Nepal

 Nepal

Methadone/Buprenorphine Treatment: available

In Nepal there are several clinics providing methadone/buprenorphine treatment as well as services assisting with finding a suitable program. Duration of continued dosing needs to be discussed with a treatment service in each single case. Currently, take-home dosing is not possible. We advise to contact a clinic or service well in advance of an intended journey.


Importation of Methadone and Buprenorphine:
possible

A methadone/buprenorphine prescriber must apply for an import permit on behalf of his/her patient at the Department of Drug Administration several weeks in advance of the intended journey (we advise at least three months). The following information should be included: the patient’s personal data, dates of travel to and departure from Nepal and the total quantity of methadone/buprenorphine. Moreover, it is important to state that the traveller requires methadone/buprenorphine for the treatment of a medical condition. The Department of Drug Administration will forward the import permit it to the patient’s prescriber.

[To check whether the importation regulations presented above are still valid, contact the Department of Drug Administration]

 

Contact Addresses – continuation of treatment/dosing:

 Kathmandu


Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
MMTP
Maharajganj
Kathmandu

Nepal
Phone
:
+997-1-4427
684

Email: 
mmtp@iomdit.org.np  


Saraathi Nepal
Social Supprt Unit MMTP
Panipokhari
Kathmandu
Nepal
Phone
:
+977-1-20
10 141

Email: 
saarathinepal@hotmail.com


Aavash Samuha
Social Supprt Unit MMTP
Lagankhel
Lalitpur
Nepal
Phone
:
+977-1-5573983
Email: 
aavashsamuha@wlink.com.np


Pokhara


Western Regional Hospital


Department
of Psychiatry and Mental Health
MMTP
Kaski
Pokhara
Nepal
Phone
:
+977-1-061 426526
Email: 
mmtpwrh@gmail.com

 
Weitere Hilfsorganisationen


Manish Care Foundation


Social Support Unit
Kaski
Pokhara
Email: 
manishcarefoundation@hotmail.com


Recovering Nepal


(National Network of People who
use Drugs and Drug led organizations in

Nepal)
 


Phone
:
977-1-2111107
Email: 
recoveringnepal@gmail.com

Contact details – importation of methadone/buprenorphine:

Any Nepalese embassy/consulate or


Government of Nepal

Ministry of Health and Population

Permanent Secretary / Medical Officer
Narcotics

Ram Shah Path

Kathmandu


Nepal
Phone:
+977 1
4262862
(Telefonzentrale)

Government of Nepal
Ministry
of Health
and Population
Department of Drug Administration


Director General
Bijulibazar

Kathmandu
Nepal

Phone:
+49 977 1

4780432
Email: dda@healthnet.org.np

Any comments and additional information greatly
appreciated.
Please address all correspondence to:

Ralf Gerlach
INDRO e.V.
Bremer Platz 18-20
D-48155 Münster
Germany
Phone: +49 251-60123 or +49 2571-582765
Fax: +49 251-666580 or +49 2571-584868
Email: INDROeV@t-online.de

(This page last revised August 11, 2009)