Is Ephedrine legal in Ukraine?

Legal status

Controlled in Ukraine by name, and the instrument that lists it covers more than narcotic and psychotropic substances. Постанова № 770, таблиці I to IV, consolidated text read on 20 September 2026, prints «Ефедрин» at CAS 299-42-3 and record UKR-38 accepts that row; the heading is in sentence case here because the list prints in capitals. The Перелік approved under стаття 7 of Закон України «Про наркотичні засоби, психотропні речовини і прекурсори» is a list of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors, and this source does not say which of those parts, or which of таблиці I to IV, this heading occupies. That distinction decides which offences and which controls apply, and it is unread here.

Consequences if caught

Capital exposure: none. Ukrainian criminal law provides no death penalty. The article the source names is Кримінальний кодекс України, стаття 307, with a ceiling of twelve years of imprisonment at its third part and no life sentence in it, and наказ МОЗ № 188 supplies the small, large and especially large bands for listed headings. What this source does not do is tell a reader whether the offences for a precursor are the same offences, and Ukrainian law commonly treats precursor conduct under provisions of its own. Because the source names no precursor article, none is cited here and no figure is stated. Treat the applicable offence as unread rather than as стаття 307 by default. Separately from that, and carried forward from this site's published Ukraine entry rather than re-derived from the Code in this pass, the published penalties are these. Personal use of a small amount is administrative under article 44 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, a fine of 25 to 50 tax free minimum incomes, 20 to 60 hours of community service, or administrative arrest of up to 15 days. Above small, personal use under article 309 is criminal, a fine, correctional labour of up to two years, or restriction of liberty of up to five years, rising to up to three years where aggravated or large and up to eight years where a minor is involved. Trafficking or sale under article 307 draws four to twelve years with property forfeiture. Smuggling under article 305 draws five to eight years, and up to eight to ten years aggravated. The published entry records the small, large and especially large quantity thresholds as very low, and that trace amounts have triggered article 309. Drug use itself, other than in public, is not criminal there. Every figure in this paragraph is a penalty range or a fine and none of them is a quantity threshold. They describe the offences that this row's placement in the Ukrainian list brings into play.

If prescribed or medical

Ukraine allows no personal use quantity of a listed substance, наказ МОЗ № 188 grades criminal conduct rather than licensing carriage, and a medicine must also satisfy Закон України «Про лікарські засоби» on prescription, packaging, import and customs. On this row the placement is a matched heading at CAS 299-42-3, and this substance reaches travellers both as a medicine and as a herbal preparation. The source establishes no import permit, no personal allowance and no recognition of a foreign prescription, and none was researched. A nasal or bronchodilator product bought without prescription abroad should not be assumed to travel freely.

Documentation

Carry the original pack with the ingredient declaration showing the content per dose, the prescription where there is one and the pharmacy label in the patient's name, plus a prescriber's letter naming the active ingredient, the strength, the dose and the treatment period. Declare herbal preparations that contain this alkaloid rather than relying on their being sold as supplements, because the Ukrainian heading at CAS 299-42-3 is written to the alkaloid. Keep the quantity to a plainly personal amount, since bulk quantity is what a precursor control is written for. The heading was read on 20 September 2026.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Ukraine’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.