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GLP-1 Novice
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking for some advice from people who have travelled internationally with peptides outside of Europe and North America.
I'll be flying from the EU to Southeast Asia, transiting through the UAE (Abu Dhabi) and then travelling through places like Indonesia/Bali, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia for a few months. Most of the travel posts I've found online seem to focus on the US or Europe so I'm really trying to understand what the experience is like in Asian, Oceanic, or Middle Eastern transit or destination airports.
For customs and airport security, has anyone had issues travelling with GLP-1s, injection pens, vials, cartridges etc, through the UAE or Southeast Asian airports? Did you keep everything in carry on? Were you asked for a prescription, doctor's letter, pharmacy labels or original packaging?
If you had paperwork, what did you exactly have?
I just want to bring my Reta so I dont think its possible for me to get any proper paperwork. I can get a prescription quickly for Semaglutide or Tirzepatide but obviously that wouldnt exactly match what I'm carrying and the vials/cartridges wont be properly labelled.
For people who have travelled with peptides or GLP-1s that werent in pharmacy packaging, how did customs/security handle it? Did anyone actually check the label or paperwork closely or was it treated like normal medication/injection supplies?
I currently have an Eli Lilly Humapen Savvio pen with a recon'd cartridge and a double vacuum cooler flask that should keep it cool for a few days at a time. The cartridge should last a month but I'm unsure what the best approach is for the rest of the trip. Would it be better to bring a lyophilised vial and reconstitute later or to reconstitute another cartridge in advance and hope it stays stable? I'm assuming that white powder in a vial wont go down well in these nations, whats experience been like?
Am I overthinking this or has folks actually had any issues when travelling through these regions?
I'm looking for some advice from people who have travelled internationally with peptides outside of Europe and North America.
I'll be flying from the EU to Southeast Asia, transiting through the UAE (Abu Dhabi) and then travelling through places like Indonesia/Bali, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia for a few months. Most of the travel posts I've found online seem to focus on the US or Europe so I'm really trying to understand what the experience is like in Asian, Oceanic, or Middle Eastern transit or destination airports.
For customs and airport security, has anyone had issues travelling with GLP-1s, injection pens, vials, cartridges etc, through the UAE or Southeast Asian airports? Did you keep everything in carry on? Were you asked for a prescription, doctor's letter, pharmacy labels or original packaging?
If you had paperwork, what did you exactly have?
I just want to bring my Reta so I dont think its possible for me to get any proper paperwork. I can get a prescription quickly for Semaglutide or Tirzepatide but obviously that wouldnt exactly match what I'm carrying and the vials/cartridges wont be properly labelled.
For people who have travelled with peptides or GLP-1s that werent in pharmacy packaging, how did customs/security handle it? Did anyone actually check the label or paperwork closely or was it treated like normal medication/injection supplies?
I currently have an Eli Lilly Humapen Savvio pen with a recon'd cartridge and a double vacuum cooler flask that should keep it cool for a few days at a time. The cartridge should last a month but I'm unsure what the best approach is for the rest of the trip. Would it be better to bring a lyophilised vial and reconstitute later or to reconstitute another cartridge in advance and hope it stays stable? I'm assuming that white powder in a vial wont go down well in these nations, whats experience been like?
Am I overthinking this or has folks actually had any issues when travelling through these regions?
