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Old Oct 15, 2015, 2:08 am
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evergrn
 
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Originally Posted by Vidic15
Am travelling to Japan on Sunday and am currently on Cymbalta (duloxetine). I doesn't appear to be on a list of banned psychotropic drugs for Japan, but I am still worried.

Thoughts?
Cymbalta is just an SNRI. It's not one of the psychotropics that I assume jpn is worried about (benzo, barbiturate, stimulant) and I don't see it listed here.
http://www.nco.go.jp/shinsei5.html
I'm not a customs official. If you really want to be sure, contact Jpn consulate. If I'm in your shoes, I wouldn't worry.
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