Can I take pain killers and antibiotics when landing
- Thread starter Tokibaee
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ONLY if they are commercially packaged and supported by a prescription. By "painkillers" I assume that you are not referring to the generic "over the counter" medications such as aspirin or acetaminophen. You may bring a maximum of 90 days prescribed treatment.
For exact rules, see https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d19/d19-9-1-eng.html
Canadian Residents
23. Health Canada may exercise enforcement discretion to permit a Canadian returning from abroad to bring with them, on their person, a single course of treatment or a 90-day supply based on the directions for use, whichever is less, of a prescription drug. This discretion is generally reserved for Canadian residents returning to Canada with prescription drugs which were dispensed for a treatment prior to leaving Canada, or drugs obtained through a filled prescription to treat an illness while abroad.
24. Prescription drugs imported in this fashion must be for the individual's personal use or the use of a person for whom they are responsible and with whom they are travelling.Additionally, all personal importations of prescription drugs must be packaged in the hospital, pharmacy dispensing or retail packaging, or have the original label affixed to it clearly indicating what the product is and what it contains.
25. The CBSA may detain and refer prescription drugs to Health Canada when these conditions are not met.
26. Canadian residents may not import prescription drugs by mail or courier.
Non-Residents of Canada
27. Visitors to Canada and non-residents arriving from abroad are permitted to import a single course of treatment or a 90-day supply of a prescription drug hand-carried for their personal use or the use of a person under their care and with whom they are travelling.
28. Visitors and non-residents are allowed to import a single course of treatment or a 90 day supply of a prescription drug by mail or courier.
29. All personal importations of prescription drugs must be packaged in the hospital, pharmacy dispensing or retail packaging, or have the original label affixed to it clearly indicating what the product is and what it contains.
30. The CBSA may detain and refer prescription drugs to Health Canada when these conditions are not met.
