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Myself and the mrs are going on holidsy in the next couple of days.

We are both on prescription drugs for a few things and the mrs needs to take her prescription eyedropd with her.

Neither of us have letters from doctors saying we need medication.

Is it best to put drugs and eyedrops in hand luggage or in main baggage ?

NEVER put ANY medication whether its prescription or over the counter in your "main luggage".
ALWAYS put it in your "hand luggage"!
this way at least if your "main luggage" is lost or stolen you still have your medications.

you don’t need a dr’s note or anything.

its always best to leave them in their original container with the label on it. (although is not required)

as far as the eye drops go if they can fit into her liquids baggie then she should put them in there since they are a liquid.
if she cannot fit them in there then she just needs to let security know she has eye drops and so they can look at them.

Why can’t Congress pass a law making prescription drugs (the non controlled ones that are habit forming) something you can buy OTC like Tylenol and Advil?

What would be the dangers in doing that? At least the black market for prescription drugs would go away.

It is not Illegal in some other European countries, and I am agree with you, I would think if Congress would pass the law to let pharmacies sell non-controlled prescription drugs without a prescription, we will have lots of people who will be able to afford their medication through the local pharmacies. So far, I am ordering my medication online through reputable UK http://www.pharmacynextdoor.com , f.e. their Advil and Tylenol are non-prescription drugs.
I think I’ve already answered for the same question in the different category, just making sure! lol

Im not an idiot to do it and i wont do it.I’ve been hearing people saying that prescription or over the counter drugs give them i high so im curious how does that happen like there just made to cure people not give them a high.So if anyone know how that happens plz tell me and again i am not going to do it im not a dumb immature person.

If u go to the doc b/c u broke ur arm they would write you some prescriptions for the pain. If u didn’t take them all and 6 months later after ur all healed u decided to take some of those pain pills one day you would get high. Ur high when u take them for an injury but that’s ok b/c ur hurt but the feeling is the same whether ur injured or not. some highs are up, some down, some make u hallucinate (see things that r not there). Animals get high eating berries & plants. Alcohol makes u high. Even pure oxygen gets u high.

The new health care legislation that is in the works—-it seems like many more Americans will have some kind of health insurance with this new legislation. I really don’t know what to believe.

Will this new legislation help to make prescription drugs more affordable? I’ve been buying prescription drugs from Canada for a long time (cause many are cheaper there) but maybe I’ll be able to buy them here now in USA per health care reform?

Thanks!

i don’t think that the health care reform will assist you on making your drugs more affordable, but that’s just my opinion. but what i do know is that the reform will cut down the cost of your health bills such as going to the doctor because of an injury. i don’t know a lot about the reform but i hope that this will help you, if it were me i would just continue to purchase from Canada.

I take multiple prescription drugs each day, nearly $200 a month with insurance. If I indicate this on my taxes, will it help me at all? Also I have gone a few months with prescriptions without insurance. I am a tax newbie!
I don’t know what itemizing is. I don’t have any income either.
I have no income currently but I have had some 9/12 months this year.

It’s only important if you itemize deductions on Schedule A and have enough medical expenses. Medical expenses have to exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income before they become a deduction.

In my speech I will be talking about the history of prescription drugs from the civil war, to the late 19th century, to the early 21st century. I need a good thesis statement for this!

Prescription drugs have come a long way. From the early days of snake oil to major breakthroughs in life saving compounds, to the lifestyle and specialty drugs that dominate the market today, prescription drugs have changed a lot over the years.

Prescription drugs like anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs which have been shown to be very harmful. Do they ignore these facts? Are they just stuck with the ‘say not to drugs’ ideology in their heads and thats that?

They are conditioned to believe that legal equals good, and illegal equals bad, regardless of any evidence that may prove otherwise.

And yes, anti-anxiety medications especially benzodiazepines are much worse than marijuana. As are antipsychotics which can cause potentially fatal side effects at worse, and permanent damage to muscle control (causing uncontrollable tics and twitches). And antidepressants which can cause a previously depressed yet not suicidal person, to become suicidal.

When I take my pets to the vet they sell me the meds they prescribe right there. Why, then, can my family doctor, gynecologist, etc not also dispense prescription drugs?

Vets aren’t the same as doctors. Vets are also allowed to put their patients to sleep but your family doctor, gynecologist, etc doesn’t have this ability.

In today’s society from your personal opinion, which is more popular and which should the government be concerned about?

Clearly in the past it was weed, do you believe this should remain the focal point of the governments propaganda or should they shift to prescription drug abuse?

I know when I was a kid we had anti drug lessons in health but I don’t recall anything regarding prescription drugs.

Both are bad for kids. Weed is not harmful for non-depressed adults, but it interferes with brain development in the young. Abuse of prescription meds are more dangerous for kids from a purely medical standpoint. So for kids, it’s pick your poison.