NigerTravelling with ADHD medication: rules, permits and documents

By medication

Brand names first, generic in brackets. Each line resolves the drug class rule below, plus anything Niger records specifically for that medication.

• Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine)Unclear

  Lisdexamfetamine is not named anywhere in the ordinance's 1999 annexe, which pre-dates its international scheduling. Art. 2 catches substances 'classées ... par les conventions internationales ou en application de ces conventions', which reads as capable of catching later convention additions, while Art. 6 provides that the tableaux are amended by ministerial arrêté published in the Journal Officiel, which reads as requiring an instrument; no amending arrêté was found. Whether lisdexamfetamine is inside Niger's tableau II with the other stimulants, and so inside Art. 64's personal-use right, cannot be resolved from the sources, so it does not inherit the class permission. Ask ANRP before travelling with Vyvanse or Elvanse.

• Ritalin, Concerta (methylphenidate)Prescription

  Article 64 of Ordonnance n° 99-42 of 23 September 1999 states that people under treatment who are in transit on Niger's territory may hold, for personal use, medicines containing psychotropic substances from tableaux II and III, so long as they hold the matching medical prescriptions. No permit is described for that case. The annexe printed with the ordinance in the Journal Officiel, pages 1015 to 1017, names "Méthylphémidate" as printed under Schedule II of the 1971 Convention, and the annexe's classification table maps that schedule onto Niger's tableau II, so methylphenidate is inside Article 64. The article's seven-day limit applies expressly to tableau III medicines, not to tableau II. What remains open: the sub-heading covering the article refers to patients "en transit" and nothing settles whether that reaches every arriving traveller; and no customs guidance exists to read, since Niger's customs domain currently serves the Ministry of Justice's website. There is no INCB submission for Niger. The Agence Nigérienne de Réglementation du secteur Pharmaceutique (ANRP, secretariat@anrp.ne, +227 89 68 81 84) is the authority to confirm with before travelling.

• Dexamphetamine (dexamfetamine)Prescription

  Niger's drug law, Ordonnance n° 99-42 of 23 September 1999, gives people under treatment who are in transit on national territory the right to hold, for their own use, medicines containing psychotropic substances from tableaux II and III, provided they carry the matching medical prescriptions (Article 64). No permit or authorisation is mentioned for that case. The annexe printed with the ordinance in the Journal Officiel, pages 1015 to 1017, lists "Amfétamine" and "dexamafétamine" as printed under Schedule II of the 1971 Convention, and its classification table maps that schedule onto Niger's tableau II, so amphetamine and dexamfetamine sit inside Article 64. The seven-day limit in Article 64 is written for tableau III medicines only and does not reach them. Two things are unresolved: the sub-heading above the article speaks of patients "en transit", and nothing published says whether that covers every arriving traveller or only people passing through; and no customs guidance could be read, because Niger's customs domain currently serves the Ministry of Justice's website. Niger has filed no traveller information with the INCB. The Agence Nigérienne de Réglementation du secteur Pharmaceutique (ANRP, secretariat@anrp.ne, +227 89 68 81 84) is the authority that can confirm this.

• Strattera (atomoxetine)Prescription

  Atomoxetine, guanfacine and viloxazine are not internationally controlled; no specific Niger restriction found. Carry a prescription as a precaution.

• Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts)Prescription

  The same rule as Dexamphetamine above.

• Intuniv (guanfacine)Prescription

  The same rule as Strattera above.

• Qelbree (viloxazine)Prescription

  The same rule as Strattera above.

Rules by drug class