Hungary
Methadone Treatment: available
Methadone treatment is available in 4 four
cities. The contact details of the treatment centers are available on the
website of the Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network via
www.ceehrn.org/EasyCEE/sys/files/Hungary%20MMT%20EN%202003.pdf .
Importation of Methadone and Other
Opioids:
possible
Up to three daily doses brought into Hungary:
Accompanying
letter from the prescribing doctor/clinic giving the patients' personal data, the name of the medication
imported, the daily dose and the total quantity imported (should be translated into Hungarian).
More than 3 daily doses:
Application for receiving an import permit has to be sent to
Egészségügyi
Engedélyezési és Közigazgatási Hivatal (EKH)
Kábitószer Igazgatóság
Zrínyi utca 3
1051 Budapest
Hungary
Phone: ++361 312 3216
Fax: ++361 311 0063
Email: narcotic@eszcsm.hu
Authorization will usually be given within one
week.
Any comments and
additional information greatly appreciated.
Please address all correspondence to:
Ralf Gerlach
INDRO e.V.
Bremer Platz 18-20
48155 Münster
Germany
Phone: +49 251-234577 or -60123
Fax: +49 251-2807687 or -666580
Email: INDROeV@t-online.de
(This page last revised and updated July 20, 2005)