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No one cares about your paracetamol, ibuprofen, naproxen, or antibiotics, Ted. But codeine will get you jailed or worse in a few countries, whether the bottle has your name on it or your friend's. I don't know whether codeine is still available in Canada without a prescription, but it's an opioid, a class of meds which is frowned upon in most places.
The official travelers' best practice is to carry such drugs in original bottles, labels and all, and also carry a copy of your prescription. Some people carry actual letters from their prescribers justifying whatever they're carrying. I've carried meds all mixed together into generic bottles (to save space, you know), including many which need prescriptions in my own country. I don't worry much about it, and while I've been hassled a time or two nothing serious has ever come of it.
But I would definitely not do this if headed for, say, Dubai, Singapore, or Saudi Arabia. I don't know what people do if they're subject to seizures, have severe chronic pain, or other syndromes which require stuff that's totally illegal in certain countries, but I'd rather not find out firsthand.
First Google result, which I can't vouch for: https://drugabuse.com/blog/the-20-co...-in-the-world/
Have fun out there!
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It is a packet of aspirin or paracetamol for me which has always been sufficient, hopefully always will be, if I had somethig that required stronger I would see a local doctor and get a prescription.
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Originally Posted by markharf
No one cares about your paracetamol, ibuprofen, naproxen, or antibiotics, Ted. But codeine will get you jailed or worse in a few countries, whether the bottle has your name on it or your friend's. I don't know whether codeine is still available in Canada without a prescription, but it's an opioid, a class of meds which is frowned upon in most places.
The official travelers' best practice is to carry such drugs in original bottles, labels and all, and also carry a copy of your prescription. Some people carry actual letters from their prescribers justifying whatever they're carrying. I've carried meds all mixed together into generic bottles (to save space, you know), including many which need prescriptions in my own country. I don't worry much about it, and while I've been hassled a time or two nothing serious has ever come of it.
But I would definitely not do this if headed for, say, Dubai, Singapore, or Saudi Arabia. I don't know what people do if they're subject to seizures, have severe chronic pain, or other syndromes which require stuff that's totally illegal in certain countries, but I'd rather not find out firsthand.
First Google result, which I can't vouch for: https://drugabuse.com/blog/the-20-co...-in-the-world/
Have fun out there!
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