MonacoTravelling with ADHD medication: rules, permits and documents
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Every medication we track can come into Monaco on your prescription, carried in original packaging.
Serious penalties: Carrying a narcotic or psychotropic medicine, or a quantity beyond personal therapeutic use, without being able to produce the prescription (and, when arriving from a Schengen country, the required home-country certificate) risks the medicine being treated as an unlawful import under Monaco's Loi n° 890 du 1er juillet 1970 sur les stupéfiants, since Monaco has no customs border of its own and French customs law applies directly on its territory.
By medication
Brand names first, generic in brackets. Each line resolves the drug class rule below, plus anything Monaco records specifically for that medication.
- Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine)Prescription
Practically identical to the narcotic class: French customs law, applicable in Monaco under the 1963 treaty, groups narcotic and psychotropic medicines into one traveller rule. No Monaco authority publishes this on its own domain. Note: Monaco's own substance schedules list methylphenidate, dexamfetamine and amphetamine under the 'stupéfiants' order (Arrêté n° 2020-360) rather than the 'psychotropes' order (Arrêté n° 2020-359) — an administrative curiosity that does not change the traveller-facing outcome, because Loi n° 890 treats both categories identically.
- Ritalin, Concerta (methylphenidate)Prescription
The same rule as Vyvanse above.
- Dexamphetamine (dexamfetamine)Prescription
The same rule as Vyvanse above.
- Strattera (atomoxetine)Prescription
Atomoxetine, guanfacine and viloxazine are not internationally controlled; carry with a copy of the prescription in original packaging. A Schengen certificate is only needed for narcotic/psychotropic medication, not for these non-controlled drugs.
- Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts)Prescription
The same rule as Vyvanse above.
- Intuniv (guanfacine)Prescription
The same rule as Strattera above.
- Qelbree (viloxazine)Prescription
The same rule as Strattera above.
Rules by drug class
Narcotic (opioids)
Prescription- Quantity
- Quantity must match the duration of treatment stated on the prescription; if there is no prescription, the cap is one month's treatment at normal-use conditions. No fixed number is published by any authority.
- Permit
- Not published. A certificate from the traveller's home/departure-country authority is described as mandatory only when arriving from a Schengen-area country; arriving from outside Schengen, only the prescription is required. Monaco publishes no permit or form of its own; the rule is French customs guidance applied in Monaco under the 1963 customs-union treaty.
- Documents
- prescription, schengen article 75 certificate
Psychotropic (ADHD stimulants, benzodiazepines, sleep)
Prescription- Quantity
- Same rule as the narcotic class: DGDDI treats 'médicament stupéfiant ou psychotrope' as one combined category. Quantity tied to prescription duration, or one month by default.
- Permit
- Not published. Identical condition to the narcotic class — see that class's permit.note.
- Documents
- prescription, schengen article 75 certificate
Not internationally controlled
PrescriptionAtomoxetine, guanfacine and viloxazine are not internationally controlled; carry with a copy of the prescription in original packaging. A Schengen certificate is only needed for narcotic/psychotropic medication, not for these non-controlled drugs.
Leaving Monaco
Monaco publishes a different rule for taking these medicines out than for bringing them in. Only the differences are below. Anything not listed here is the same as the rule above.
Narcotic (opioids)
DGDDI describes the outbound (export) process only for people resident in France whose prescriber is registered with a French Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS): original prescription plus an ARS transport authorisation, valid 30 days, capped at the medicine's maximum authorised prescription duration. For non-Schengen destinations, ANSM issues transport attestations for narcotics only if the destination country requires one. Whether a Monaco-resident patient with a Monaco-registered prescriber can access either route is not stated.
Responsible authority
Direction Generale des Douanes et Droits Indirects (French customs, applied in Monaco); Direction de l'Action Sanitaire, Monaco
French customs info line: 0 800 94 40 40 (from abroad +33 1 72 40 78 50)
Sources
The source behind everything above, so you can check it yourself rather than take our word for it. Always confirm the current rule with the source before you travel.
Your trip pack
A doctor's letter for Monaco, filled in with your medications and your stops, ready to sign.
The rules above are free and stay free. The pack is the paperwork that goes with them: a checklist for each stop in travel order, a printable PDF, and the letter to take to your GP.
Build your trip packThis page organises publicly available government information and links. It is not legal or medical advice. Rules change and enforcement varies, so always confirm with the official sources above or the Monaco embassy or consulate before travelling.