How do you travel by plane with a children antibiotic that requires refrigeration?

I need to travel with a liquid antibiotic that requires refrigeration. I don't want to put it in my checked bag because the airport I'm flying to is famous for loosing luggage. I was thingking of an icepack but I know when a friend tried to take home a lunch box with a blue ice pack that was in the original package she was forced to throw away the ice packs or leave the lunch boxes behind.|||The TSA specifically allows passengers to carry gels or frozen liquids that are needed to refrigerate medicatons onboard an airplane in carry-on luggage, as is noted on the TSA's website below. These items are not subject to the liquid restrictions -- you will not be asked to throw them out at security -- but they must be kept separate from your other carry-on items and declared at the security checkpoint.





Since you would be using them for an allowed purpose, the TSA would not throw away your ice packs (as opposed to your friend who had to throw hers away -- using them to cool food is not an acceptable purpose).|||Keep it refrigerated until you leave for the airport. I would suggest when you leave home, place the medication in a zip-lock bag with ice. That will keep it until you get to security. You will likely have to chuck the ice and bag before going through screening.





Once you get to the aircraft, as you're boarding, ask the flight attendant if they can keep the medicine in their galley refrigerator. If it's a small bottle or container, they certainly should.





I would also not worry about the medicine spoiling if it's not refrigerated for a short time. If you keep it cold, it would take a rapid high change in temperature over a lengthy period (like more than a day) to make it spoil.|||You should contact the airline, as they may have facilities to keep them refrigerated during the flight, and then you'll just need to ensure where your staying has facilities too.|||This is something you should be asking your doctor, or maybe the pharmacist from where you got the antibiotic.