Taking morphine to Spain

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I'm going to Spain this month and I will need to take my prescribed morphine tablets and Oramorph with me. I am getting so confused about what I actually need as proof that they are prescribed to me as they are controlled drugs. Does anyone have any experience of this or know what I need to take with me?

I read on one site that I may need a licence from the Spanish Medicines Agency but their website is in Spanish for a start and I can't find a definite answer on what the process is. I really don't want to be arrested on a family holiday so any help would be appreciated.

I will have the medications in my hold luggage as I won't need access to them on the plane and I have a stamped print out of what is prescribed to me and why from my GP surgery. Will that suffice and does anyone know about this licence?

Thanks!

I've done this; with Oramorph and Fenatyl to Spain.

You want the letter from your doctor, and your medical record print-out, and ideally a prescription. Cover all bases.

Thank you. Does it seem like I can just do that myself or I need to send that information somewhere?

Take your medication with your pharmacy name printed.

Take a letter or health statement, including all medications, from your GP.

That's all you need. No one will check your medication at an airport when you it's pharmacy printed.

Thinking back I think my letter said the dates I was travelling and the amount I was taking to cover those dates. I wouldn’t risk it without an actual letter personally.
I did risk not having the licence though and it was fine. They didn’t even want to see my letter. I told them I had it and they just checked the label matched my passport.

@TakeYourFinalPosition Did you get stopped and have your meds inspected?

How do I get a copy of my prescription? It's electronic for me so I request a repeat from my GP and they send to my pharmacy. They said they won't be able to print a copy as I could use it to pick the same prescription up from another pharmacy so how do I get a copy?

You need to take it in your hand luggage not in your suitcase.

Maybe ask the pharmacy to photocopy it before they process it? I just took the GP letter and the half of the prescription that shows the list of repeats.
My letter did have to have my passport details as well. I’d forgotten that.

You are overthinking this too much. Medication of all kinds are allowed into Spain and are rarely checked. If Guardia Civil decides to check, which will be extraordinarily rare, they will only want to see that your medication has been pharmacy supplied. Take your meds with the package where your name is printed and that's all you need.

BTW, Im a Spaniard often travelling to Spain with all sorts of medication because my youngest son is immunocompromised. Never had a problem or a question about medication.

I do it this way too but there's always a paper copy of the prescription repeat list in with my meds when it gets delivered. Maybe the pharmacist could include one if you asked?

Op, do you have the MY GP app connected to your Gp account? I can log into mine and access all of y previous prescriptions and it's an extra level of "back up" should the stamped gp prescription not be enough ( it always has been for me).

Holy moly, you're taking morphine... and you're putting it in hold!
Take it in your hand luggage and let them know when you check in. They should be kept in the original package (with all papers inside). Preferably you should have a prescription and it should have information for contacting the person who prescribed it.
I'm reading besides the prescription you should also have a piece of paper signed by the doctor and stamped, saying why you need those drugs.
Liquid drugs (as your morphine?) should be kept in their own individual transparent bag.
I got my information here www.intermundial.es/blog/consejos-viajar-medicamentos-en-el-avion/

Don't forget you will need the Spanish authority letter too. (The GP one will only get you through the airport & back into the country)
Morphine is very strictly controlled in Spain (alot more so than this country) so you risk having it seized if you don't have the correct documents.
MIL has holiday home in Spain and gets the prescriptions separately rather than travel with it in her luggage.

As a Spanish National, and knowing how bureaucratic my country is, I would definitely carry the letter signed and stamped by your GP. If you get stopped, you have the proof you need.

Ignore the part about contacting the consulate. That's basically impossible as they don't pick up the phone and you can only visit if you have an appointment

@Serenbunny can you tell me what you mean by the Spanish authority letter?

I've done this recently with Oramorph and other controlled medications, and no-one queried them at all at either end. I did have a letter from my GP, who only charged £20 (£45 seems a lot), but it had no further information on it than your print out had anyway, OP. You'll be fine, definitely put it in your hand luggage though rather than the hold.