Can you bring Loratadine (Claritin, Clarityne) to Thailand?
You can bring a normal personal supply of loratadine (Claritin) without paperwork, but not Claritin-D, which contains pseudoephedrine. It is sold in Thai pharmacies without a prescription.
Bringing it into Thailand
Allowed for personal use
Loratadine is not a narcotic or psychotropic, so the general Thai rule for personal medicines applies: up to a 30-day supply for your own use, ideally in original labelled packaging. No permit is needed. Combination products with pseudoephedrine (Claritin-D) follow the stricter psychotropic rules.
Getting it in Thailand
From a pharmacist, no prescription usually needed
In 2018 the Thai FDA decided to remove loratadine from the dangerous drug list so that it could be sold in pharmacies without a prescription. It is widely available in Thai pharmacies.
- Thai classification
- Dangerous drug until 2018, when the Thai FDA moved to delist it as a dangerous drug; current formal status not confirmed
- Last checked
- 13 November 2026
- Source quality
- Medium: official and secondary sources
What to carry
- Original packaging with the label visible
- No more than 30 days' supply
- A copy of your prescription, if it is a prescription medicine at home
Good to know
- Claritin-D and other loratadine-pseudoephedrine combinations are controlled psychotropics in Thailand.
Rules change. Before you travel, confirm with the Thai FDA (permitfortraveler.fda.moph.go.th) or the Royal Thai Embassy in your country. This page is information, not medical or legal advice.
Sources
- Royal Thai Embassy London: bringing medications to Thailand
- Royal Thai Consulate-General Los Angeles: bringing prescriptions to Thailand (updated Feb 2025)
- Phuket News, reporting Bangkok Post: Thai FDA delists loratadine as a dangerous drug (Nov 2018)
- Thai FDA patient information leaflet for loratadine (annex to MOPH dangerous drug notice No. 32, revised Nov 2018, Thai)