Can you bring medication to Albania?

• Controlled medication

  prohibited

  The Customs Authority's own prohibitions page states plainly: "It is prohibited the import, export, transit of narcotics and psychotropic substances" — a criminal offense under Albanian Criminal Law — and this explicitly extends to "plants, narcotic medicaments and psychotropic substances of natural or synthetic nature, their materials and their preparations."

  Unlike ordinary medication, the Customs Authority's page describing narcotics/psychotropic substances states a blanket import prohibition with no traveler or personal-medical-use exception mentioned. Some secondary/travel-advisory sources describe a narrower personal-use allowance for controlled medicines with a medical certificate, but that specific carve-out was not found on an Albanian government page in this research pass — do not assume it applies. If you take a medication that is a controlled substance in your home country, verify directly with the Albanian Embassy before travelling.

  Also covers: controlled substance, narcotic medication, psychotropic medication, adderall, amphetamine, xanax, alprazolam, oxycodone, codeine, opioid painkiller, stimulant medication

  Checked 2026-09-22 — Source: General Directorate of Customs (Republic of Albania) — Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances and human trafficking

• Prescription medication

  allowed, within limits

  Foreign travelers may carry limited quantities of medicines for personal use if: (1) not for promotion/marketing, (2) they complete a written statement that the medication is for personal use and provide the prescribing doctor's contact details (Albanian or foreign), deposited with customs at the entry point, and (3) the amount covers no more than 2 months of treatment, justified by the accompanying doctor's prescription showing the daily dose. Non-residents' quantity should match the length of their stay in Albania.

  Quoted/paraphrased directly from the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs' own page on this exact topic. This is the general-medicine rule; medicines classed as narcotic or psychotropic substances are far more restricted — see the controlled-medication entry for Albania.

  Also covers: medication, prescription medicine, medicine, otc medicine

  Checked 2026-09-22 — Source: Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Republic of Albania) — Travel of foreign citizens with drugs for minimal consumption

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history