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Medications That Are Illegal to Bring to Japan
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Did you know it's illegal to bring certain medications into Japan, even with a prescription? Medications that contain stimulants are banned, so what does this mean if you regularly take Adderall, Tylenol 3s, or decongestants with pseudoephedrine? We provide details on how or if you can bring these meds with you while traveling in Japan
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Hey everyone and welcome back to Travel Tip Tuesday with the Travel Mug Podcast. Every second week here we share quick travel tips that you might not know. And this one I did not know until I saw a news story about it. So Meggan, I wanna talk about traveling with medications to Japan, 'cause I think this can be overlooked very easily. Okay, lay it on me. All right, so it is illegal to bring some medications into Japan, particularly stimulants. So this includes common medications that contain pseudoephedrine, which is common in decongestants and codeine, which is in some pain medication like Tylenol threes. It also includes medications like Adderall that are used to treat ADHD. So anyone who illegally brings these medications into Japan. It risks being arrested and imprisoned even if you have a prescription from your home country. So it's definitely serious and something that you need to know in advance. So if you take one of these medications and you are planning to travel to Japan, you will need to apply for an import certificate in advance, and even then medications, like Adderall or anything containing an amphetamine cannot be brought into the country at all. So additionally, you might have to fill out an export form for leaving Japan with leftover medication. They're seriously tracking what is coming in and what is going out, so you need to fill out their documents. Including a medical certificate from your doctor and photos of the medication package and submit them to the narcotics, uh, control department in charge of the area where you are arriving in Japan at least two weeks in advance, uh, before you get there. And when you arrive in Japan, you'll have to show that certificate to the customs officer. So Japan's not the only country that has restrictions on medication. Other countries, uh, have, uh, rules about what medications can be brought in Mexico, Greece, Indonesia, Singapore, and South Korea, just to name a few. So this goes back to what we always say, Meggan, which is do your research like, uh, did you know this about Japan? Had you heard this before? I certainly have not. And what news story did you see? Did this obviously occur to Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So now. Yeah. I did not know this at all and I don't think I really thought about it with other countries either. So this is definitely food for thought. I mean my, my husband takes a steroid inhaler and it is something that would, we would need a certificate for to bring into Japan. So it's just something to know. And yeah, on their website it's like if you take Adderall, you better figure out a different medication before you come here. Good luck to you. Yeah. Um, so, uh, that's all we have for this week's tip. I'm going to put some resources in the show notes for you if you're planning a trip to Japan so you can figure out what you need. Uh, you can visit us on our website travelmugpodcast.com and on social media at Travel Mug Podcast. We would love to see some new reviews for the podcast on Apple or Spotify, and you can support the show through Buy Me a Coffee and by sharing the show with a travel loving pal. And until next time, bye. Bye everyone.
