container to avoid suspicion.

pollypenny

agrinnall wrote: »

Unless you are taking them for a particular medical condition you could just leave them behind and eat a balanced diet while you are on holiday - and to be really MSE, do the same when you return and stop taking them altogether.

Somewhat superior there.

Post-menopause, I found that my previously strong nails became flaky. I considered that if nails were not good, bones could be in the same state, so started taking calcium supplements.

Many older people also take glucosamine.

agrinnall

pollypenny wrote: »

Somewhat superior there.

Post-menopause, I found that my previously strong nails became flaky. I considered that if nails were not good, bones could be in the same state, so started taking calcium supplements.

Many older people also take glucosamine.

Did you not read the first words that I wrote? "Unless you are taking them for a particular medical condition...".

Apology accepted in advance.