MonacoTravelling with ADHD medication: rules, permits and documents

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Monaco treats these medications differently. Of the 7 we track, 4 have no published rule we could find and 3 need only your prescription.

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.

ActionA written answer from Direction Generale des Douanes et Droits Indirects (French customs, applied in Monaco); Direction de l'Action Sanitaire, Monaco naming your medication, before you book

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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)Unclear
Lisdexamfetamine ('Lisdexamphétamine et ses sels') is classed as a stupéfiant (narcotic) in Monaco's own schedule, Arrêté ministériel n° 2020-360, Annexe IV.
Ritalin, Concerta (methylphenidate)Unclear
Methylphenidate is classed as a stupéfiant (narcotic) in Monaco's own schedule, Arrêté ministériel n° 2020-360, Annexe III.
Dexedrine (dexamfetamine)Unclear
Dexamfetamine is classed as a stupéfiant (narcotic) in Monaco's own schedule, Arrêté ministériel n° 2020-360, Annexe III.
Strattera (atomoxetine)Prescription
Atomoxetine, guanfacine and viloxazine are not internationally controlled; carry with a copy of the prescription in original packaging. French customs guidance, applied in Monaco, allows the treatment period on the prescription or, without a prescription, three months of treatment. A Schengen certificate is only needed for narcotic/psychotropic medication, not for these non-controlled drugs.
Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts)Unclear
Amphetamine, the active substance in mixed amphetamine salts, is classed as a stupéfiant (narcotic) in Monaco's own schedule, Arrêté ministériel n° 2020-360, Annexe III.
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)

Unclear

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: Required. Monaco publishes no processing time and no application form for travellers.
Documents: prescription, schengen article 75 certificate

Not internationally controlled

Prescription

Quantity: The treatment period on the prescription or, without a prescription, three months of treatment (French customs guidance, applied in Monaco).

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.

Formulaire "Schengen" (attestation de transport de médicaments stupéfiants) avec noticeIn the Trip Pack

Connecting through Monaco

Nothing is published for passengers passing through Monaco with their own medicine. Monaco's Ministerial Order 91-368 (article 24) applies the same rule to narcotics carried through Monaco as to narcotics brought in: a special authorisation from the Minister of State for each occasion, with no exception written for a passenger's own medicine. Monaco lists the ADHD stimulants as narcotics (Ministerial Order 2020-360).

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 sources 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.

Application forms and portals

1 form for Monaco, found and organised with your apply-by date in the trip pack.

A$59

Plus a doctor's letter pre-filled with your medications and every stop, the deadline counted back from the day you fly, and a checklist in travel order.

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This 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.