Stomach
Hyoscyamine and your FAA medical
Medication for colitis on the FAA's colitis worksheet
Taken for: Colitis: Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis or irritable bowel syndromeTaking it for something else? The entries here do not cover that use. The FAA may address it in the guidance for your condition. Ask your examiner.
Wait
48 hours
no-fly after each use
There is more to this wait.
Examiner
CACI: the examiner can issue when the condition's worksheet criteria are met. Applicants for first- or second-class must provide the worksheet's information annually; applicants for third-class with each required exam
For Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis or irritable bowel syndrome, the FAA's CACI – Colitis Worksheet lists hyoscyamine among the medications for the condition: use 1 to 2 times a week with no side effects, and no-fly for 48 hours after use.
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Wait
- used 1 to 2 times a week with no side effects
Any other cause of colitis requires an FAA decision. The worksheet applies with all its other criteria, and the examiner must note in Block 60 one of its statements, which include CACI qualified colitis, and not CACI qualified and deferred.
- 48 hours after each dose: no flying
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Cause of Colitis
Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, microscopic colitis, or irritable bowel syndrome
Any other causes require an FAA decision.
Medications for condition
One or more of the following:
hyoscyamine - use 1-2 times a week with no side effects and no-fly 48 hours after use
AME MUST NOTE in Block 60 one of the following:
CACI qualified colitis. (Documents do not need to be submitted to the FAA.)
NOT CACI qualified. I have deferred. (Submit supporting documents.)