OT-ish: Medication into Thailand?

I need to take Dihydrocodiene with me to Thailand in a fortnight and so
I have a letter (on surgery printed paper) from my doctor explaining
that I have an illness and that I require the medication for it. The
medication is in a bottle with my name on it from Boots the Chemist.

Just to make sure I rang the Thai Embassy in London and was told that I
had to declare it to Customs but it's down to their discretion if they
let me through with it or not. It seems crazy that I can go all that way
and may not be able to get the medication into the country.

Does anyone know what the chances of me being turned away are or if
there is anywhere else I can turn to to get a definitive answer?

thanks

In article , Who
Goes There wgt@home wrote:

€ I need to take Dihydrocodiene with me to Thailand in a fortnight and so
€ I have a letter (on surgery printed paper) from my doctor explaining
€ that I have an illness and that I require the medication for it. The
€ medication is in a bottle with my name on it from Boots the Chemist.
€
€ Just to make sure I rang the Thai Embassy in London and was told that I
€ had to declare it to Customs but it's down to their discretion if they
€ let me through with it or not. It seems crazy that I can go all that way
€ and may not be able to get the medication into the country.
€
€ Does anyone know what the chances of me being turned away are or if
€ there is anywhere else I can turn to to get a definitive answer?
€
€ thanks

Personally, I'd ask forgivness, not permission.

Alan Street wrote:
In article , Who
Goes There wgt@home wrote:

€ I need to take Dihydrocodiene with me to Thailand in a fortnight and so
€ I have a letter (on surgery printed paper) from my doctor explaining
€ that I have an illness and that I require the medication for it. The
€ medication is in a bottle with my name on it from Boots the Chemist.
€
€ Just to make sure I rang the Thai Embassy in London and was told that I
€ had to declare it to Customs but it's down to their discretion if they
€ let me through with it or not. It seems crazy that I can go all that way
€ and may not be able to get the medication into the country.
€
€ Does anyone know what the chances of me being turned away are or if
€ there is anywhere else I can turn to to get a definitive answer?
€
€ thanks

Personally, I'd ask forgivness, not permission.

huh?

Alan Street wrote:
In article , Who
Goes There wgt@home wrote:

€ I need to take Dihydrocodiene with me to Thailand in a fortnight and so
€ I have a letter (on surgery printed paper) from my doctor explaining
€ that I have an illness and that I require the medication for it. The
€ medication is in a bottle with my name on it from Boots the Chemist.
€
€ Just to make sure I rang the Thai Embassy in London and was told that I
€ had to declare it to Customs but it's down to their discretion if they
€ let me through with it or not. It seems crazy that I can go all that way
€ and may not be able to get the medication into the country.
€
€ Does anyone know what the chances of me being turned away are or if
€ there is anywhere else I can turn to to get a definitive answer?
€
€ thanks

Personally, I'd ask forgivness, not permission.

huh?

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:32:05 +0000, the renowned Who Goes There
wgt@home wrote:

Alan Street wrote:
In article , Who
Goes There wgt@home wrote:

€ I need to take Dihydrocodiene with me to Thailand in a fortnight and so
€ I have a letter (on surgery printed paper) from my doctor explaining
€ that I have an illness and that I require the medication for it. The
€ medication is in a bottle with my name on it from Boots the Chemist.
€
€ Just to make sure I rang the Thai Embassy in London and was told that I
€ had to declare it to Customs but it's down to their discretion if they
€ let me through with it or not. It seems crazy that I can go all that way
€ and may not be able to get the medication into the country.
€
€ Does anyone know what the chances of me being turned away are or if
€ there is anywhere else I can turn to to get a definitive answer?
€
€ thanks

Personally, I'd ask forgivness, not permission.

huh?

He means that HE says he would not volunteer anything about the
medicine, but have the info ready if asked

This seems to be an English version of the applicable Thai laws on
posession of narcotics. You might want to look at it carefully.

http://www.aseansec.org/Narcotics%20Act%20B.E.%202552%20(1979)%20-%20Thailand.doc



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Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:32:05 +0000, the renowned Who Goes There
wgt@home wrote:


Alan Street wrote:

In article , Who
Goes There wgt@home wrote:

€ I need to take Dihydrocodiene with me to Thailand in a fortnight and so
€ I have a letter (on surgery printed paper) from my doctor explaining
€ that I have an illness and that I require the medication for it. The
€ medication is in a bottle with my name on it from Boots the Chemist.
€
€ Just to make sure I rang the Thai Embassy in London and was told that I
€ had to declare it to Customs but it's down to their discretion if they
€ let me through with it or not. It seems crazy that I can go all that way
€ and may not be able to get the medication into the country.
€
€ Does anyone know what the chances of me being turned away are or if
€ there is anywhere else I can turn to to get a definitive answer?
€
€ thanks

Personally, I'd ask forgivness, not permission.

huh?


He means that HE says he would not volunteer anything about the
medicine, but have the info ready if asked

This seems to be an English version of the applicable Thai laws on
posession of narcotics. You might want to look at it carefully.

http://www.aseansec.org/Narcotics%20Act%20B.E.%202552%20(1979)%20-%20Thailand.doc



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Thank you for the link and the interpretation ;-)

Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:32:05 +0000, the renowned Who Goes There
wgt@home wrote:


Alan Street wrote:

In article , Who
Goes There wgt@home wrote:

€ I need to take Dihydrocodiene with me to Thailand in a fortnight and so
€ I have a letter (on surgery printed paper) from my doctor explaining
€ that I have an illness and that I require the medication for it. The
€ medication is in a bottle with my name on it from Boots the Chemist.
€
€ Just to make sure I rang the Thai Embassy in London and was told that I
€ had to declare it to Customs but it's down to their discretion if they
€ let me through with it or not. It seems crazy that I can go all that way
€ and may not be able to get the medication into the country.
€
€ Does anyone know what the chances of me being turned away are or if
€ there is anywhere else I can turn to to get a definitive answer?
€
€ thanks

Personally, I'd ask forgivness, not permission.

huh?


He means that HE says he would not volunteer anything about the
medicine, but have the info ready if asked

This seems to be an English version of the applicable Thai laws on
posession of narcotics. You might want to look at it carefully.

http://www.aseansec.org/Narcotics%20Act%20B.E.%202552%20(1979)%20-%20Thailand.doc



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Thank you for the link and the interpretation ;-)

Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:32:05 +0000, the renowned Who Goes There
wgt@home wrote:

Alan Street wrote:
In article ,
Who
Goes There wgt@home wrote:

=80 I need to take Dihydrocodiene with me to Thailand in a
fortnight and so
=80 I have a letter (on surgery printed paper) from my doctor
explaining
=80 that I have an illness and that I require the medication for
it. The
=80 medication is in a bottle with my name on it from Boots the
Chemist.
=80
=80 Just to make sure I rang the Thai Embassy in London and was
told that I
=80 had to declare it to Customs but it's down to their discretion
if they
=80 let me through with it or not. It seems crazy that I can go
all that way
=80 and may not be able to get the medication into the country.
=80
=80 Does anyone know what the chances of me being turned away are
or if
=80 there is anywhere else I can turn to to get a definitive
answer?
=80
=80 thanks

Personally, I'd ask forgivness, not permission.

huh?

He means that HE says he would not volunteer anything about the
medicine, but have the info ready if asked

Also remember that Bangkok has fully stocked and functional pharmacies
and most medications are available there at a much lower price than in
the West. And most don't need prescriptions.

On 3 Mar 2005 06:07:13 -0800, "Tchiowa" wrote:



Also remember that Bangkok has fully stocked and functional pharmacies
and most medications are available there at a much lower price than in
the West. And most don't need prescriptions.


Except Tizac, which is about a buck more for 100 90mg capsules and
Celebrex which is about 2 bucks more for 20-200mg capsules than prices
on Canada. The various 'cyclines' are MUCH cheaper though.

But not needing the prescription is the best thing.

Those prices were 4 days ago at pharmacies along New Petchuburi Road.

One of which was beside the restaurant that my wife thought was
Vietnamese. It name is 'Halong' and she saw it from the bus on her way
to work and thought it was from 'Halong Bay' so we went there and
discovered that it's a Muslim place. I gather that Halong is some sort
of ritual and/or prescribed (keeping with thread!) way of preparing
food. In any case the food was really great. Worth a try for sure.

Cheers.

Tchiowa wrote:

Also remember that Bangkok has fully stocked and functional pharmacies
and most medications are available there at a much lower price than in
the West. And most don't need prescriptions.

and remember that this is very much NOT the case any longer when it
comes to opiates and synthetic opiates such as the OP was worrying
about... get a prescription from your doctor and arrange to have a thai
doctor either give you another or translate it or some such thing...
this sort of thing is not a problem of carrying drugs over a border but
of arranging a prescription in the country you're going to... and yes,
the dihydrocodone or whatever will probably be cheaper in bangkok
pharmacies...


michael