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VyvanseThe generic name is lisdexamfetamine, and this is how countries class it

Psychotropic (ADHD stimulants, benzodiazepines, sleep)
Brand names
Vyvanse, Elvanse
Generic name
Lisdexamfetamine
Default class
Psychotropic (ADHD stimulants, benzodiazepines, sleep)

Why the form asks for the generic name

A medicine can carry several brand names, and which one is printed on the box depends on where it was dispensed. Lisdexamfetamine is sold as Vyvanse and Elvanse. A customs declaration, a permit application and a doctor's letter all ask for the generic name instead, because a country's schedule of controlled substances is written against the substance rather than against a brand. Every rule on this site is recorded against lisdexamfetamine for the same reason, which is why a country can treat it differently from another medicine you might think of as similar.

How countries class it

Our records class lisdexamfetamine as psychotropic unless the country says otherwise. 29 of our 198 country records answer it from that country's rule for the class, so it is treated the same as every other medicine in it. The rest carry an entry of their own for it: a different class, a status of its own, or a record that the country's law does not name it.

CountryClass thereStatus
AfghanistanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
AlbaniaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
AlgeriaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
AndorraPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
AngolaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Antigua and BarbudaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
ArgentinaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
ArmeniaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
AustriaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
AzerbaijanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BahamasPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
BahrainPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BangladeshPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BarbadosPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BelarusPsychotropicBanned
BelgiumPsychotropicRestricted
BelizePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BeninPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BhutanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BoliviaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Bosnia and HerzegovinaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BotswanaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BruneiPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
BulgariaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Burkina FasoPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
BurundiPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
Cabo VerdePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
CambodiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
CameroonPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
CanadaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Central African RepublicPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
ChadPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
ChilePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
ChinaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
ComorosPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
Congo (Republic of the)PsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Costa RicaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
CroatiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
CubaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
CyprusPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
DenmarkPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
DjiboutiPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
DominicaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Dominican RepublicPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
DR CongoPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
EcuadorPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
EgyptPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Equatorial GuineaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
EritreaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
EswatiniPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
EthiopiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
FijiPsychotropicRestricted
FinlandPsychotropicRestricted
FrancePsychotropicRestricted
GabonPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
GambiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
GeorgiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
GermanyNarcotic (reclassified)Restricted
GhanaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
GrenadaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
GuatemalaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
GuineaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Guinea-BissauPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
GuyanaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
HaitiPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Hong Kong SARNot internationally controlled (reclassified)Prescription
HungaryPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
IndiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
IndonesiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
IranPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
IraqPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
IsraelPsychotropicPermit required
JamaicaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
JapanNarcotic (reclassified)Permit required
JordanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
KazakhstanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
KenyaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
KiribatiPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Korea NorthPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
KosovoPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
LaosPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
LebanonPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
LesothoPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
LiberiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
LibyaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Macau SARPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MadagascarPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MalawiPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MalaysiaPsychotropicRestricted
MaldivesPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MaliPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MaltaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Marshall IslandsPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MauritaniaPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
MauritiusPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MexicoPsychotropicPrescription
MicronesiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MoldovaPsychotropicRestricted
MonacoPsychotropicUnclear
MongoliaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MontenegroPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MoroccoPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MozambiquePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
MyanmarPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
NamibiaPsychotropicBanned
NauruPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
NepalPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
NetherlandsNot internationally controlled (reclassified)Prescription
NicaraguaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
NigerPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
NigeriaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
North MacedoniaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
OmanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
PakistanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
PalauPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
PanamaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Papua New GuineaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
ParaguayPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
PeruPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
PhilippinesPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
PolandPsychotropicPermit required
PortugalPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
QatarPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
RussiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
RwandaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Saint Kitts and NevisPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Saint LuciaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
SamoaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
San MarinoPsychotropicUnclear
Sao Tome and PrincipePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Saudi ArabiaPsychotropicPermit required
SenegalPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
SerbiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
SeychellesPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Sierra LeonePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
SlovakiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
SloveniaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Solomon IslandsPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
SomaliaPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
South AfricaPsychotropicUnclearIts own permit rule: not settled.
South SudanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Sri LankaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
SudanPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
SurinamePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
SyriaPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
TaiwanPsychotropicBanned
TajikistanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
ThailandNarcotic (reclassified)Permit required
Timor-LestePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
TogoPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
TongaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Trinidad and TobagoPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
TunisiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
TurkeyPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
TurkmenistanPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
TuvaluPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
UgandaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
UkrainePsychotropicUnclear
United StatesPsychotropicPrescription
UruguayPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
UzbekistanPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
VanuatuPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
Vatican CityPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
VenezuelaPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
VietnamPsychotropicRestricted
YemenPsychotropicNot confirmed whether its law names it: Unclear
ZambiaPsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear
ZimbabwePsychotropicNot named in its law: Unclear

Each country page carries the wording, what the country asks you to bring, and the government source it came from. Nothing on this page is sourced by itself, so read the row you care about on its own page before you act on it.

Where it is recorded as banned

Two things put a country here. Either its record names lisdexamfetamine itself, or the country bans the whole class it sits in, which covers more medicines than this one.

  • BelarusNames lisdexamfetamine itself
  • NamibiaNames lisdexamfetamine itself
  • TaiwanNames lisdexamfetamine itself

Confirm a ban yourself. These rows summarise what the record says. Open the country page for the exact wording and the government page it came from, then ask that authority or the country's embassy in writing before you book.

Check it against your own trip

The class is only half the answer. What you have to carry, apply for and declare depends on where you are going and how long you are away. We will carry Vyvanse over, so you only add your stops.

Add my destinations

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

Vyvanse in the most-visited destinations

Other medications

This page organises publicly available government information and is not legal or medical advice. It names how a substance is classed, not whether any particular traveller will be let through a border. Rules change and enforcement varies, so confirm with the official links on the country page or with the embassy before you travel.