Is Scopolamine (Devil's Breath) legal in Spain?
- Legal status
- Scopolamine (hyoscine) — escopolamina (hioscina) is an authorised medicine, not a controlled substance: it is not listed in the estupefacientes/psicótropos tables. Injectable escopolamina hidrobromuro (anaesthetic premedication) is a prescription medicine, while butilescopolamina (Buscapina) is an over-the-counter pharmacy antispasmodic registered with the AEMPS.
- Consequences if caught
- Escopolamina attracts no narcotics penalty; unauthorised supply of the prescription form is a medicines-law matter, not a trafficking offence.
- If prescribed or medical
- Escopolamina hidrobromuro (tertiary amine that crosses the blood-brain barrier) is used as anaesthetic premedication under prescription; Buscapina (butilescopolamina, a quaternary salt) is sold OTC for gastrointestinal, biliary and urinary spasm.
- Documentation
- Buscapina and escopolamina products are entered in the AEMPS CIMA database; carried lawfully (Buscapina OTC; injectable escopolamina with a prescription).
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