# Under current U.S. security guidelines, can diabetics have carry-on syringes?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-current-u-s-security-guidelines-can-diabetics-have-carry-on-syringes/117135
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 3, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-current-u-s-security-guidelines-can-diabetics-have-carry-on-syringes/117135 "2002-07-03T01:14:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-current-u-s-security-guidelines-can-diabetics-have-carry-on-syringes/117135/1 "2002-07-03T01:14:17Z")
Well, I searched and found a thread that mentioned it, but no definitive answer. This, of course, refers to commercial air travel. Question’s in the title.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-current-u-s-security-guidelines-can-diabetics-have-carry-on-syringes/117135/2 "2002-07-03T02:13:21Z")
A relative who carries his insulin needles has been waved through several times, has been asked for a doctor’s note or a prescription once, but has never been denied boarding.
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### Author:  [@kspharm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kspharm)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-current-u-s-security-guidelines-can-diabetics-have-carry-on-syringes/117135/3 "2002-07-03T02:19:15Z")
I am a pharmacist who has dealt with this question more than a couple of times. Basically, what is required is either a copy for the original RX for the syringes or a diabetic card (we have these in Texas, don’t know about other states or countries).
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### Author:  [@PosterChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PosterChild)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-current-u-s-security-guidelines-can-diabetics-have-carry-on-syringes/117135/4 "2002-07-03T02:49:58Z")
NPR recently (yesterday or the day before) announced a newly revised list of barred and allowed items. Items allowed were syringes. (Baseball bats, golf clubs, etc. needed to be checked.)
PC
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### Author:  [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-current-u-s-security-guidelines-can-diabetics-have-carry-on-syringes/117135/5 "2002-07-03T03:01:56Z")
From: [here](http://www.atlanta-airport.com/things2know/thingstoknow_advisory.htm), if you need the carry the needles with you, you need to carry the medication also. (Duh? Why carry one but not the other?)
But,
[this](http://www.ptia.org/announcement.asp)
Just mentions needing to have the prescription, or a letter from the doctor.
So, to be certain:
a) carry both the med and the needles on you (Although why someone who may need to use them would carry them seperately, I dunno.)
b) have something certifying that you need them (Prescription, letter, etc.)
c) have the original packaging (Needles still in packaging, meds in bottle that has orignial label not a hand-printed one, etc. Most people would do this anyway.)
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### Author:  [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-current-u-s-security-guidelines-can-diabetics-have-carry-on-syringes/117135/6 "2002-07-03T03:08:38Z")
Ack. Well, just cut-n-paste that address from my goofed up link. 🙂