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Travelling with ADHD medicine: checklist

For stimulant medicines such as Ritalin, Concerta, Medikinet, Adderall, Elvanse or Vyvanse. Tick each step off as you go.

Several weeks before you travel

  • Check the current rules with a Georgian embassy or consulate.1
  • Get a copy of your prescription, translated into English and certified by an official authority in your country. It should show your name, sex and age, your diagnosis, the brand and generic name of the medicine, its form and quantity, and how to take it and for how long.2,3
  • Get a certificate from the doctor who prescribed it, translated into English and certified the same way.2
  • Get an official document from an authority in your country, signed and stamped, confirming that the prescription and certificate are genuine.2

When you pack

  • No more than 31 days' supply.2
  • The medicine in its original pharmacy packaging, with the label.
  • Paper copies of every document, in your hand luggage.

When you arrive

  • Declare the medicine at customs and list it on the customs declaration.1,3
  • Customs officers check the documents, stamp them and give them back.3

During your stay

  • Keep the stamped documents with the medicine. Police can check them, and the amount must match the prescription.4
  • Never give your medicine to anyone else.2
  • If you cannot leave Georgia and run out, go to a medical facility with your customs-stamped documents.2

Without these documents, you can face criminal charges. More on adhd.advocacy.ge/en/travel

Where this information comes from

  1. Consulate General of Georgia in New York, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. "Bringing medications into Georgia."
  2. Revenue Service of Georgia. Prohibited and Permitted Medicaments (customs leaflet, PDF).
  3. Embassy of Greece in Tbilisi (29 August 2014). "New Law of Georgia on Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursors" (list of documents required at entry).
  4. Radio Tavisupleba (13 June 2026). "It helps you live but causes trouble with the law: what happens if ADHD medicine is found on you?" (in Georgian; title translated). RFE/RL.