Destination · US
United States
Entry summary
- Controlled (Rx)6
- Rx only43
- OTC / Rx3
- No Rx: Ask Pharmacist3
- OTC27
OTC only at the 14-day short-course dose; higher/longer-term doses need a prescription.
Sold from behind the pharmacy counter without a prescription. You must show photo ID and be 18 or older, and purchase limits apply.
Labeled "albuterol" in the US. Nearly everywhere else calls the same drug "salbutamol".
Schedule II controlled substance. Pack only what you need for the trip and keep it in the original labeled bottle. Flying within the US needs no paperwork. Arriving from abroad, declare it at customs and carry a prescription or doctor’s note in English.
Avoid compounded "semaglutide" from telehealth sites or compounding pharmacies. The shortage that legally permitted mass compounding ended in 2025, and compounded versions aren’t FDA-approved. Their dosing, purity and salt form (for example semaglutide sodium or acetate in place of the approved base) have been documented as inconsistent, with associated adverse events.
Schedule II controlled substance. Pack only what you need for the trip and keep it in the original labeled bottle. Flying within the US needs no paperwork. Arriving from abroad, declare it at customs and carry a prescription or doctor’s note in English. Vicodin is no longer marketed. Hydrocodone on its own is sold only as extended-release (Hysingla ER and its generics).
Flonase nasal spray switched from prescription to OTC in the US in 2014; Flovent for asthma remains prescription-only.
Human insulin is sold without a prescription at the pharmacy counter in most US states. The concentrated U-500 version and newer insulins need one.
Human insulin is sold without a prescription at the pharmacy counter in most US states. Newer insulins need one.
The maker is withdrawing Levemir worldwide, so stock may be limited. Other long-acting insulins sold here: glargine (Lantus) and degludec (Tresiba).
Pepcid is sold over the counter; higher-strength famotidine is also dispensed on prescription.
Schedule IV controlled substance. Pack only what you need for the trip and keep it in the original labeled bottle. Flying within the US needs no paperwork. Arriving from abroad, declare it at customs and carry a prescription or doctor’s note in English.
Schedule IV controlled substance. Pack only what you need for the trip and keep it in the original labeled bottle. Flying within the US needs no paperwork. Arriving from abroad, declare it at customs and carry a prescription or doctor’s note in English.
Schedule II controlled substance. Pack only what you need for the trip and keep it in the original labeled bottle. Flying within the US needs no paperwork. Arriving from abroad, declare it at customs and carry a prescription or doctor’s note in English. Xtampza ER (Collegium Pharmaceutical) is an abuse-deterrent extended-release capsule alternative to OxyContin.
Schedule II controlled substance. Pack only what you need for the trip and keep it in the original labeled bottle. Flying within the US needs no paperwork. Arriving from abroad, declare it at customs and carry a prescription or doctor’s note in English.
The gel is over the counter; diclofenac tablets need a prescription.
Also the "DM" in Robitussin DM and many multi-symptom cold remedies.
No prescription needed. Sold as a drink or powder rather than a medicine; look in the baby or sports-drink aisle.
Also sold as Dramamine Less Drowsy. Original Dramamine is a different medicine (dimenhydrinate).
Check the label: some Lotrimin products use a different antifungal.
Mostly found in nighttime cold remedies such as NyQuil; on its own it is sold as Unisom SleepTabs and store-brand sleep aids. Unisom SleepGels are a different medicine (diphenhydramine).