Just in case you and your checked luggage get separated from one another (an extremely unlikely event, but it could happen), you should always pack your medications in your carry on.
This morning I re-checked the Transportation Security Administration web site to confirm the regulations regarding prescription medications in carry on luggage.
As it turns out, medications do not need to be in their original packaging. They do not even need to be labeled. The following is copied directly from the TSA site (link provided below), but the highlighting is mine.
All medications in any form or type (for instance, pills, injectables, or homeopathic) and associated supplies (syringes, Sharps disposal container, pre-loaded syringes, jet injectors, pens, infusers, etc.) are allowed through the security checkpoint once they have been screened. Atropens, an auto-injection system that can help treat many emergency conditions (low heart rate, breathing problems, and excess saliva related to insecticide, nerve gas or mushroom poisoning) are also allowed.
We do not require that your medications be labeled.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) migraine inhalers and CO2 refills.
Medications in daily dosage containers are allowed through the checkpoint once they have been screened.
TSA Website link: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/editorial_1374.shtm#4
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