New question when entering the country

[NYlakesider]

Some people call them locomotives.

Doctors used to prescribe a Tylenol with codeine, If I remember correctly it was called a Tylenol 3! When I got attacked by Shingles those little pills were the only way I could get to sleep!

 

[raljr1]

When I am returning from out of the country, I usually pay whatever local currency I have left towards my hotel bill. That way I don't have leftover foreign currency to exchange when I return.

as for meds, it is funny what is available with and without scripts in different countries. In Spain you need a script for lidocaine patches which you can buy over the counter here. There you can buy 800 mg ibuprofen over the counter. here you need a script. Penicillin in Mexico, over the counter.

 

[fordson]

Wife and I returned from Europe by way of the UK just two weeks ago. We use Global Entry and had no questions or issues . We were expecting something as to extra security and scrutiny- about the same levels as we normally encounter.

 

[Kinman]

What are “222’s”?

They are no longer in production. It was an over the counter super aspirin that had 7.5gr. of Codeine it it. In this state Codeine is a controlled substance, if you are taking 222's on a regular basis as some of my friends did back in the day and get a DUI test or for holders of a CDL after accident urine test you will come back positive which where I worked was the end of your career. They were quite popular back in the 70's,80's...into the 90's, before the advent of the UA and zero tolerance.

 

[Kinman]

Do you need a script for those? Asking for a friend.

They don't make them anymore Caj, 7.5grs of Codeine...they were pretty popular. I dont know how many you could buy at one time. You were only allowed two bottles to bring back at the border as I remember, maybe one that was open and one sealed. They had some funny rules at the border. They got wise to us buying Cuban rum and putting it in a non Cuban bottle, bottles had to be sealed. Ahhhh Cuba Libre

 

[Diego]

In Spain you need a script for lidocaine patches which you can buy over the counter here. There you can buy 800 mg ibuprofen over the counter. here you need a script.

Actually, you can only buy 400 mg ibuprofen over the counter here in Spain. Larger doses need a script