Desperately need help! Restricted and banned medication in Dubai, UAE - Page 3

wandabug · #21 (**permalink**) 9th April 2012, 01:16 PM

Not restricted. You can bring in without a prescription. Dicoflenac is sold over the counter as Voltarol. Many drugs are sold over the counter here that are prescription only in the UK. Check out the link from Teutcher. Anything not on that list can be bought in without a prescription/letter.

Mischa · #22 (**permalink**) 9th April 2012, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by wandabug

Not restricted. You can bring in without a prescription. Dicoflenac is sold over the counter as Voltarol. Many drugs are sold over the counter here that are prescription only in the UK. Check out the link from Teutcher. Anything not on that list can be bought in without a prescription/letter.

Thanks Wandabug!

Can you buy Metformin over the counter? What about oral contraceptives? Are there any issues related to these. I can't find anything suggesting there is...?

GlobalCitizenBR · #23 (**permalink**) 8th June 2012, 07:37 AM

Hello there,

My wife and I are coming to UAE (hopefully!) next month. And we also are concerned with our prescribed medication - more specifically, Rivotril and Ritalin.

I found this list of restricted and controlled drugs at the UAE Embassy's Brazilian website: http://www.uae.org.br/PDFs/Updated%2...ted%202007.pdf

I am relieved to know we can request a letter from our doctors, in English, and them submit it to the Embassy here. Thanks for the help too - this forum has been a treasury for us!!!

Global

GlobalCitizenBR · #24 (**permalink**) 8th June 2012, 07:46 AM

Another link from the same website, as posted above: http://www.uae.org.br/PDFs/Travellers%20guidelines.pdf

I can see it's from 2008 though...

Global

chiapet · #25 (**permalink**) 21st March 2013, 12:24 PM

Does anyone know the specific procedure for getting prescriptions from the U.S. attested? Is it the same as birth certs etc, where you send it to the secretary of state, then the department of state in DC, then the UAE embassy?

fcjb1970 · #26 (**permalink**) 21st March 2013, 12:56 PM

Why do you think you need to have a prescription attested? I cannot think of what good this will do you nor do I think it is actually something that can be done.

chiapet · #27 (**permalink**) 21st March 2013, 01:28 PM

Well, several posts on this thread have indicated such. But if I don't need to, that would be easier. It just sounds like I need something official, and I'm not sure of the specifics.

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Originally Posted by wandabug

People get mixed up with the banned vs restricted. There are a few banned drugs and they cannot be bought in, like any country. All the medications on the controlled/restricted list CAN be bought in with permission from a UAE Embassy - i.e. an attested letter/prescription, or can be prescribed by a UAE doctor.
If a drug is on the Controlled/Restricted list it does not mean it is banned.

BedouGirl · #28 (**permalink**) 21st March 2013, 03:59 PM

What exactly is it you want to do? Are you coming here to live or for a holiday? The advice is bring your medication and a copy of the script (original if you can get it). Travel with the medication in your hand luggage, simply because your hold luggage could go astray and carry the script. The likelihood of being stopped is minimal. If you are and they see the medicines, show them the script. My cousin has traveled here with morphine and codeine based medications for her back numerous times and never had any problems. The UAE's list of restricted medications is little different from that of most countries. Most people don't even give this a second thought when they travel. It's only because every time something happens here, which is very rare, it is publicized like crazy so everyone thinks it's just here and nowhere else.

chiapet · #29 (**permalink**) 21st March 2013, 05:31 PM

I am moving there, so I will have a doctor there eventually that can give me new prescriptions, but I'd like to bring some in my carry-on so I don't run out if it takes a while to get in to see a specialist. So, you say I just need prescription or doctor's note? Nothing else?

BedouGirl · #30 (**permalink**) 21st March 2013, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by chiapet

I am moving there, so I will have a doctor there eventually that can give me new prescriptions, but I'd like to bring some in my carry-on so I don't run out if it takes a while to get in to see a specialist. So, you say I just need prescription or doctor's note? Nothing else?

Exactly. Bring the script with your meds in their origjnal packaging. If you can get the doctor's stamp on the script even better.