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Can I take Dexamphetamine to Ireland?

Official guidance indicates Ireland restricts how much Dexamphetamine (dexamfetamine, sold as Dexedrine) you can bring and the paperwork required. Check the limits before you travel.

Restricted: limits on quantity and paperwork

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The rules for Dexamphetamine (dexamfetamine, sold as Dexedrine)

Ireland's Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017 place amphetamine and dexamfetamine on Schedule 2, so both are controlled drugs in Ireland. Ireland's Department of Health says visitors arriving from outside the Schengen area may bring their prescription medicines for their own personal use. Carry your prescription (the original if you can, as Ireland's entry with the International Narcotics Control Board asks for the original to be shown at customs) or a copy, and/or a letter from your doctor or dispensing pharmacist that states your condition and that the medicine is for your own use. Keep the paperwork in the same package as the medicine. The Department does not ask for an Irish permit. This allowance comes from the Department's published guidance and customs practice. Ireland's Misuse of Drugs Regulations ban importing these medicines without a licence and contain no written exemption for visitors from outside the Schengen area, so the customs officer must be satisfied by your paperwork, and Irish Customs has the final say. The Department's page says up to 3 months' supply. Ireland's 2025 entry with the International Narcotics Control Board says a 30-day supply. Carrying 30 days or less fits both. Irish Revenue lists medicines among the goods you must declare to a customs officer when you arrive from outside the EU. The Department recommends keeping the medicine in its original packaging with your name clearly shown.

Maximum supply: 30 days

What to do

  1. valid prescription (copy)
  2. letter from doctor/dispensing pharmacist outlining condition and confirming personal use
  3. medicines in original packaging with patient's name labelled
  4. Schengen Article 75 certificate (required for Schengen-area residents travelling with Schedule II/III controlled drugs)
  5. presentation of original prescription at customs
  6. declaration of the medicine to a customs officer when you arrive from outside the EU

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 Dexamphetamine and Ireland over, so you only add the rest.

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The check is free. The trip pack that turns it into paperwork is A$59, once. It does not renew.

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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 Ireland page or the embassy before you travel.