Is Scopolamine (Devil's Breath) legal in Sweden?
- Legal status
- Scopolamine (skopolamin, hyoscine) is a registered medicine, not a narkotika: Scopoderm patches and butylskopolamin (Buscopan) are registered with Läkemedelsverket and do not appear on the narcotics classification lists. The Scopoderm motion-sickness patch is receptbelagt (prescription).
- Consequences if caught
- Skopolamin attracts no narkotikastrafflag penalty; dispensing the receptbelagt patch without a prescription breaches medicines law only.
- If prescribed or medical
- The Scopoderm patch is prescribed for motion/travel sickness; butylskopolamin (Buscopan) is dispensed for spasm; injectable scopolamine is used in premedication and palliative care.
- Documentation
- Scopoderm and butylskopolamin products are listed in the Läkemedelsverket medicines-facts register; carried lawfully with a prescription.
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