Can you bring medication to Egypt?

• Controlled medication

  depends on specifics

  Egypt's Customs Authority names 'narcotics' as one example of goods generally prohibited for import/export ('البضائع الممنوعة ... مثل: مخدرات - آثار - أسلحة ...'), while separately stating that medications ('الأدوية') are allowed 'within the limits of personal use and supported by medical reports,' with anything beyond personal-use quantities requiring clearance from the Egyptian Drug Authority. The page's prohibited-goods example list does not distinguish illegal recreational narcotics from a foreign doctor-prescribed controlled medication, so which rule governs a specific controlled prescription drug is not resolved by this source.

  Egypt is widely reported (in travel-advisory and news coverage, not a primary legal source) to enforce unusually strict controlled-substance rules, with codeine, tramadol, and some other common prescription drugs reportedly leading to traveler detentions even with a foreign prescription — but this could not be confirmed against a primary Egyptian government source (e.g. a named controlled-substances schedule from the Egyptian Drug Authority or Ministry of Health) in this pass; the EDA's own site (edaegypt.gov.eg) had no traveler-facing guidance reachable. Treat the detention reports as an important caution rather than a verified fact, and do not assume a specific controlled medication is covered by the general 'medications for personal use' allowance. Anyone carrying an ADHD stimulant, benzodiazepine, or opioid painkiller should contact the Egyptian Drug Authority (hotline 15301) or an Egyptian consulate before travel.

  Also covers: controlled substance, narcotic medication

  Checked 2026-09-13 — Source: Egyptian Customs Authority (Ministry of Finance) — Legislations: Travel & Tourism / Passengers, under Customs Law No. 207 of 2020 and its Executive Regulations

• Prescription medication

  depends on specifics

  The Egyptian Customs Authority's passenger-legislation page lists medications ("الأدوية") among common restricted-goods examples: allowed within the traveller's personal-use needs, supported by medical reports/a prescription where relevant; any quantity beyond personal use requires clearance from the competent control authority (the source names the Egyptian Drug Authority, هيئة الدواء المصرية, as an example) before Customs will release it. Medical instruments/devices are treated separately as "special use" (not "personal use") and likewise require Egyptian Drug Authority clearance. No numeric day-supply or unit quantity cap, and no named-drug restricted list (e.g. controlled stimulants), was published on the source used here.

  Also covers: medication, prescription medicine, medicine, drugs (prescription)

  Checked 2026-08-12 — Source: Egyptian Customs Authority (Ministry of Finance) — Legislations: Travel & Tourism / Passengers, under Customs Law No. 207 of 2020 and its Executive Regulations (Minister of Finance Decree No. 430 of 2021)

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