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title: "Traveling through MIA with medication and medical devices"
description: "TSA rules at MIA for medicine, liquids over 3.4 ounces, ice packs, CPAP machines and insulin pumps, and how to arrange screening help in advance."
url: "https://miaairportguide.com/guides/travelling-through-mia-with-medication-medical-devices/"
updated: "2026-10-21"
airport: "MIA"
type: "guide"
---

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# Traveling through MIA with medication and medical devices

TSA's rules for medicine, liquids over 3.4 ounces, ice packs, CPAP machines and insulin pumps at MIA's checkpoints, and how to arrange help with screening before you fly.

Updated October 21, 2026

![A pill organizer and a medication cooler bag in a security bin at Miami International Airport](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-pill-organiser-a-t-v3.webp)

Medication at security, MIA

**Pack medicine in your carry-on, tell the TSA officer about any medical liquids over 3.4 ounces, and leave body-worn devices where they are.** TSA allows larger amounts of medically necessary liquids, gels and aerosols in reasonable quantities for your flight, as long as you declare them. Pills and other solid medicine go through screening like any other item. For help planning the screening, TSA asks you to call TSA Cares at least 72 hours before your flight.

## TSA allows medicine and devices, with a few rules

| Item | TSA’s rule |
| --- | --- |
| Pills and other solid medicine | Allowed. They must go through screening. |
| Liquid, gel or aerosol medicine over 3.4 ounces | Allowed in reasonable quantities for your flight. Declare it to the officer. |
| Ice packs, freezer packs and gel packs for medicine | Allowed frozen, partly frozen or melted |
| CPAP, BiPAP and APAP machines, nebulizers, masks and tubing | Can stay in their carrying case for the X-ray. In a standard lane you may have to take the case out of your carry-on. In TSA PreCheck, it can stay in. |
| Insulin pumps, glucose monitors and other devices attached to your body | You won’t be asked to remove them. A disconnected device may be X-rayed. |

At the checkpoint, put medically necessary liquids and their ice packs, pumps or syringes in a bin of their own, apart from your other things. If a checked bag goes astray at MIA, see our guide to [delayed or lost baggage](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-miami-international/).

## You can arrange help at the checkpoint in advance

- **TSA Cares.** The number is 1-855-787-2227, and through it you can ask for a Passenger Support Specialist, a TSA officer trained to help passengers with disabilities or medical conditions through screening. It doesn’t speed up the line.
- **TSA’s notification card.** You can tell the officer about a condition out loud, show medical documentation, or hand over TSA’s Notification Card.
- **Wheelchair access.** Every checkpoint at MIA has a wheelchair-accessible entry point. Our [security page](https://miaairportguide.com/security/) lists each checkpoint’s hours and gates, and our [terminal guide](https://miaairportguide.com/terminals/) shows which concourse and checkpoint serve your gate.

## What MIA has for you on either side of security

- **Charging.** MIA’s 10 charging stations are for electric wheelchairs and mobility scooters. Our [mobility page](https://miaairportguide.com/amenities/mobility/) lists the stations.
- MIA’s [multi-sensory rooms](https://miaairportguide.com/amenities/multi-sensory/) are after security in Concourse D and the H–J connector, open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- For basic supplies, Pharmabox vending machines list 24-hour service at D15 before security and at E31 and J9 after it.
- **A medical emergency:** call 9-1-1. The [Miami-Dade Aviation Fire Rescue Division](https://miaairportguide.com/amenities/medical-first-aid/) answers from two stations at MIA, and Airport Fire Rescue’s direct line is (305) 876-7575. For anything short of an emergency, our guide to [medical help at Miami airport](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/medical-help-at-miami-airport/) says where to go.
- **Customs.** If you need help in the line when arriving from abroad, fill in MIA’s Customs accessibility lane form at least 48 hours before you land, then give your name to a Miami-Dade Aviation Department employee at Customs, who directs you to the lane. It doesn’t guarantee faster service.

### Sources

- [MIA Airport Guide: security](https://miaairportguide.com/security/), [mobility](https://miaairportguide.com/amenities/mobility/) and [medical and emergencies](https://miaairportguide.com/amenities/medical-first-aid/)
- TSA: disabilities and medical conditions and passenger support