Can you bring medication to Uruguay?

• Prescription medication

  allowed, within limits

  Customs counts as baggage medicines in quantities appropriate to the traveller's needs and length of stay, sold over the counter or, otherwise, with the corresponding prescription.

  From customs' baggage page, last updated 19/03/2014. It also lists narcotics (estupefacientes) among goods that may not be brought in.

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

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  Source Dirección Nacional de Aduanas — Baggage of foreign tourists and returning Uruguayans (last updated 19/03/2014)Checked against the source on 2026-10-21

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