Just wondered what the rule is for carrying things like paracetemol , anihistamine and other medicines that might be needed on the journey to Australia. My eldest son gets frequent headaches when anxious and at home he takes a couple of spoons of medinol. If you cant carry them do airlines carry paracetemol for its passengers?
Mandy

You're fine as far as bringing them into Aus is concerned, but you need to look at the ules of anywhere you stop on the way - Dubai especially has some very strict rules.

We have a 2 day stopover in Singapore, so will try and check on their rules.
Mandy

Yer fine with singapore those guy's are cool,i walked straight through customs smoking a big spliff and singing a bob marley song,they loved it man,be cool relaaaaaaaax.

Nothing with codeine in it if you are going through customs into Singapore. (Or alternatively complete all the paperwork and get a permit in advance.)

Here are the details on what medicines you can and can't bring directly from the Singapore government:
http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsapor...edication.html

Same with Dubai - they'll throw you in jail for having Panadol Forte.

They'll even throw you in jail for having poppy seeds from a bread roll stuck on your jumper, seriously.

That's a f**ked up place. They have thrown people in jail for kissing in public, having Codeine in their bloodstream etc. I really cannot understand the desire of western people wanting to live there. Sure, a few years as an expat to make some money but to actually relocate your family to a semi-hardline muslim country? No way.

I agree, those people are Medieval. Why anyone would take their wife and kids there is a mystery.

What's the deal with anti-histamines?

We're stopping off for a week on the way back from the UK and I always stock up on ASDA'S homebrand as they're about a quid a box as opposed to the price of a small family car that you pay here.

Can I expect to be led away in leg irons going through customs?

That's assuming the ****ing volcano stops shooting its load.

Can you see post #5 above? See the link in it? Click on it and it takes you straight to the Singapore government website that has the list of drugs you cannot have on you.

Read the list. Compare it to the ingredients in your anti-histamines - and then you'll have your answer.

We are heading your direction very soon TG. But to be honest Dubai has been really easy living and they have come along way in the last 5 years we've been here. We have some wonderful stories from this place and some very sad cases too. But you must stick within the laws if you come here, dress conservatively - be married to live together and lots more............
Recent the police are cracking down on road traffic offences (money driven)- the driving was(seems to have calmed down/less on road these days) horrid - and my driving has also become horrid - its not a bad thing as I can practice better driving for Oz - see there is always a good side to things

In answer to first person - I won't take any meds on a Dubai/Abu Dhabi flight, but as you aren't heading this way you should be fine.
Lots of luck

Cheers for that, but I'm stopping in Dubai. Thought that was clear by me quoting 'renth.'

Thats more the answer I was looking for, thank you.

My husband and I were SO careful going through Abu Dhabi last year...we both take valium when flying so practically OD-ed before landing there to make sure we had none of us when going through the airport. My pill was taken at the completely wrong time and I had a decongestant in my bag which went down the hatch too! Needless to say I don't remember much about being at the airport....

Then when i got home I found 4 ibuprofen hiding in a pocket in my bag anyway, nearly died!!!



Oh, and my parents in their innocence have gone through various parts of the UAE with painkillers, decongestants and WARFARIN for my dad in their luggage - no doctors letters, no clue and never had any trouble. They are bloody lucky...

That's a hell of a list of things I've never heard of! I know it pays to play it safe but I have been through Changi airport many, many times and nobody has ever asked me what meds I'm carrying. I carry numerous supplements - not in their original bottles, which is admittedly a bit silly - and compounded meds. Did so yesterday, in fact

Before it was available in Singapore I also used to go back with several large boxes of nurofen. Paracetamol is certainly not a problem; they're a nation of hypochondriacs (always got "fever", lah, never a cold) who eat panadol like smarties (and doctors dish out antibiotics like them, too).