New 3rd Class Medical Requirement?

[Stingray Don]

My 3rd class medical expires this month so I called up my AME's office to schedule an appointment. I was told that if I am taking any medications that I needed to bring a statement from my doctor stating that I am stable on the med(s) and the underlying condition(s) is under control. She said it was a new FAA requirement and the AME has to keep the statement of file. This was the first I have heard of this additional requirement. It seems odd that the FAA is adding requirements at the same time legislation is trying to eliminate the 3rd class medical altogether.

 

[flyingron]

Depends on the medication. Technically, many of them require a status report but it seems to be widely ignored by AMEs for a lot of the tamer stuff (the approved antihistamies, statins, etc...) who just ask if you've had any side effects and make their own notation.