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I have to travel with some (what I call) vitamins. They are natural ways to prevent and/or treat migraines and they work really well for me (e.g., magnesium, vitamin b6, etc.). Rather than carry them in their bottles (about 6 bottles), which adds weight, might I carry them in little zip lock baggies? Will they be suspect at European airports?

Thanks, all.
March 3, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterEileen
In all the years I've been traveling, I've never been stopped by customs in Europe. You'll stop at passport control to get your passport stamped and then more than likely, just walk through customs.

As long as they are not prescription drugs, you shouldn't have a problem. I carry my prescription/vitamins in pillboxes with one day per compartment. It's easier.

Coming back home is usually where you may be stopped and searched.

There must be a webpage somewhere that mentions the ingredients in each "vitamin." Why not just take a copy of that with youo.
March 3, 2013 | Registered CommenterFrank@OBOW
As long as you take a personal amount to use and don't look like you're going to sell bottle of pills, they won't care.
I take B12, a decent size mix of Echinacea and Ginseng, a bottle of sinus pills and Tylenol (we usually go for 3 + weeks). You cannot mail vitamins to Spain for example, (the ones I sent to my parents were confiscated), but you can travel in with them and have them for personal use. I do this every year and they've never stopped or questioned me for it.
March 3, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterPaula Bag Lass
I use these little bags. You can write on them on the blue part, e.g. AM, PM. Reusable, and take up no space.
http://www.iherb.com/Apex-Pill-Bags-50-Reclosable-Bags/27051

The only place I haven't gotten a straight answer about vitamin bottles as opposed to the baggies is Australia.
March 3, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterMaggie
Thanks for all the great suggestions. Last year I was stopped at Amsterdam on my way to Prague. The agent searched every inch of my bag. I'm glad I use packing cubes, but he even opened those. He opened my packing envelope and lifted my clothes out of it. He searched every little thing. That was a first for me. He also went through my husband's bag, as well. He told me he was going to have my vitamins "analyzed". I only had 10 days worth of each! That took about 15 minutes and because of a delay on the first leg of our journey, we had to run through the airport and just made our flight.

I like the idea of the Apex pill bags and I can take the bottle label/ingredient list with me. This time we're changing planes in the U.S., not in Europe, so it should be easier I'm hoping (?). On the way back, we're changing planes in Frankfurt and all our pills will have been ingested by then!
March 4, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterEileen
The Apex bags are sold on Amazon for $4.66 including shipping.
March 4, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterEileen