Allowed medications at Tashkent customs

Hi, I’m bringing Seresta, an anxiolytic (tranquilizer) from the benzodiazepine family, to help me sleep. I’ll have the prescription with me. Will this be a problem at customs, and do I need to declare it? Same question for antibiotics? Thanks a bunch!

Hello, I’m bringing Seresta, an anxiolytic (tranquilizer) from the benzodiazepine family. for sleeping. I’ll have the prescription with me. Will this be a problem at customs, and should I declare it? Same question for antibiotics? Thanks a lot!

Hi Odilji, Did you get an answer to your question? We’re traveling in September with a codeine-based medication, and we have the same question as you since the official website isn’t clear. Best regards,

Hi The agency told me that psychotropic drugs are banned. I don’t know about codeine. Bring the prescription

Thanks so much for your reply. Did the agency tell you if we need to declare medications? I got the impression that we have to join a separate line upon arrival at the airport if we have medications to declare.

Hello,

The agency told me that psychotropic drugs were prohibited.

That’s an easy and not very serious answer.

For example, the United States officially informs its citizens as follows, and they don’t say it’s impossible or forbidden at all: https://uz.usembassy.gov/prescription-medicines/

Moreover, Uzbekistan used to have a reputation for strictness in this area, but that’s outdated. Reading this page—and the parts that have been crossed out—can also be enlightening: https://caravanistan.com/border-crossings/uzbekistan/

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs mainly explains that you need to have a prescription and refers to a list of substances in Decree 330. The link is here, but it’s in Russian: https://lex.uz/uz/docs/2815342 You can select the translation in the top right, though it’s not guaranteed.

Michel

Hi there,

The line in question is called customs.

For codeine, it's really a product you need to be *very* careful with. The best thing is not to bring it at all.

Michel

Thanks for the clear explanations. So I’ll just take antibiotics and Doliprane (with a prescription) and that’s okay?

I don’t need to declare anything and I can go through the Green channel?

If you only have antibiotics and Doliprane, there’s not even an issue—no one’s going to bother you about it. Nowhere in the world, actually. A prescription? For Doliprane? 🤔😆 Of course not. As long as it’s reasonable for the length of your stay.

Michel

For example, with Doliprane 1000, the maximum daily dose is 3 tablets. Can I take several boxes that add up to 3 tablets per day for 2 weeks? And I’ll ask the doctor to specify it on the prescription.

Same for melatonin (for sleep, which should be allowed). Thanks, because your explanations really help me out!

Thanks so much. Your answer and your links are very clear.

You can easily buy Doliprane locally if you need it, and no one will count your Doliprane tablets... If you had 20 or 50 boxes, that might raise eyebrows, but for a reasonable amount, no worries. You absolutely don’t need a prescription for Doliprane—or for antibiotics, for that matter. Melatonin? I don’t think that’s an issue; I’ve never heard of any problems with it.

What *does* require prescriptions or even special procedures are clearly psychotropics, opioids, and narcotics.

The most likely scenario is that you won’t even see customs, and no one will ask you anything—99.5% chance.

Michel

A huge thank you!

Just so you know:

I’ve never had my medication checked when crossing into Uzbekistan by land at customs. However, I have no experience with airport customs.

Hi there, we went to Uzbekistan last April with a whole pharmacy for severe lower back pain, including "sensitive" medications (Tramadol, etc.). We had the prescriptions translated into Uzbek (easy with AI). Upon arrival in Urgench, we were checked, but the only product that held up the customs officers was... Nicopass (anti-smoking lozenges)! Probably because we had about ten packs (one per day), which might have raised suspicions of trafficking. It was quickly resolved though—the Uzbeks are very open and welcoming.

Hello, I’m bringing Seresta, an anxiolytic (tranquilizer) from the benzodiazepine family, to help me sleep. I’ll have the prescription with me. Will this cause problems at customs, and should I declare it? Same question for antibiotics? Thanks a million!

Thanks a lot! For a "non-sensitive" prescription (antibiotics), is it not necessary to have it translated?

When in doubt, we translated all our prescriptions (except Nicopass😕)—it’s so easy. The Gemini question is: Translate this prescription into Uzbek using the international names of the medications and generate a facsimile PDF that I can print.

Thank you so much! For a "non-sensitive" prescription (antibiotics), is it not necessary to translate it?

Hi,

Until recently, you could buy antibiotics anywhere without a prescription in Uzbekistan. Now it seems that’s no longer the case, but no one’s going to ask you for a prescription for a box of antibiotics—nowhere in the world, actually. As for translating it, if you want, but it’s just an informal translation with no legal value, something a customs officer could just as easily do with their phone if they felt like it.

Michel