Can you bring oxycodone to Cyprus?

• Controlled medication

  depends on specifics

  Visitors can bring small quantities of internationally controlled medicines (narcotics or psychotropics) for their own treatment only with a permit issued by Cyprus's Pharmaceutical Services (Ministry of Health). The application asks for your passport number, arrival and departure dates, and each drug's name, form, strength, daily dose and prescribed quantity, and must include a copy of your prescription showing the doctor's name, address, phone/fax and licence number. Without a permit, Customs treats narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and other controlled pharmaceuticals as prohibited imports.

  Apply to Pharmaceutical Services before you travel (phscentral@phs.moh.gov.cy). The Application Form for Import for Personal Use is linked from the source page.

  Get a permit from Cyprus's Pharmaceutical Services

  Who to apply to

  Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health

  What you'll need

  • The application form for patients carrying controlled drugs: your name, postal address, phone, email or fax, place and date of birth, passport or ID number, arrival and departure dates, and each drug's name, form, strength, daily dose and prescribed quantity, signed by you.
  • A copy of the prescription showing the doctor's name, address, phone and fax number and licence number.

  Steps

  1. Download the application form from the Pharmaceutical Services page and fill it in.
  2. Attach a copy of your prescription.
  3. Send it to Pharmaceutical Services before you travel. The page lists phscentral@phs.moh.gov.cy, tel. +357 22 608620 and fax +357 22 608649 as contacts, but gives no lead time or processing time, so apply early.

  Source Cyprus Ministry of Health, Pharmaceutical Services — Narcotics and Psychotropics (permits for visitors carrying controlled medicines)

  Source Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health — Application form for patients who carry controlled drugs during their holiday in CyprusProcedure checked 2026-10-14

  Doctor's letter checklist

  Only what Cyprus's rule asks the letter or prescription to include. Tick each one off with your doctor.

  • Your passport number, and your arrival and departure dates
  • Each drug's name, form, strength, daily dose and prescribed quantity
  • A copy of your prescription showing the doctor's name, address, phone/fax and licence number

  Copy the list for your doctor

  Source Cyprus Ministry of Health, Pharmaceutical Services — Narcotics and Psychotropics (permits for visitors carrying controlled medicines)Checked against the official source on 2026-10-02

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

  Download border card (PDF)

  Source Cyprus Ministry of Health, Pharmaceutical Services — Narcotics and Psychotropics (permits for visitors carrying controlled medicines)Checked against the source on 2026-10-02

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. Not medical advice. Don't stop or change a medicine because of a travel rule without talking to your doctor. See update history