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Reader question: Taking Ritalin with you to Thailand
Dear readers,
Soon we will leave for Thailand. Our son has ADHD and has to take Ritalin daily. Now we have read that this is considered drugs in Thailand.
We have already had a statement written in English by our GP. We have also emailed the Thai government and they say go to the embassy in Brussels. Called the embassy in Brussels, they don't know either.
Does anyone know where I need to be so as not to get into trouble once there?
Thank you
Frank
Are you Dutch or Belgian? In the Netherlands it goes like this:
Have an English-language medical statement made by a doctor stating the substances used and the medical necessity of the use.
Then:
Send (or have it sent) to CAK (the Netherlands). They will send the letter back to you.
Then:
Send to Foreign Affairs. They must also have the statement stamped and signed by two people. It costs 17,50 because it must be returned by registered mail.
Then:
Send it to the Thai embassy in The Hague, or visit it yourself. At some embassies you MUST visit yourself, so call first before you send this. The ambassador also puts a stamp and I think that costs something like 50 euros.
Only then are you ready and you can take the medicines with you. Expect this process to take up to 2 months from when you need to see your doctor to make the statement. So start well before departure.
You can read more here. Also useful for other countries: https://www.hetcak.nl/portalserver/portals/cak-portal/pages/s3-1-medicijnen-mee-op-reis
Hi Frank, we brought a medication list from the pharmacy for our daughter. The list stated that she was using Methylphenidate (Ritalin), among other things.
I don't know if it was enough because we were never checked. I also asked that question on the forum and I heard from many people that there is hardly any control.
Because we also received zero on request from all authorities, we did it this way.
We haven't had a problem.
good luck, William
hello my son uses ritalin and concerta and when we go to thailand we have to get a letter from the doctor and then go to the hague for the stamps. You can do this in 1 morning
First you have to go to the CAK, then to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (are located near each other
. You can do that on foot) and then to the Thai embassy and there you pay around 15 euros and there you leave the papers for the stamp. You can ask them to send it to you and pay the registered costs.
I hope you can do something with this
Ps they are open until half past one in the afternoon
Fr Grilse Hoekema
Doctor's statement and statement from the GGD in English is sufficient to be allowed to use these medicines in Thailand.
Please note: original stamps/signatures on paper (NOT a copy)
Bring a prescription from your GP and a so-called medicine passport available at the pharmacy. Then nothing is wrong. By the way, I didn't know that Retalin is seen as a drug. Where did you get that wisdom from? I was curious about. And have a nice holiday there in Thailand.
Sorry Bert Vos, that as you suggest is of nothing a / d hand is not correct information in my opinion. Rithalin is simply seen as drugs in Thailand and that is a major offense there without the procedure followed as Ester described and explained in the above and this information is correct, I would not take any risks, of course you can gamble with no control and or only a medication passport entry but because this is a child I would not want to run that risk
Ritalin is an amphetamine. Not allowed worldwide.
You will receive that information when you are prescribed it. A child of 4 is in principle already a drug user.
You need a schengen declaration for this. This can be downloaded from the Internet and you must prepare it about 6 weeks before your trip
ask the pharmacist for a medicine passport, I have codeine and axazepam.
medicine passport requested (cost me nothing) and then on vacation.
Codeine is also an opiate, so it is also prohibited in Thailand to have it without a doctor's referral.
Medical statement!
I've been on vacation 8 times, never any problems.
One says they have to go to the CAK, the other says that a medicine passport and a prescription are enough.
I am also leaving for Thailand soon and will be happy to take some Ritalin with me. Is a prescription and medicine passport sufficient or do I have to go to the embassy, CAK, etc.? Something I don't have time for since I leave in 2 weeks!
My son has been on Ritalin from age 4 to age 16.
In that time we traveled to Thailand 3 times a year. Never no control.
We always had original packaging with us.
Ritalin falls under amphethamine and is therefore actually a drug.
If you are concerned, have it noted in the medicine passport.
As my experience is: No problem when transporting in hand luggage (1 or 2 pills).
It will not be noticed in your hold luggage.
The numbers are too small.
Never take more than you need so no one can accuse you of trading.
Never no control does not mean that you have not run an irresponsible risk.
Ritalin is actually a drug and it is not for nothing that it is on the opium list in the Netherlands.
It is also called “Kiddy coke”.
Really not innocent stuff. There are many countries where you have to be very careful with drugs in any form.
Thank you Willem. You're right . We were aware of the risk, but
in Dutch. and Belgium it is sometimes prescribed very easily.
But sometimes you have to make choices : Take it from me that I also lost sleep over it.
Was also happy that my son decided in 4th grade that he could do without, and controlled himself.
Only took Ritalin a few times to concentrate for exams.
Will graduate first bachelor this year. Without Ritalin.
The procedure as I describe is as it should be. If you are not checked, you will of course never have a problem. But I wouldn't travel peacefully myself if I knew I was illegal. They probably won't throw you in jail because you have a drug passport, for example, but they can deny you entry into the country and put you on a plane back home. If they find out. Yes, that won't happen anytime soon, but do you want to take the risk? Schengen statement what someone mentions is not enough, Thailand is not a Schengen country… If you only have two weeks left, I would personally go to the authorities for stamps (then it can often be arranged in a few days) or leave the medication at home.
The service in Belgium that undoubtedly knows everything about this:
.
Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP)
DG Inspectorate – Licensing Division – Narcotic Drugs Department
Place Victor Horta 40/40, 6th floor, 1060 Brussels
0032 (0)2 528 4000 – [email protected]
.
Dear,
As has been written and explained before on this blog, a medicine passport
is not accepted in Thailand as a rule, which is true for Europe.
A letter from the doctor in two languages and if you take care of the packaging
being in your name is enough.
I use opiates myself and have had no problems for years.
What I do want to give as a tip, just put this in your backpack, bag and just take it
on the plane and NOT in your suitcase.
Yours faithfully,
Erwin
I'd be careful though.
Many many researchers/doctors/countries ADHD is not a disease.
http://wij-leren.nl/adhd-is-geen-ziekte.php
ADHD is considered by many to be a behavioral disorder.
You must first check whether the country of destination, here Thailand, recognizes ADHD as a disease or sees it as just bad parenting.
Because Ritalin is considered a drug, in case of recognition as a disease, you can ask for official permission to bring it in.
If the destination country does not recognize ADHD as a disease, even your doctor's note is not valid. You can't get a drug prescribed for a disease that doesn't exist.
Prisons worldwide are full of people who smuggled drugs but were never checked. Until the last time.