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Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Some mental health medications increase sensitivity to hot weather, which is increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change, impacting wellbeing.
How to get information including patient information leaflets (PILs), details on how the medicine can be used (SmPCs) and scientific reports (PARs).
How to provide pharmacological interventions for alcohol dependence, covering specific medications such as benzodiazepines for withdrawal management, acamprosate and naltrexone for preventing relapse and thiamine supplementation to prevent neurological complications.
Potential effects on performance of prescription and or over the counter drugs.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK. MHRA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Your rights and security searches, body scans and privacy rules if you're disabled or taking medication aboard aircraft
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