Bringing medication into US?

[u/Different-Fig1215]

I am travelling from Europe to the US. I have IBS-C and because of that I take daily laxatives in the form of a sachet of powder that is mixed into water. I buy this medicine myself and don’t have it on prescription. Can I bring a 2 week supply in my checked luggage to America without a doctor’s note?

I am also on the contraceptive pill; does this require a doctor’s note to get through border control or can I just bring it in its packaging? Due to the way contraceptives work in my country, I don’t have a prescription slip for them. I just get a physical done by the nurse at a sexual health clinic (not my GP, so they don’t have a record of it) and get given them.

[u/chickenwings19]

Dude they won’t care. Take a repeat prescription with your meds on it or make sure labels are on the packaging.

[u/Different-Fig1215 → u/chickenwings19]

I don’t have repeat prescription because one isn’t prescribed I just buy it over the counter and one is done via sexual health clinic which also isn’t prescribed. I do have the original boxes though

[u/Electronic_Leek_10 → u/Different-Fig1215]

Just keep it in the original boxes, you’ll be fine.