Is Scopolamine (Devil's Breath) legal in Singapore?
- Legal status
- Scopolamine (hyoscine) is a registered therapeutic product, not a controlled drug: hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan, e.g. SIN03574P) is HSA-registered as a Pharmacy Only Medicine (P) and does not appear in the schedules of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
- Consequences if caught
- Hyoscine falls outside the Misuse of Drugs Act, so Singapore's controlled-drug regime does not reach this approved medicine; unauthorised sale of a P medicine is a Health Products Act offence only.
- If prescribed or medical
- Buscopan (hyoscine butylbromide) is a pharmacy-only antispasmodic obtained from a pharmacist without prescription; injectable scopolamine is used clinically.
- Documentation
- Buscopan is HSA-registered and listed in the National Drug Formulary as a Pharmacy Only Medicine; travellers carry it lawfully.
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