Can I take Adderall to South Africa?
Official guidance indicates South Africa restricts how much Adderall you can bring and the paperwork required. Check the limits before you travel.
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A limit of our data: Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) and Dexamphetamine are different medicines. Adderall is a mix of dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine; dexamfetamine is dextroamphetamine on its own, and international drug schedules list them as separate substances. We hold one combined amphetamine rule per country, so this page cannot tell you whether South Africa treats them differently. Give the authority the exact product and generic name on your prescription when you check. The answer here is the same as for Dexamphetamine in South Africa.
The rules for Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts)
South Africa's INCB traveller-regulation submission (competent authority: SAHPRA) requires a valid medical prescription, a doctor's certificate endorsed by your home country's health authority, an additional certificate issued by South African health authorities, presentation of the original prescription at customs, and a copy of your passport/itinerary. Psychotropic substances are capped at a 30-day supply. No dedicated online application form/portal for the destination-country certificate could be located; contact SAHPRA directly well before travel.
Maximum supply: 30 days (Psychotropic substances (SAHPRA/INCB submission): 30-day supply cap)
What to do
- valid prescription
- doctor's certificate endorsed by the health authorities of the country of residence
- certificate issued by the health authorities of the country of destination
- presentation of original prescription at customs
- copy of passport and itinerary
Travelling to more than one country?
Check your whole itinerary at once: every stop, every layover, and what to do by when. We'll carry Adderall and South Africa over, so you only add the rest.
Add my other stopsThe check is free. The trip pack that turns it into paperwork is A$19, once. It does not renew.
Other medications in South Africa
Adderall in other countries
This page summarises publicly available government information (restricted: limits on quantity and paperwork) and is not legal or medical advice. Rules change and enforcement varies, so confirm with the official links on the South Africa page or the embassy before you travel.