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In the UK, OTC medicines are a different category from pharmacist medicines (and different again from prescription-only)
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I'm travelling to the US next month, and I'd like to take my codeine-based painkillers with me. InIn the UK these are available without a prescription, under the supervision ofover the counter from a pharmacist.. (It isn't just available in any old supermarket like some painkillers, but can just be sold in a pharmacy under supervision from the pharmacist, no Doctor involved)

I see from this CBP advice that prescription medication must have a prescription label attached, but presumably this applies to medicines that are only available on prescription in the US. So my question is twofold:

  • Can I bring my codeine-based painkillers to the US without a prescription?
  • More generally, is there a list of medicines that are commonly available in other parts of the world but restricted in the US?

I'm travelling to the US next month, and I'd like to take my codeine-based painkillers with me. In the UK these are available without a prescription, under the supervision of a pharmacist..

I see from this CBP advice that prescription medication must have a prescription label attached, but presumably this applies to medicines that are only available on prescription in the US. So my question is twofold:

  • Can I bring my codeine-based painkillers to the US without a prescription?
  • More generally, is there a list of medicines that are commonly available in other parts of the world but restricted in the US?

I'm travelling to the US next month, and I'd like to take my codeine-based painkillers with me. In the UK these are available without a prescription, over the counter from a pharmacist. (It isn't just available in any old supermarket like some painkillers, but can just be sold in a pharmacy under supervision from the pharmacist, no Doctor involved)

I see from this CBP advice that prescription medication must have a prescription label attached, but presumably this applies to medicines that are only available on prescription in the US. So my question is twofold:

  • Can I bring my codeine-based painkillers to the US without a prescription?
  • More generally, is there a list of medicines that are commonly available in other parts of the world but restricted in the US?
In the UK, OTC medicines are a different category from pharmacist medicines (and different again from prescription-only)
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edit approved Apr 16, 2014 at 10:54
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I'm travelling to the US next month, and I'd like to take my codeine-based painkillers with me. In the UK these are over-the-counter medicines, in that they are soldavailable without a prescription but, under the supervision of a pharmacist..

I see from this CBP advice that prescription medication must have a prescription label attached, but presumably this applies to medicines that are only available on prescription in the US. So my question is twofold:

  • Can I bring my codeine-based painkillers to the US without a prescription?
  • More generally, is there a list of medicines that are commonly available in other parts of the world but restricted in the US?

I'm travelling to the US next month, and I'd like to take my codeine-based painkillers with me. In the UK these are over-the-counter medicines, in that they are sold without prescription but under the supervision of a pharmacist.

I see from this CBP advice that prescription medication must have a prescription label attached, but presumably this applies to medicines that are only available on prescription in the US. So my question is twofold:

  • Can I bring my codeine-based painkillers to the US without a prescription?
  • More generally, is there a list of medicines that are commonly available in other parts of the world but restricted in the US?

I'm travelling to the US next month, and I'd like to take my codeine-based painkillers with me. In the UK these are available without a prescription, under the supervision of a pharmacist..

I see from this CBP advice that prescription medication must have a prescription label attached, but presumably this applies to medicines that are only available on prescription in the US. So my question is twofold:

  • Can I bring my codeine-based painkillers to the US without a prescription?
  • More generally, is there a list of medicines that are commonly available in other parts of the world but restricted in the US?
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Travelling to the US with codeine-based medicines

I'm travelling to the US next month, and I'd like to take my codeine-based painkillers with me. In the UK these are over-the-counter medicines, in that they are sold without prescription but under the supervision of a pharmacist.

I see from this CBP advice that prescription medication must have a prescription label attached, but presumably this applies to medicines that are only available on prescription in the US. So my question is twofold:

  • Can I bring my codeine-based painkillers to the US without a prescription?
  • More generally, is there a list of medicines that are commonly available in other parts of the world but restricted in the US?