Holidaymakers have been warned not to bring certain popular pain killers to popular summer hotspots because they could land themselves in prison abroad.
According to travel experts, the packaging of medicines that contain codeine, such as Nurofen Plus, without prior approval, can hold on to customs in countries such as United Arab Emirates (VAE).
In the meantime, Japan and Thailand are considering codeine and tramadol -regulated substances, so that you have to ask for prior permission from embassy officials to bring them.
In a new warning, travel experts from the advisory service who warned of ‘serious consequences’ for traveling with drugs that are forbidden or limited in the country you visit.
“You could be questioned whether your medication could destroy, and some holidaymakers have even ended up in prison,” said the report.
Other medicines that require permissions or have been banned in some countries include Sleep pills, anti-anxiety medication (including diazepam), ADHD medication and cannabis oil, which warned.
Many countries have strict rules for these medicines, but bringing a recipe, the letter of doctor and holding these in the original pharmacy packaging can reduce the chance of retaining, according to experts.
The government recommends that the rules depend on the type of medicine, the length of your journey and the quantity that you take with you.
The painkillers Nurofen Plus (left) and Solpadeine Plus (right) contain both codeine that is forbidden in some countries, despite the fact that many do not realize
In many cases, especially for those who bring spraying or epipenes, the country needs a letter of evidence from a doctor, a personal permit or other proof.
Greece, Japan, Mexico and the UEA have particularly strong rules for medicines, The travel experts warned.
If you travel to Greece, you may be a maximum of five different prescribed medicines for personal use, but no more than two boxes of each.
Those with more may be obliged to request permission from the Greek National Organization for Medicines upon arrival.
The British government warned: “Pharmacies in Greece have a good stock of medicines, but there are strict rules for providing certain medicines, including antibiotics.”
In the meantime, if you bring personal stock of non-Narcotic Medicine to Japan for more than a month, you must receive a certificate before you travel.
Those who bring drugs that classifies Japan as drugs, of each amount, must be given permission from the relevant Narcotics Control department.
A drug is a drug that influences the mood or behavior and is consumed for non-medical purposes, often illegal.
If you pack a suitcase to go on holiday this summer, be careful not to make an easy -made mistake or you can end up in prison
Drugs they regard as drugs include codeine, diazepam and pseudoefrine, an ingredient found in some nasal decongestant sprays such as Sudafed.
If you travel to Mexico, you can take medication for personal use, but there is a lot of paperwork involved.
This includes a letter from your doctor with a total amount you need during your stay, the daily dose and a recipe that must be translated into Spanish.
It is thought that the VAE has the strictest regulations with regard to medication.
It is important to check their website from the Ministry of Health and to request permission to record medicines on the list of controlled medicines.
This includes the stop-smokin mint sucking tablets niquitine. Oils with CBD, codeine and even poppy seeds are on the list.
It comes years after a British woman was imprisoned in Egypt for three years after he was found guilty of taking drugs for recipe in the country in 2017.
Laura Plummer, 33, from Hull was arrested after she had worn 290 tramadol tablets in her suitcase, a painkiller legally in the UK but forbidden in Egypt.
Her family, who described her as ‘naive’, said she took them for her Egyptian partner Omar Caboo, who suffers from severe back pain.
But judge at a provisional court sentenced her to three years in prison and ordered her to pay a fine of 100,000 Egyptian pounds (£ 4,205).
Mrs. Plummer’s family went on TV and revealed that she had trouble describing her in prison – to describe her as ‘unrecognizable’.
Eventually, the young woman, who at one point had to deal with the death penalty, liberated in 2019 from the Egyptian prison, after 13 months of her sentence, it was found.
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