Legality
DXM legal status by country
Countries where the legal status of DXM has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.
Confirmed legal status
Each row links to the full detail for DXM in that country, including consequences and the primary source.
- AustraliaOver-the-counter medicine. Single-ingredient dextromethorphan (DXM) hydrobromide oral preparations are...
- CanadaOver-the-counter, non-prescription drug. Single-ingredient dextromethorphan (DXM)/DXM hydrobromide...
- FrancePrescription-only medicine (Liste I). By ANSM decision effective 17 July 2017, ALL specialities containing...
- GermanyOver-the-counter but pharmacy-only medicine (apothekenpflichtig) under the Arzneimittelgesetz — NOT...
- IndiaNon-prescription cough-syrup ingredient with combination-product restrictions. Dextromethorphan (DXM) remains...
- ItalyPrescription-free but pharmacist-mediated, and partly prescription. After an AIFA CTS assessment (December...
- JapanOver-the-counter medicine with an abuse-prevention overlay. Dextromethorphan (DXM) is sold OTC (switched from...
- NetherlandsOver-the-counter but pharmacy-only medicine (UA — Uitsluitend Apotheek) under the Geneesmiddelenwet — NOT...
- New ZealandOver-the-counter, pharmacy-only medicine. Under the Medicines Regulations 1984 classification schedules,...
- Saudi ArabiaOver-the-counter cough medicine registered by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA). Dextromethorphan...
- SingaporeOver-the-counter cough medicine, NOT a controlled drug. Dextromethorphan (DXM) is a non-prescription...
- SpainOver-the-counter medicine sold without prescription (sin receta). Single-ingredient dextromethorphan (DXM)...
- SwedenCONTROLLED — narcotic. Sweden narcotic-classified dextromethorphan (DXM), adding it to narkotikaförteckning V...
- SwitzerlandOver-the-counter but pharmacist-dispensed medicine (Abgabekategorie B) — NOT a narcotic under the...
- United Arab EmiratesSemi-controlled cough medicine. Dextromethorphan (DXM)-containing cough compounds appear on the UAE Ministry...
- United KingdomOver-the-counter cough medicine, NOT a controlled drug (not scheduled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971)....
Not individually verified
For these 208 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that DXM specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.
- Aceh (Indonesia)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa (US)
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla (UK)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba (Netherlands)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda (UK)
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands (UK)
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Caribbean Netherlands (BES)
- Cayman Islands (UK)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao (Netherlands)
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (UK)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fiji
- Finland
- French Polynesia (France)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar (UK)
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guam (US)
- Guatemala
- Guernsey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man (UK Crown Dependency)
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Jersey (UK Crown Dependency)
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat (UK)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia (France)
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands (US)
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena (UK)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands (US)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe