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Hi
can anyone tell me if I can bring in no doz caffine tablets to Duabi. I am going to need help getting through my 7 hours of interviews after a 20 hour flight!

Erm, considering you can cop a 4 year jail sentence if caught with codeine coming in to Dubai, I'd be wary of relying on forum posts for advice on what drugs to bring in to the country.

But, for what it's worth, I wouldn't bring codeine (obviously) but probably would bring nodoz into Dubai. Mainly because you can buy something in pharmacies here (forgot the name) which is a combination of paracetamol and caffeine. Not great though, nodoz is much better.

It's mentioned in this Dubai newspaper although I think there's a bit more than two cups worth of caffeine in one nodoz. I thought it was more like 20 or 50. Maybe it is available here after all ...

Caffeine in tablet form has received a lifetime of publicity. One No-Doze tablet is purported to contain the caffeine of two cups of coffee. Players admitted to taking up to six tablets before a game. Taking that dosage of caffeine to increase alertness is obviously achievable more rapidly through a small tablet, not a milk carton worth of the roasted black stuff.